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Kevin Yancey has been named the principal of
@OCHSwarriors
effective June 1, 2020. “Kevin Yancey is an outstanding leader and educator who has played a vital role in the success of Oconee County High School,” said Superintendent Jason L. Branch.
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Excited to announce that Oconee County Schools is the
#1
county school system in GA! Following the release of 2018 Milestones, EOC, & EOG data, OCS is the
#1
county system in GA for the 2nd consecutive year. .
#sustainedexcellence
#numberone
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To honor the Class of 2020 and show them that we are thinking of them constantly, the stadium lights at both high schools will shine brightly for 20 minutes and 20 seconds each night at 20:20 (8:20 p.m.) We ❤️💙 you, Class of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣!
@OCHSwarriors
@NOHSTitans
Thanks to Ladd McConkey, Oscar Delp, Luke Collins, and Will Snellings from
@GeorgiaFootball
for stopping by High Shoals Elementary to spend some quality time with the kindergarteners.
#OconeeStrong
📸Tony Walsh/UGA Athletic Association
Oconee County Middle's Keith Carter has been named
@GASSP
Principal of the Year! Mr. Carter is the 1st principal in Oconee County history to receive this prestigious honor and will now represent Georgia at the national level!
@OconeeCountyMS
#wintheday
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of
@OCHSwarriors
Assistant Principal Brian Deitz. In his honor and memory, all of OCS is participating in a
#BlueOutForDeitz
today. His legacy is a lasting one and he is the truest Warrior we have ever known.
#deitzstrong
OCS is ranked an A+ system by Niche - resulting in Oconee County being named the
#3
County w/ the Best Public Schools in America. Plus, OC has also been named the
#1
Best County for Families in America. We are so proud to live, work & learn in this county!
#sustainedexcellence
Oconee County has been ranked the
#1
county for families in America by Niche! Oconee is ranked A+ overall, as well as for public schools, housing, jobs, and good for families. What a wonderful place to live, learn, and work!
#sustainedexcellence
Congrats to
@TitansPrincipal
Dr. Philip Brown for receiving the Administrator Support Award at the recent Foreign Language Association of Georgia convention! Dr. Brown was nominated by the
@NOHSTitans
World Language Department for his excellence in leadership. Way to go! 🏆👏
Happy School Principals' Day to our 11 world-class principals! We celebrate principals each October for National Principals' Month and also wanted to take a moment today to say THANK YOU to them for their excellent leadership!
#bestofthebest
#sustainedexcellence
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OCS has been ranked as the
#5
county public school system in America by Niche! Thank you to our teachers, administrators, support staff, parents, students, and community-at-large for all their work contributing to this national achievement! ❤️💙🇺🇸
#sustainedexcellence
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Congratulations to Dr. Jason L. Branch for being named a finalist for Georgia Superintendent of the Year earlier today! More info:
#sustainedexcellence
#oconeestrong
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Maintenance, custodial & transportation staff have been hard at work ensuring all buildings and buses are thoroughly cleaned & sanitized! Here’s an electrostatic sprayer in action. Thank you to our staff members for all they do & the support of Athens Janitor Supply & ESS. 💦
We are so proud of the Oconee County High Warrior Marching Band! They did an excellent job today in the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade! 🍀💙
@OCHSwarriors
Dr.
@JasonLBranch
has been named the recipient of one of the most prestigious honors from GSSA - the Bill Barr Leadership Award! Congratulations to Superintendent Branch on this very well-deserved honor! 🏆 For more information, please visit: .
@jzauner1
Congrats to Dr. Claire Buck for being officially announced as the president-elect for the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders (GAEL)!
@drclairemiller
is the Chief Academic Officer for OCS and is pictured with Robert Costley, executive director of
@gaelassoc
. 👏
Congrats to NOHS & OCHS for once again being named as Best High Schools in America! Both schools were in the U.S. News & World Report's list as being in the top 4% nationwide. NOHS & OCHS also ranked the highest in NE Georgia.
#sustainedexcellence
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This is
#oconeestrong
- three current principals and their successors spent time together and with faculty today. We are grateful for all of these individuals! ❤️💙
Congratulations to the North Oconee High School girls and boys golf teams for being back-to-back 4A state champs! 🏆🏆⛳️⛳️ Congrats also to Luke Koenig for being the individual state low medalist.
#sustainedexcellence
#oconeestrong
The North Oconee boys basketball team is headed to the Class AAAA state championship game after topping Baldwin 65-64 on Saturday. The Titans will play the winner of the Holy Innocents’-Benedictine game for the title on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Macon.
#OconeeFamily
Oconee County Schools has been ranked the
#1
county school system in Georgia by SchoolDigger (2021) and Niche (2022). Thank you to our teachers, students, leaders, parents, and community for their hard work and support that made this possible!
#oconeestrong
North Oconee students, with an assist from State Rep. Houston Gaines, placed 2,977 United States flags on the school grounds to commemorate the men and women lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
#OconeeFamily
North Oconee High School senior Carter Couch was named Athlete of the Month by Piedmont Athens Regional! Way to go, Carter!
@PiedmontHealth
@NOHS_Titans
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The North Oconee baseball team swept Starr's Mill at home on Saturday to advance to the Class AAAA state championship. The Titans, who won the 2022 title, will face LaGrange in a best-of-3 series starting Friday at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville.
#OconeeStrong
Congrats to
@NOHSTitans
senior Nick Beck for earning a perfect 36 on the ACT! Less than one-half of 1% of test-takers earn a perfect score.
#sustainedexcellence
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The gavel was passed to Dr. Jason L. Branch on Tuesday as he begins his stint as the 2023-24 President of the Georgia School Superintendents Association. Congratulations, Dr. Branch!
#OconeeStrong
Highest ever in OCS history - 86.28% of students scored a 3+ on an AP exam - up from 84.4%! 87.45% of
@NOHSTitans
students & 84.86% of
@OCHSwarriors
students scored a 3+. Kudos to both high schools for being at the top of the state & in the top 2% nationwide!
#sustainedexcellence
Following the release of 2019 Milestones, End of Grade, and End of Course assessment results, Oconee County Schools is ranked as the
#1
school system in Georgia! For more information on the assessment results, please visit . 🎉
#sustainedexcellence
Congratulations to Oconee County Schools’ District Teacher of the Year for 2021-22…Mrs. Cynthia Moore! Mrs. Moore, a teacher at North Oconee High School, was honored with a surprise announcement at tonight’s Teacher of the Year banquet. 🏆🍎👏❤️
@TitansPrincipal
Ladies and gentlemen...we bring you the Class of 2020. 🎉 We love every single student photographed here and are so very proud of them!
#togetherinspirit
🎓💙❤️ Seniors and parents - you will receive a link to download these collages in high resolution. 📸
There was a sea of blue and white to cheer on the Warriors tonight at Georgia State Stadium. Our guys played their hearts out, but ultimately came up short 17-14. We are
#OCproud
of our 4A State Runner-Ups! 🏈🔵⚪️
#gobigblue
@OCFearTheSpear
@OCHSwarriors
For the remainder of this school closure, students will be assigned academic work Mondays-Thursdays with Fridays being a flexible day. There will not be additional academic work assigned M-Th to accommodate for FLEX Friday. We can't wait to see how you FLEX!
Check out the turf installation at
@NOHSTitans
! Field markings will be aligned and permanently placed, the track will be resurfaced, and it’s going to look great this fall! 🏈
#titanregiment
@NOHSFootball
Oconee County Schools will be closed on Wed., Jan. 17 because of anticipated inclement weather. This closure includes all schools and school district offices. All afterschool activities and events have also been canceled.
We had a successful day serving 66 students with Oconee Area Resource Council! Don’t forget - drive-up service is available again tomorrow from 12-1 p.m. at Oconee County Middle School.
OCS is excited to announce plans to open for in-person instruction on Wed., Aug. 5. A distance/digital learning option will be made available as well. Parents are asked to take a survey at regarding current plans. More info:
Congrats to the Oconee County girls soccer team, which won its second straight Class AAA state championship on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Wesleyan.
#OconeeFamily
On Oct. 9, 2008, Deputy David Gilstrap passed away after being struck by a car while he directed morning traffic. Each year, we pause to remember Deputy Gilstrap. Please join us in honoring his memory & keeping his family & the Oconee County Sheriff's Office in your thoughts. 🙏
Congratulations to this evening's Board of Education honorees! Lindsey "Digger" Brock, lead custodian at
@OCHSwarriors
, received the Pursuit of Excellence Award. Judy Gibbs, retired teacher from
@MalcomBridgeMS
, was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame! 🎉🏆
Both North Oconee High School and Oconee County High School have been named in the top 6% of high schools nationwide by U.S. News and World Report! ❤️💙 Oconee County was the only system in Northeast Georgia to have any schools rank in the top 6%.
North Oconee High School students and community members placed nearly 3,000 flags on the school grounds this evening in an annual event to honor the victims of the 9/11 terror attack. We will
#neverforget
. 🇺🇸
@NOHSTitans
Happy Assistant Principals Week! Thank you to our wonderful assistant principals for all they do to support students, teachers, and support staff in their respective schools - at school or while supporting distance learning. We appreciate each of you so much! 🍎
Congrats to Cassy Moon, assistant principal at North Oconee High School, for being named the January Pursuit of Excellence winner! 🏆
#sustainedexcellence
#oconeestrong
What an incredible night under Friday Night Lights - this time to celebrate the Oconee County High School Class of 2021! This is a graduation we will certainly never forget. Best wishes to all of our incredible grads!
#oconeestrong
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@OCHSwarriors
“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." The Special Olympics athlete's oath was certainly embodied by our student-athletes today. We applaud these students for their perseverance and
#sustainedexcellence
! 👏🏆⚾️🏃♀️🏃♂️
What an amazing night in Titan Stadium as we celebrated the North Oconee High School Class of 2021! Congrats and best wishes to all of our incredible graduates! ❤️🎓
#oconeestrong
@TitansPrincipal
Per Niche, Oconee County has the No. 1 county system and Dove Creek is tops among public elementary schools in Georgia for 2023. Seven additional OCS schools landed in the Top 20.
#OconeeStrong
Congratulations to the North Oconee High Class of 2019! Seniors are photographed wearing the t-shirt of where they will be attending college or enrolling in the military this fall. We are so proud! 👏🎓
#sustainedexcellence
@NOHSTitans
Congratulations to Superintendent
@JasonLBranch
for being the recipient of the prestigious
@GSPRA
(Georgia School Public Relations Association) Outstanding Leadership in School & Community Relations Award! 🏆
Around 100 individuals placed 2,977 American flags on the
@NOHSTitans
campus this evening to honor the memory of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. This is the second annual bi-partisan event as part of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter.
#neverforget
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Oconee County Schools has been ranked the
#1
school system in Georgia, following the release of Georgia Milestones results. On 18 of the state assessments, OCS ranked in the state's top 10. We are
#oconeestrong
! More info:
Congrats to the Mentor Advocate of the Year - Dr. Christy Conley, lead counselor at North Oconee High! The Oconee Area Resource Council (OARC) presented this award at the Board meeting. Kudos, Dr. Conley! 🎉
@NOHSTitans
@NOHSCounseling
Oconee County Schools will be closed Thurs., Jan. 18 because of icy road conditions. This closure includes all schools and school district offices. All afterschool activities and events have also been canceled.
North Oconee's flag football team defeated Calvary Day 6-2 and Columbus 13-7 on Thursday at Titan Stadium to qualify for Monday's Class A-4A state championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
#OconeeFamily
Congratulations to Oconee County Schools’ 2019-20 Teacher of the Year, Abby Thurston! Ms. Thurston teaches science at
@MalcomBridgeMS
. She is also a graduate of
@NOHSTitans
. We are so proud of Ms. Thurston and the other 10 school-level Teachers of the Year! 🍎🏆🎉
Congrats to each school's Teacher of the Year, as announced today! Each of these exceptional educators is incredibly well-deserving. School-level winners will be honored and the district-level winner will be announced on Sept. 29. 💙❤️💚🍎🏆
#oconeestrong
Sarah Sial, Christopher Butler, and Lena Steinkamp, and second-place finishers Henry Schirmer and Tomas Rodriguez. The advisor is Emily Courson.
#OconeeFamily
Today is National School Lunch Hero Day and we cannot thank our café staff enough for all they do! 💪👩🍳 During this school closure, they have served ~38,000 meals to Oconee County's children. They are selfless, hard-working, and dedicated. We❤️our School Nutrition superheroes! 👏
North Oconee High School and Oconee County High School have been using their 3D printers to create masks for
@PiedmontHealth
. Thank you, thank you to our health care heroes! 👩⚕️👨⚕️😷
@OCHSwarriors
@TitansPrincipal
Jack Leach, a student at
@OCHSwarriors
, is the incredible entrepreneur behind Jack’s Cheesecakes. Tonight, he brought his famous cheesecakes for all BOE members in appreciation of keeping school open for students this school year. Thank YOU, Jack! 💙
North Oconee & Oconee County were named Monday as U.S. News Best High Schools. NOHS & OCHS ranked Nos. 1 & 2 in Northeast Georgia, Nos. 23 & 27 in Georgia, & Nos. 782 & 961 in the United States, respectively. Those national figures rank among the top 5.5 percent.
#OconeeFamily