As you are shopping for school clothes over the summer for the upcoming school year, please be aware that the Covington County Schools Code of Conduct has changed in regard to the student dress code. Beginning next school year, leggings, jeggings, nor yoga pants or flared leggings will be allowed at all to be worn as outerwear. This means they cannot be allowed at all regardless of how long the shirt or top. Thank you for understanding and being prepared for this change.
Day 2 the final weigh in at the Alabama Bass Nation State Championship on Lake Eufaula and the Straughn Bass team showed out!
Competing against 184 teams from across the state, our anglers represented Straughn with determination and skill all weekend long.
Isaac McMath and Drayden Whitten finished THIRD place with a total weight for two days 22.71 pounds. This finish landed them some new hardware, a $500 check and a spot to fish in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP on Kentucky Lake in July!!
Brayden Tisdale finished in 6th place with a total two day weight of 22.05 pounds.
Drake Padgett and Chappel Clanton finished 42nd with an overall weight of 14.79 pounds.
Evan Ray and Bryson Harrison placed 103 with an overall weight of 8.93 pounds.
Lane Landon placed 136 with a total weight of 5.94 pounds.
The Straughn Bass Team also finished 3rd in the State overall in the 6 Man Team!
Congratulations to all of our anglers! We are incredibly proud of your hard work, dedication, and accomplishments this season. We can’t wait to cheer on Isaac and Drayden as they represent Straughn at the National Championship!
Driver's Education will be provided on campus at SHS to 10th grade students next school year for those that have not already taken the course. It will be a semester course. Sophomores will take Health one semester and Driver's Ed for the other.
Please see info here regarding report cards and summer school.
See info regarding summer meal programs.
Here is the link for the graduation ceremony livestream.
https://www.youtube.com/live/nzMpzTXT538?si=sZGI0-Mm3iZu2yZq
The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2026 will be tonight at 6 p.m. in the Straughn School Auditorium. The doors will open at 4:45. Everyone kindergarten age and older must have a ticket to enter the auditorium. The Straughn High School gym will be open with a livestream presentation of the ceremony for anyone without a ticket that would like to be on campus during the ceremony or anyone that would like to attend. The graduation ceremony will be live streamed on YouTube as well for anyone to watch anywhere. Thank you all for supporting our graduates, and we look forward to celebrating them tonight.
Congratulations, Straughn High School Class of 2026!
2026 Cross Country Team
Mr. Weeks' bus will be running very late this morning. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Congratulations to our Varsity softball team! They are the 2026 4A Area 4 Champions! They begin regional competition in Gulf Shores today. Great job players and coaches. We are so proud of you!
Our Straughn Concert Band put on a show last week! They sounded fantastic in their annual Spring Concert. We have some very talented students at Straughn! Congratulations to our students and directors on a job well done!
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Congratulations to our Straughn High FFA. They performed extremely well at their competition in Enterprise last week!
Aquaculture placed 4th and qualified for state ( Sabyn Bozeman, Brayden Tisdale, Dhilan Patel, Quinn Dixon) Dhilan was 4th highest scorer in the entire competition.
Horse Evaluation placed 3rd and qualified for state ( Breonna Robbin’s, Ellie Williams, Kyra Gilley, and not pictured Anlee Wise)
Conduct of a Chapter Meeting placed 2nd and qualified for state ( Lexie Duffell, Riddhi Patel, Brooklyn Cross, Ella Corbitt, CR Grant, Rudra Patel, and not pictured Julia Harold).
1st place Quartet and qualified for state ( Logan Dumont, Grayson Hancock, Ayden Kelley, and Tess Smith).
Discussion Meet 3rd place Drayden Whitten and qualified for state.
McKenna Reeves also competed in Creed Speaking
We also competed in Scrapbook (Emmie Croft, Alexis Hamilton).
Great job students and teachers! We are so proud of you!
📣 Coming Soon: A Better Way to Stay Connected!
Starting April 2, you’ll receive messages and updates from your child’s school right inside the Covington County Schools app.
✅ One place for all school communication
📱 Text notifications even if you haven’t downloaded the app
💬 Easy access to message teachers, coaches, counselors & more
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This Wednesday our Senior students will be traveling to the Central Office to participate in the "Before You Go" event that will focus on some important real life skills. All seniors will be making the trip. Seniors will not be attending dual enrollment classes Wednesday morning so that they may participate in the event. Those that participate in dual enrollment should report directly to Straughn High School by 7:45. LBW has been made aware that these students will not be in college class on Wednesday. The buses will leave for the trip by around 8:15 and will return around 2. Lunch will be provided. All Seniors need to make plans to be there the whole time. Those that typically have early dismissal may leave as soon as the buses return to school.
Over the weekend our Straughn Lady Tigers hosted the annual KLD Softball Tournament. Our girls played really well and were the 2026 KLD Tournament Champions! Congratulations to our varsity softball team! Go Tigers!
The baseball and softball games that were scheduled for today have been cancelled.
The baseball games have been rescheduled for tomorrow versus Bullock County. The games will be at Straughn with the first game beginning at 4:15.
The softball game versus Excel has been rescheduled for April 27th. The softball teams will travel to New Brockton tomorrow afternoon as scheduled.
We will have a delayed start to school tomorrow due to the possibility of severe weather. School will begin at 9 a.m. Buses will run routes accordingly with the earliest routes beginning at 7:30 a.m.
There will be no dual enrollment classes tomorrow morning, Monday, March 16th. This means we will not be transporting students by bus to the LBW campus in Opp. This is for tomorrow morning only.
Also 10th grade students will not be attending dual enrollment classes on Tuesday, March 17th as they will be taking the ACT. 10th grade dual enrollment students should report directly to school by 7:45 Tuesday morning instead of attending dual enrollment classes.
Ms. Simmons's bus will be running a few minutes late this morning.