'Facebook teacher' gains worldwide press

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Lorin Sinn-Clark
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Wednesday, February 9. 2011
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News of Ashley Payne’s resignation from Apalachee High School in August 2009 has just put that school and Barrow County, Georgia on the world-wide, on-line news map – and not in a good way.

On Feb. 7, a story titled “Teacher sacked for posting picture of herself holding glass of wine and mug of beer on Facebook,” was posted in London’s Daily Mail. Daily India.com picked the story up on Feb. 8, followed by iol, a South African on-line news source on Feb. 9. [Full Story »] 

Students attend leadership summit

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Sunday, June 20. 2010
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Students from Apalachee High School and Winder-Barrow High School attended the Gwinnett Student Leadership Summit on Thursday, June 3 at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee. [Full Story »] 

AHS announces exam, graduation schedule

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Staff Writer
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Saturday, May 15. 2010
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The Apalachee High School class of 2010 will graduate on Friday, May 21 at 6 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, the commencement exercises will be held on Saturday, May 22 at 9 a.m. Graduation practice is scheduled for Thursday, May 20 at 9 a.m. [Full Story »] 

Dale Sanders Apalachee Wildcat 5K Run ahead

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Staff Writer
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Wednesday, April 7. 2010
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The Eighth Annual Dale Sanders Apalachee Wildcat 5K Run will take place Friday, April 9, at 7 p.m. at Apalachee High School and benefits the AHS cheerleaders. [Full Story »] 

Wildcats face key region game

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Chris Bridges
in Sports Headlines
Friday, October 24. 2008
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The Apalachee High School Wildcats will travel to Conyers tonight for a key Region 8-AAAA contest against the Heritage Patriots. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Coach Shane Davis' Wildcats need a win after last week's close 17-12 setback against Loganville. See full coverage of the game in next week's premier issue of The Barrow Journal.

Cameras, money stolen from Apalachee High School students

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Wednesday, October 22. 2008
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Cameras, money and cell phones were among the items stolen from students at Apalachee High School earlier this month. [Full Story »] 
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