Douglas County School System

Factory Shoals Middle School celebrated the grand opening of its new Amazon Goodr Mini-Mart on Dec. 5 to support Douglas County students and families beyond the classroom. The rib...

Elementary and middle school students across the district have been studying, practicing and competing in their classrooms and school-level spelling bees over recent weeks leading...

Students at Yeager Middle School recently demonstrated the true meaning of service, leading two highly successful donation drives to benefit local families through a partnership w...

[📷 Photo Album ] Alexander girls' basketball coach Dallas Smith isn't just talking about team chemistry. For the Cougars, who claimed their first region title in 33 seasons and r...

[📷 Photo Album ] The Alexander boys basketball team is ranked No. 2 in Class AAAAA and No. 4 in the state across all classifications as they start region play, with eyes on anoth...

In support of Georgia’s Apply to College Month initiative during November, the Douglas County High School counseling department hosted Apply to College Week at the school the week...

Alexander High School multisport standout Kennedy Cantrell has been blazing trails in baseball. The sophomore recently participated in the 2025 Girls Baseball Breakthrough Seri...

New Manchester High School recently held a schoolwide Water Walk to raise awareness about the global water crisis and support communities that lack access to clean drinking water,...

Chapel Hill High School National Beta members achieved high honors during the Georgia Senior Beta State Convention last month in Savannah. The school's Beta Club demonstrated exc...

Holiday magic filled the air as the Douglas County School System kicked off the season during Douglasville’s annual Jingle Jam Christmas Parade and Legacy Arena’s Legacy on Ice ev...

Everyone knows Santa Claus relies on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to guide him on his sleigh. But when the man in the big red suit visited Lenox Square on Dec. 9, he had some sp...

Many of us grew up eating turkey with all the fixings at Thanksgiving and building gingerbread houses at Christmas. For students attending the Douglas County School System’s Newc...

A Chapel Hill Elementary fifth-grader has been cast in the Atlanta Ballet's "The Nutcracker" at the Cobb Energy Centre. Skylar Lauridson performed on Dec. 14 and 18 and will also...

Mt. Carmel Elementary School recently welcomed men from across the community to their campus to demonstrate the power of literacy in students' lives. The celebration was the laun...

The Douglas County School System is celebrating statewide recognition for Alexander High School's agriculture program, which was recently featured on the front page of the Georgia...

Southern Lanes was recently the site of the annual Special Olympic Bowling Tournament. Two classrooms of Factory Shoals Middle school students participated along with others from ...

[📷 Photo Album ] Douglas County High School’s girls basketball team returns two varsity players from last season as coach Chet Forsh remains focused on improvement. Senior guard...

[📷 Photo Album ] New Douglas County High School boys' basketball coach Keith Simmons says he will have a “revamped, scrappy squad” that is eager to prove itself this season. “Wh...

The December 2025 Parent Post newsletter is now available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole and Russian. Parent Post (English) Parent Post (Spanish) Parent Post (Haitian ...

The Douglas County School System Police Department spent Tuesday morning spreading holiday cheer to Douglas County students during its sixth annual Shop with a Cop event. With the...