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Holmes County school board approves personnel recommendations 

NAN [email protected] During a brief Holmes District School Board meeting on Sept. 26, the board approved an urgent status condition for hiring instructional personnel for the fiscal year 2023-2024.  Personnel recommendations were approved for Bonifay K-8 School, Ponce De Leon Elementary School, Holmes County High School, and Poplar High School.  Bonifay K-8: Hiring of April…

JROTC program recognizes cadets during award ceremony
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JROTC program recognizes cadets during award ceremony

By Randy Burlew On Sept. 7, the Holmes County High School JROTC program held an award/promotion ceremony to recognize key leadership positions. Cadets were also recognized for being on extracurricular teams, promoted cadets that graduated JCLC, promoted cadets that passed their rank test to private, and rewarded cadets with new staff positions.   In the Blue…

HCHS’s Emma Meredith is state weightlifting champ
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HCHS’s Emma Meredith is state weightlifting champ

Holmes County High School’s Emma Meredith brought home first place gold from the Florida High School Athletic Association state girls weightlifting championship Feb. 18 in Lakeland. Meredith won first place in the traditional and third in the Olympic style lifts. Abby Evans took 11th place in the traditional.

HCHS to present ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’
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HCHS to present ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

Holmes County High School Drama Department will present the musical “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” on Thursday, Feb. 23; Friday, Feb. 24; Saturday, Feb. 25; Monday, Feb. 27; and Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the HCHS Auditorium. Showtime is 7 p.m. each night. Doors open at 6. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller virtually invented rock ‘n’ roll, and…