Miller Grove High School tenth-grade student Samuel Gladden will receive $250 for his Honorable Mention documentary, “Education: The Greatest Common Factor," entered in C-Span's national 2013 StudentCam competition. According to the press release from C-Span, middle school and high school students are invited to produce a five- to- eight minute documentary on a national policy issue in the annual competition, which has been around for nine years. In this year's competition, students were asked to answer this question: “What’s the most important issue the president should consider in 2013?” …

Students from Stone Mountain have reached the following achievements at various colleges and universities, according to ReadMedia: Kimberly Andrews of Stone Mountain graduated from Youngstown State University in December with a Master of Science in Nursing degree in Nurse Anesthetist Option. Andrew Leipold of Stone Mountain has been named to the Dean's List at Clemson University for the fall 2012 semester. Leipold is majoring in History. Gande Li and Silvia Vaca of Stone Mountain earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Fall 2012 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. These students, of …

Students from Stone Mountain have reached the following achievements at various colleges and universities, according to ReadMedia: Kyle Thomas Lineberry was among the 400 students receiving degrees from Piedmont College at the recent December commencement ceremony. Lineberry earned a Master of Arts degree in Music Education Elizabeth Burson, a senior at Harding University, is among more than 1,000 University students included on the dean's list for grades achieved during the fall semester. Quindoline Bryant qualified for the fall 2012 dean's list at Chadron State College. Markie Fleming has …

Of the 143 students from 16 high schools nominated by the DeKalb County School District for the Georgia Governor's Honors Program (GHP), 17 students come from five schools in Stone Mountain and Lithonia. The Georgia Department of Education program, described as a residential summer program for gifted and talented high school juniors and seniors, takes place at Valdosta State University. The local students nominated are: From Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia - Ariana  Cherry  GHP major: Agriscience/Environmental Science Ellis  Walton GHP major: Agriscience/Environmental Science Amera …

Alexis Stone loves softball. It’s been that way ever since the Stone Mountain High School junior and captain of the Lady Pirates softball team caught a game at a park in Pittsburgh when she was eight.“I went up to the coach and I watched [the game] for a little second, then my mom asked him can I play,” Stone recalled.  That was beginning. “He taught me how to play, and I was good.”Apparently, the talent runs in the family. Her mother, Candice Cunningham, played softball in high school. She thinks her daughter took to it “because she found it to be fun and it gave her a feeling of …