Students in Jeanne Ferran’s seventh grade English Language Arts class at Polk County Middle School are working in pairs to solve a real life mystery! Fifth grade students at Saluda Elementary recently had their first Muddy Sneakers expedition of the school year on and around the Saluda Elementary campus The Polk County Board of Education has approved the selection of Danielle Gibbs to fill the vacancy left by the recent passing of former board chairman Geoffrey M. Tennant. Polk County Schools ranked second among the state’s school districts for student performance on the annual exams in the 2018-19 school year. Across the district, 73.8 percent of all students met grade level proficiency on the state exams Polk County Schools will hold a moment of silence on Thursday in honor of the late Geoffrey M. Tennant
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Polk Middle engineered perhaps its biggest win of the season on Monday, knocking off Rugby 25-14, 25-20 in a Blue Ridge Conference volleyball match in Mills River Polk County’s girls golf team placed second Monday in a Western Highlands Conference match at Mountain Glen Golf Course in Newland West Henderson bounced back from a loss last week to A.C. Reynolds to upend Polk County 3-1 in a volleyball matchup in Mills River Auston Ledford hit a penalty kick for the only score Monday in Polk County’s 1-0 victory over Brevard in junior varsity boys soccer action at G.M. Tennant Stadium Polk County’s girls tennis team picked up another win Monday, handing East Rutherford a 7-2 setback in a non-conference match at Polk
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