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Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; A mentor program that's offered at Sherwood Acres Elementary school has parents singing it's praises.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Meet Dr. Marcus Washington from Sherwood Acres Elementary

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Updated with video; Students and parents ate food and listened to information at the 2nd Annual R.E.A.L. Boys R.E.A.L Men Breakfast at Sherwood Acres Elementary School on Thursday.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Sherwood Acres Elementary School announced the results from the 2012 YLI Mock Election.

Friday, November 02, 2012  Updated with video; Poll workers volunteered their time to make the process as real as possible for the students.

Friday, May 04, 2012  Updated with video; Veronica Reese is the 2012 Teacher of the Year from Serwood Acres Elementary.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Records released by DCSS show four schools over building capacity and two under 50 percent capacity; many schools also still have portable classrooms.

Friday, February 17, 2012  Updated with video; A Blue Angel Naval Aviator from Pelham visited two schools in Albany on Thursday.

Friday, February 10, 2012  Updated with video; Dougherty County has a new spelling bee champion.

Friday, February 10, 2012  A fifth grader from Sherwood Acres took on competitors from across Dougherty County to emerge victorious Friday.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011  Updated with video; Parents are often complaining about how much they have to spend on back to school supplies for their children.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Audrey Rowe joined students at Sherwood Acres to discuss school nutrition.

Thursday, March 24, 2011  Local students partner up with Habitat for Humanity.

Thursday, February 10, 2011  It was just like any other morning at Sherwood Acres Elementary, until 9 a.m. when the kids were up and out of their seats for an annual emergency drill that prepares students for extreme weather.