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Every staff member counts!
a message from Superintendent Dr. Curtis Jones
UGA professor Peter Smagorinsky writes a series on Great Georgia Teachers. The Griffin-Spalding County School System's own Lisa Miller, a Moreland Road Elementary School kindergarten teacher, was a recent focus and appeared on the AJC school blog. Lisa is a graduate of our school system and sent her own children to the schools in this district.
Blog editor Maureen Downey wrote, "In past articles for the AJC's Get Schooled blog, I have made the case that teachers are the heart and soul of every school. Lisa Miller shows how big that heart can be and the kind of soul it grows. Lisa Miller is more than a teacher in an isolated room of kids. She has a bigger presence, one that uplifts her school and community and makes the educational experience critical and fulfilling. That's hard to measure with numbers but tangible in terms of the inspiration and care that people recognize in her contributions. That's my kind of teacher and one all Georgians can be proud to have in our schools."
The entire blog can be viewed here.
To Lisa, thank you for being an inspiration to our students and community. And to the rest of our staff, I thank you for the work you do each day in making Griffin-Spalding County School System a better place to work and learn.
Everyone, have a great weekend! Curtis |
| Best of luck to our SkillsUSA students who are participating in the state competition this weekend! |
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UGA-Griffin Seeks Summer Staff
The UGA-Griffin Campus is seeking applicants for the 2013 Kids Enrichment University that runs from June 10-June 28 and July 8-12. Deadline for submitting a cover letter and resume to acain@uga.edu is March 29. Positions open include: program director (7:45 am - 3:45 pm), teacher (7:45 am - 12:45 pm) and paraprofessional (either 7:45 am - 12:45 pm or 12 Noon - 3:15 pm depending on the position).
Every school principal and secretary were sent a flyer with details about the weekly camp activities. |
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Georgia K-12 Schools Rank 7th in the Nation
Consumer Affairs recently provided a report on how well U.
S. schools are doing. Georgia ranked 7th in overall achievement!
One of the researchers, Amy Hightower, says all eight researchers on this project is extremely tough on each state in their grading and and the improvement is in the level of quality in the education schools provide.
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RRHS Students Participate in CrossFit Through a Grant
CrossFit is a well-rounded healthy lifestyles program that Rehoboth Road Middle School has underway. During PE, students were asked what they had for dinner the night before, did some warm-ups as pictured above, and partnered to play wall ball, run 200 meters and do push-ups. And, here's the catch. It was only the number of push-ups that counted toward their points for the day.
When asked, students say they love the program. They eagerly looked at the board to see what the activities were for the day. All agreed that it was fun and interesting.
Teaching middle school students the fitness program is carrying through to life outside the school walls. One student said his dad was getting into the CrossFit fitness program and working on his upper body strength.
Ms. Johnson, the PE teacher, said, "We want our students to have healthy lifestyles and this is a good way to begin."
RRMS is partnering with CrossFit affiliate, CrossFit Fayette, who comes twice a week to facilitate workouts with the teachers and students, and plan with the teachers. This is a great opportunity to share a connection with a business working in the school.
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Students honored at 30th Annual
First National Bank Outstanding Student Banquet
Almost 300 juniors and seniors from Griffin and Spalding high schools were honored for academic achievement at First National Bank's 30th annual Outstanding Student Banquet this week. In addition to the framed certificate seen above, each student received a coupon worth $25 to open a savings account. STAR students Jed Paz (GHS) and Jon Eady (SHS) each received a $1,000 scholarship from FNB.
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All students entering sixth grade for the 2013-2014 school year, must provide documentation of having received two doses of the chickenpox vaccination or proof of immunity as well as documentation that they have had two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccination. The MMR and chickenpox vaccinations as well as the required form (Form 3231) may be obtained from the Spalding County Health Department or at the office of your private physician. Parents should provide documentation of updated immunization to their elementary school nurse no later than May 3, 2013. Students without the required documentation of updated immunizations will not be assigned a schedule for sixth grade.
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Kindergarten Registration set for April 8 - May 31 8 AM - 4 PM weekdays
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTERING A GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY SCHOOL:- Certified copy of the Certificate of Birth
- Certificate of Immunization, Form No. 3231
- Certificate of Eye, Ear & Dental Screening Examination, Form No. 3300
- Social Security Card
- Proof of Residency - one proof from each list
ONE OF EITHER:- Copy of mortgage statement/payment - dated with name, address
- Copy of rental agreement- this must include the names of all people living in the house, the name of the lease holder/company, expiration date, signatures or a mortgage agreement
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ONE OF ANY:- Copy of utility bill, telephone bill or cable TV bill - name and address must appear on statement. The utility company will provide a written verification.
- Copy of current property tax bill/statement of value
- Copy of homeowner's insurance policy/receipt- must be dated and show name and address
- Income tax form with address - current year ONLY
- State Photo ID of LEGAL parent/guardian.
- Proof of custody/guardianship if person other than the natural parent is registering the child. Legal proof of the guardianship is needed (i.e. court documents or DFACS papers).
- Withdrawal Form (all grades), discipline report and transcript for middle and high school students from previous school attended. Save time by completing registration documents online at: tinyurl.com/gscsregistration prior to visiting Central Registration. Kiosks are available in the Central Registration office for those unable to complete documents in advance. All documentation listed above must be presented at Central Registration. Parents/guardians are encouraged to call 770-229-3710 option 1 for a registration appointment. Appointments are available on work days Monday-Friday from 8AM - 4PM.
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Employees of the Month
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A. Z. Kelsey Academy Ira Washington, Grace Mercer-Lindsey, Joet Williams, Autumn Barnes
Ira Washington for her commitment to keeping AZ Kelsey clean. She came in on the Friday of our winter break to clean the carpet. This was suppose to be an off day for her.
Grace Mercer-Lindsey, Joet Williams, and Autumn Barnes for their work on PBIS.
Griffin High School
Joel Pasch
Sandra Stroud
Griffin High School would like to nominate Joel Pasch and Sandra Stroud as our employees of the month. They have worked throughout the year on ensuring a successful Relay for Life campaign. Their most recent RFL event, the Big Band Dance, was a huge success. Because of faculty like Ms. Stroud and Mr. Pasch we are able to come together as a faculty for the common goal of celebrating more birthdays! We are Griffin!
Spalding High
Kathy White
We would like to nominate Mrs. Kathy White for our employee of the month. She has worn many hats at SHS and has been a great asset to our staff. It is with mixed emotions that we congratulate and say good-bye to our colleague and dear friend as she moves on to KRMS. We would like to congratulate KRMS on getting one of our best. Go Jags! Go Cougars!
Mainstay Academy
Craig Whedon
Mr. Whedon is the Griffin site's building administrator and testing coordinator. He works collaboratively with 5 counties' testing coordinators and administrators to design and implement our testing schedule, schedule and chair IEP meetings and review IEP and Eligibility Reports in an effort to meet federal, state and varying system level requirements. He ensures our students have benchmark, district, and state tests as required by varying schedules, driving to and from counties to pick up and deliver tests. Mr. Whedon is a strong student and teacher advocate and is committed to GNETS' Mainstay Academy. His list of responsibilities is never-ending. He is conscientiously involved in all aspects of the ongoing management and supervision of the Griffin site, and he does it all with a caring and positive attitude.
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Did you know?
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Griffin-Spalding County School System Board of Education meets Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at 6:00 p.m.
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