Students from Baldwin Preparatory Academy in Loxley earned Skill Point Certificates at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, where a record 7,000 students competed.
Tag: Baldwin County schools
Coverage of Baldwin County schools from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
FBI and Daphne Police Train Baldwin County School Officers to Spot Online Threats to Children
School resource officers and educators from across Baldwin County gathered at Daphne Middle School for an FBI-led course on online child exploitation, radicalization and the warning signs adults most often miss.
Baldwin County
West Orange Avenue Streetscape Leads a Sprawling Foley Council Agenda
Foley leaders take the first step toward redeveloping downtown West Orange Avenue with a $100,000 engineering contract, part of an agenda that also covers a senior center, a $2 million grant application and a retiring K-9.
Baldwin County
Professional Rodeo Returns to Robertsdale in August for Its 28th Year Supporting Youth Mental Health
The Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation brings its 28th Annual Professional Rodeo to Baldwin County August 6-8, with proceeds funding youth mental health and wellness programs in local schools.
Baldwin County
Third-Party Talk and Courthouse Upsets: More Super Tuesday Winners and Losers
In a second round of post-primary analysis, the area’s political observers weighed a possible third-party fall campaign and a Mobile County courthouse shake-up, and named winners in an unpredictable year.
Baldwin County
Winners and Losers From Alabama’s Super Tuesday: The Politicos Weigh In
The day after Alabama’s Super Tuesday primary, a panel of the area’s savvier political hands sorted the winners and losers, from Trump’s ceiling to a courthouse upset and incumbents who held firm.
Baldwin County
Five Schools, One Worry: A New Coalition Took On Underage Drinking in Mobile and Baldwin
Jean Downing described the Mobile/Baldwin Counties Community of Concern to Sunrise Rotary — a five-school partnership on alcohol and drugs, with a public forum on the adolescent brain set for Jan. 13 at UMS-Wright.
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Alabama Leads the Nation in Fourth Grade Reading Gains, National Report Card Shows
Alabama’s fourth graders posted the largest reading gain of any state on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress, an eight-point jump credited to the Alabama Reading Initiative.
Baldwin County
David Ed Bishop Ran on a Promise to Bring Baldwin’s Money Home
The Baldwin County commissioner and longtime Fairhope councilman joined the District 32 field, arguing the county sent more to Montgomery in lodging and gas taxes than it ever got back.