Every month we compile a list of students doing great things across the River Region. We have so many talented students in our area. River Region Parents joins with their families and schools to celebrate their achievements!

Pike Road Varsity Girls’ Basketball Wins Championship
Pike Road High School varsity girls’ basketball won the 5A area championship. In addition to the victory, three players were selected for the All-Tournament team: Jada Roberts, Jazlyn Johnson and Gracie Branham. Sophomore Jazlyn Johnson was also named the tournament MVP.

Macon East Celebrates 100th Day of School
PreK and K5 students celebrated the 100th day of school recently. K5 enjoyed making 100’s Day necklaces, having a candy hunt for 100 pieces of candy in the library, playing “Race to 100” partner games in the classroom, and having a special 100’s Day snack. All students had a great time celebrating being 100 days smarter! Thank you to our teachers, Ms. Lawrence, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Jordan, Ms. Bruce and Ms. Mills.

Pre-K Valentine Party Fun
Pike Road’s Pre-K classes enjoyed a carnival-themed Valentine party. They engaged in a cake walk, crafts, photo booth, dancing and many more fun activities.

PRHS Sophomore’s Art Chosen for Exhibit
Pike Road High School sophomore Emily Restad has won Secondary Best in Show at the 2022 Alabama State Superintendents Visual Arts Exhibit. Her artwork titled, A Mermaid’s Home, is on exhibit at the Old Supreme Court Library at the State Capitol.

PRHS Cheer Teams Compete in Orlando at Nationals
The Pike Road junior varsity and varsity cheerleading state champions competed in Orlando. Fla. at Nationals. The varsity team came in 7th place out of 47 teams who competed.

Pike Road Robotics Competes at State
Pike Road was proud to cheer on its VEX robotics team members as they moved to the VEX robotics state championship on February 18. The team did an amazing job this year from early morning to late afternoon practices preparing for this competition.

Macon East Senior Organizes Valentine Treat for Nursing Home
Macon East Academy senior class vice president Ali Churchwell organized a Valentine distribution for Southern Springs Nursing Home located in Union Springs. Students from middle and high school designed and created special messages to send to the senior citizens.

Parent Participation @ Pike Road High
Thank you to our Parent Teacher Student Association board for the job they do in making sure our school stakeholders are engaged in our activities and events! Thank you to our faculty and staff for 100% participation and our parent members for their support!

Pike Road Wrestlers Reach State Qualifier Status
Four Pike Road wrestlers moved on to state competition in Huntsville: George Coley, Jack Fuhrman, Hinds Duncan and Myers Duncan.