Clarke County School District back-to-school events
Due to teacher furloughs, all back-to-school events scheduled for Aug. 3 and 4 have been rescheduled. Below is the revised list of events provided by the Clarke County School District.

Enjoying the view from the top of the class
The Athens Banner-Herald presents the area valedictorians and salutatorians of the Class of 2009. We think you'll find these individuals are worthy of celebration during this season of high school commencements.

Hundreds head back to school
Students in the Clarke County School District got their first taste of summer last week, but for some of them it, was a short-lived break from classwork. Several hundred students will return to the classroom this week for summer school, either to prepare to retake a state test or to pass a class.

FindTheBest Awards 'Best of' Badges to Top 10 Colleges and Universities
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FindTheBest, an unbiased, data-driven comparison engine, announces the release of its 'Best of' badges in the Education category, highlighting the top Smart Rated colleges and universities—from business schools and law schools to medical schools—across the country. FindTheBest's Smart Rating allows users to view a single meta rating that reflects both a weighted compilation of scores from expert sources and an unbiased score based solely on the college's quantitative features—including metrics like acceptance rates and average entry test scores. From these Smart Ratings, FindTheBest has identified the top U.S.

Nickajack Elementary School Counselor Named School Counselor of the Year
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nicole Pfleger, a school counselor from Nickajack Elementary School in Smyrna, has been named the top school counselor in America.  Pfleger is one of more than 270 elementary, middle, and secondary school counselors nationwide who were nominated for the School Counselor of the Year award.

Anisa Sullivan Jimenez: Clarke school rezoning defended
I'd like to address the Saturday Banner-Herald story headlined "Attendance policy will send many to new schools." The story noted the case of a Barrow Elementary School fourth-grader who is anxious about attending a new elementary school next year because of the redrawing of Clarke County school attendance zones.

Orinda Academy, a San Francisco Bay Area College Prep School, Celebrates 30th Anniversary
ORINDA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Orinda Academy, , a private, non-profit day school in Orinda, California for boys and girls in grades 6 through 12, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.  The milestone will be celebrated at a Crab Feed on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 6:00 p.m.