

November 5, 2026
Alachua County Public Schools students earned 189 perfect scores on state tests administered in 2026, according to results released by the Florida Department of Education. Fourte...

October 29, 2026
The next chapter for Lincoln Middle School and Williams Elementary School will include an opportunity for the community to help shape the design of a state-of-the-art facility tha...

October 28, 2026
A Santa Fe High School 2026 graduate has won the National Agricultural Education Invitational, held in conjunction with the recent National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis...

October 15, 2026
A former Ft. Clarke Middle School student who is now a freshman at Gainesville High School has been named one of the Top 300 Junior Innovators in the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific...

Hundreds of Alachua County Public Schools students earn national recognition for academic excellence
October 5, 2026
A total of 375 Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) students have been honored in this year’s College Board National Recognition Program. The students represent every ACPS high s...

September 15, 2026
Two Alachua County Public Schools students were among just eight young people recognized as winners of the annual National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) essay contest sponsore...

September 9, 2026
Twenty Alachua County Public School seniors have earned prestigious Semifinalist status in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship program, according to a list released this week by t...

August 24, 2026
New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson recently named it a ‘Critic’s Pick.’ Variety calls it a “brilliant, existential road thriller.” Rolling Stone described it as a ‘gem.’ ...

August 12, 2026
Not just one, but two Alachua County Public Schools’ graduates are currently making their debuts on Broadway. Chrissy Metz, who graduated from Buchholz High School in 2001, is no...

July 14, 2026
For the upcoming school year, 23 local schools, including some charter schools, have been designated as federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) sites. That designation means...

July 13, 2026
Nearly 1000 Alachua County Public School students have earned national recognition this year based on their high scores on multiple Advanced Placement exams, reflecting their outs...

June 16, 2026
Recent Ft. Clarke Middle School graduate Jillian Counts is competing in this week’s National History Day National Contest with award-winning students from schools throughout the n...

June 15, 2026
Deva Santillan, who just graduated from the Santa Fe High School Institute of Biotechnology, is headed to the International HOSA- Future Health Professionals competition in Indian...

June 3, 2026
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced that ten Alachua County Public School students have been awarded National Merit Scholarships, bringing the total number of...

May 27, 2026
A team made up of Eastside High School students Jalen Zheng and Logan Wu were among the top finishers at the recent 2026 National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournamen...

May 18, 2026
Twenty-two Alachua County Public School (ACPS) students who will be earning their high school diplomas this year have already graduated from Santa Fe College (SFC) with an Associa...

May 15, 2026
For the ninth straight year, an Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) student has been named a semifinalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the most selective and...

May 11, 2026
Most weekdays, weather permitting, a group of students can be found tending the garden on the southeast corner of the Sidney Lanier School campus--growing flowers, produce and lif...

April 28, 2026
There is no one who knows Lake Forest Elementary School better than Sabrina Cook. Cook, who is Lake Forest’s executive assistant, started at the school as a paraprofessional in a...

April 23, 2026
The Kanapaha Middle School Wind Ensemble’s first performance outside of Florida was an extremely successful one, with the 39 young musicians winning first place for middle school ...