ODYSSEY Media Group

ODYSSEY Media Group Keeping Central informed since 2003. Each production is an open public forum for student expression under the guidance of a faculty adviser.

The ODYSSEY Media Group is a multi-platform publication group, which consists of a student-produced newsmagazine, website, broadcast team, literary-art magazine and social media outlets. Works are published with the intent to inform, entertain and give voice to the Clarke Central High School community, as well as to educate student journalists and artists. Student journalists are provided with op

portunities to investigate, inform, interpret and to evaluate: all traditionally accepted functions of the press in America. The ODYSSEY was established in 2003 and publishes across platform. Published opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone other than the staff. The ODYSSEY staff is committed to reflect the mission statement set forth by Clarke Central High School. The goals of the staff are to provide fair, accurate news and commentaries, as well as to serve the interests of the school and Athens’ community. Advertising must conform to the guidelines set forth for editorials. Publication of advertisements does not indicate an endorsement by CCHS or the ODYSSEY staff. Students pictured in advertisements are not given monetary compensation. All advertising rates are available upon request from any ODYSSEY staff member. The ODYSSEY is a member of the Quill and Scroll Honor Society, Georgia Scholastic Press Association, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, National Scholastic Press Association and Southern Interscholastic Press Association.

Today, Sept. 4, marks the two-year anniversary of the Apalachee High School shooting. The shooting took place on Sept. 4...
09/05/2026

Today, Sept. 4, marks the two-year anniversary of the Apalachee High School shooting. The shooting took place on Sept. 4, 2024 at AHS, killing four individuals, two students and two teachers. Photo by Wyatt Meyer, graphic and story by Olive Forrester

09/04/2026

Matching ODYSSEY Media Group staffers to songs that relate to their personality, Part 3. Video by Essex Forker

Clarke Central High School Class of 2013 alumna and former ODYSSEY Media Group Print Editor-in-Chief Chloe Hargrave pose...
09/03/2026

Clarke Central High School Class of 2013 alumna and former ODYSSEY Media Group Print Editor-in-Chief Chloe Hargrave poses in front of the OMG Trophy Case on July 22. Hargave reflected on how she grew in the OMG and skills she gained that prepared her for the future. “I did really great work, and I think that I pushed my writing ability and was proud of the products that I put out into the world, and it felt really rewarding to be published,” Hargrave said. “As a young person, not a lot of people get that opportunity, or they didn’t at the time. Social media looked a lot different when I was in high school, versus how it looks now. So, to have your voice out there to a mass audience was a really big deal. All of that combined, I would just call it a rewarding experience and an experience of growth and development.” Photo by Iliana Tejada

To learn more about Hargrave, read iliad Literary-Art Magazine Outreach Coordinator Jay Braswell’s Q&A with her by going to the ODYSSEY website or clicking the link in bio!

Clarke Central High School seniors attend the Gifted Savings Assembly in the E.B. Mell Auditorium on Aug. 26. The assemb...
09/03/2026

Clarke Central High School seniors attend the Gifted Savings Assembly in the E.B. Mell Auditorium on Aug. 26. The assembly focused on Gifted Savings, a CCSD-wide financial literacy program that started in 2025 that offers seniors on track to graduate with a $1,000 investment portfolio that transfers to those who turn 18 and successfully complete modules and paperwork. “I learned a lot about investing. I didn’t really know too much about that kind of stuff, but (the assembly) gave me the basics, just like the tutorial on what to do,” CCHS senior Marcus Quarles said “I just feel like that connects with growing. Honestly, it’s not even just about the money. It could be because you want something out of life. You want to be able to go on the vacations, and you want to be able to drive whatever car you want and what not.” Photos by Maypop Wren, story by Olive Forrester

Clarke Central High School Security Officer Deborah Elder sits on her golf cart in the student parking lot on Aug. 24. E...
09/03/2026

Clarke Central High School Security Officer Deborah Elder sits on her golf cart in the student parking lot on Aug. 24. Elder has been pleased with the changes in assigned and numbered spots, and also sees opportunities to continue making the school’s parking lot safer and easier to navigate. “The changes (CCHS administrators) made are great. I’ve been telling them since I started (working at CCHS) about doing this. As far as having numbers, I had told them to do numbers or do it by names, (so) everybody gets their own,” Elder said. “Because (having assigned spots is) better than everybody trying to fight over (spots) when they get here and fight over parking spaces.” Photos and story by Essex Forker

The Clarke Central High School varsity softball team will compete against Walnut Grove High School at 5:30 p.m. at WGHS ...
09/01/2026

The Clarke Central High School varsity softball team will compete against Walnut Grove High School at 5:30 p.m. at WGHS on Sept. 1. CCHS varsity softball third baseman Sydney McElroy, a freshman, expressed anticipation and high expectations for the team’s performance. “I’m looking forward to (playing) this team because it will be good competition. I’m excited to see how we will perform,” McElroy said. “My expectations for the game are to work together as a team and play for Clarke Central, not just for ourselves. I have prepared  by (thinking positively) and focusing (at) practice to fix mistakes that happened last game and not repeating them.” Photo by Iliana Tejada, graphic and story by Olive Forrester

Leader of the Athens Film Festival Opening Night Red carpet Rosaria Meek interviews filmmakers at Ciné on Aug. 27. Filmm...
08/31/2026

Leader of the Athens Film Festival Opening Night Red carpet Rosaria Meek interviews filmmakers at Ciné on Aug. 27. Filmmakers and community members from Athens were invited to Ciné to watch other films, and were given the opportunity to present their own. “We have local artists, we have local directors, but we also have people from Europe and from all over the world. So it’s so important that Athens gets this cultural exposure,” Meek said. “So, why not have any in our beautiful community where young people get exposed to kind of a big deal. This creative idea of making movies, and then maybe winning an Oscar one day.” Photos by Grady Dunston and Maypop Wren, story by Grady Dunston

A series of graphic shows a list of major international, national and local news stories from Aug. 24 to Aug. 30. Graphi...
08/30/2026

A series of graphic shows a list of major international, national and local news stories from Aug. 24 to Aug. 30. Graphics by Maya Pringle and Lea D’Angelo

Learn more about each of these events by going to the ODYSSEY website or clicking the link in bio!

Happy birthday to News Staffer Charlie Crawford! We hope you have an amazing day! 🎂🎂
08/29/2026

Happy birthday to News Staffer Charlie Crawford! We hope you have an amazing day! 🎂🎂

Clarke Central High School English department co-chair Meghan McNeeley stands next to a Dolly Parton collage in Room 321...
08/28/2026

Clarke Central High School English department co-chair Meghan McNeeley stands next to a Dolly Parton collage in Room 321 on Aug. 26. McNeeley felt that Dolly Parton deserved to be recognized after singer-songwriter’s death on Aug 25, so she and many other teachers at CCHS decorated their classrooms and dressed up in her honor. “I can’t think of something that woman has done that’s bad or shameful. She’s a good person who doesn’t judge people. She loves everybody. She helps,” McNeeley said. “(What we did today) was an honoring. We’re paying tribute to her. Nobody had anything (bad) to say about her and she had nothing bad to say about any of us. She needed to be celebrated. It was a collective loss.” Photos by Grady Dunston, story by Olive Forrester

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