
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 ...

April 22, 2026
Eastside High School senior Irma Rahman is a winner of a Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship, one of just 700 students nationwide to receive one of the prestigious scholarships....

April 21, 2026
Santa Fe High School’s FFA Food Science Team is now preparing to compete in the National FFA Convention and Expo in the fall thanks to their win at the state level. The team, mad...

April 17, 2026
Two students from the Eastside High School Institute of Culinary Arts have qualified for the national SkillsUSA Championship in June, which is billed as the ‘premier showcase of A...

April 13, 2026
The Kimball Wiles Wildcats Chorus won the first-place trophy for Elementary Concert Choir at the recent Music USA Festival at Universal Studios. For the eighth straight year, the...

April 10, 2026
Earning a spot in the prestigious Honor Band of America is a significant achievement for any student musician. For two students from the same school to be selected is even more re...

April 4, 2026
At Howard Bishop Middle School student won a first-place award at the State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida, held recently in Lakeland, Florida, with several other Alachua...

March 9, 2026
Three teams from Alachua County Public Schools have qualified for the prestigious VEX Robotics World Championship, which will take place April 21–24, 2026, at the America’s Ce...

February 25, 2026
All sixteen of the Alachua County Public Schools students who were recognized as semifinalists in the prestigious 2026 National Merit Scholarship program have now been named final...

February 20, 2026
An Eastside High School student is headed to the prestigious Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair after winning the top prize in the Alachua Regional fair. Sophom...

February 9, 2026
As the nation celebrates National Career and Technical Education Month, Alachua County Public Schools continues to be recognized as a leader in career and technical education (CTE)...

February 5, 2026
Buchholz High School teacher Christin Vinson once pulled her car over after spotting a senior who hadn’t been in school for three months to encourage him to come back and finish h...
January 27, 2026
Barbara Brock, an 8th-grade science teacher at High Springs Community School, has been named Alachua County Public Schools' 2026 Teacher of the Year and will represent the distric...

January 22, 2026
This week, Lincoln Middle School eighth-grader Avinoor Jutla was named the Overall Middle School Tournament Champion at The Great Debate National Civics and Debate Championship in...

January 20, 2026
One of three local teacher finalists will be named Alachua County Public Schools’ top teacher at the annual Robert W. Hughes Teacher of the Year celebration this week. That person...

January 15, 2026
The College Board has announced that five local high schools have been named to the 2025 AP (Advanced Placement) Honor Roll. Buchholz, Eastside, Gainesville, Professional Academie...

January 13, 2026
The percentage of students graduating on time from Alachua County Public Schools’ traditional high schools rose again in 2025, according to data released today by the Florida Depa...

January 6, 2026
Whi Two Alachua County Public School students have been named Sunshine State Scholars, placing them among Florida's top STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) high school j...
