Schools Articles

Summer Treasures

This past week, I watched as the yellow school buses drove by to pick up students early. As a retired teacher, I knew earlydismissal on this day meant school is out and it is time for summer.As a teacher, I had mixed feelings when school was out. My little classroom...

Lee County Literacy Coalition Receives $20,000 Grant

CONTRIBUTED BY LCLC LEE COUNTY — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Lee County Literacy Coalition (LCLC) a $20,000 grant to support adult and family literacy. This local grant is a part of the foundation’s largest, one-day literacy donation...

A New Perspective on Books

Award-Winning Author Inspires New Love of Reading for Local Students BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Anything is possible. That’s what award-winning author, illustrator and self-proclaimed “nice guy” Jerry Craft aims to instill in...

Local Seminary Celebrates Two Years

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Local Christians who feel called into vocational ministry won’t have to travel far to receive that instruction. Twelve churches across Lee County have partnered with Christ Our Redeemer Seminary, the area’s...

Students, Recent Graduates Learning on the Job Via Impactful Summer Internships

Jul 13, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BYAUBURN UNIVERSITY AUBURN –– While summer is a time of leisure for many, a number of Auburn University students and recent graduates...

Auburn Engineering Alumnus Named CIO at U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Jul 13, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BYAUBURN UNIVERSITY AUBURN — Saving lives: That’s the mission of Karl Mathias, newly appointed chief information officer, or CIO, at the...