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- Saturday, May 25, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Dallas Duncan
Deal, Mike Rowe team up to plug Ga.’s skills gap
Gov. Nathan Deal wants to end the skilled trades gap in Georgia's industries. His solution is Go Build Georgia, an initiative to educate students on the value of learning a trade and in the long run, provide better opportunities for employers to hire an educated workforce. Go Build Georgia will address the state's skilled labor shortage through public outreach and education, according to a news release from the Governor's Office. "This initiative ... will open ...
Gainesville City Schools board to consider new vision for education
The Gainesville City Schools Board of Education will be asked to officially approve a new vision for education at tonight's meeting, Superintendent Merrianne Dyer said.
Fair Street community breaks ground on new school
It's time for the mighty Tigers of Fair Street School to roar again. With demolition set for Jan. 26 and the completion date some time next December, the school is ready to come back home, Principal William Campbell said. Dozens of students, faculty, alumni and community members turned out this morning to watch members of the Gainesville school board break ground on the new Fair Street International Baccalaureate World School. "Today marks the end and the ...
Gainesville to break ground on new Fair Street School
Today acknowledges the life and mission of Martin Luther King Jr. For Gainesville City Schools, however, today marks another event: a new chapter in the history of Fair Street School. School board officials are set to break ground on the new school this morning. "The Board of Education wanted to have it on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service as a symbolic gesture to the pioneers of education for black children in Gainesville ...
Black community reflects on educational past, present
Gainesville's black community is tight-knit, active and vibrant. Its residents remember shows at Roxy Theater, mom-and-pop stores, doctors making house calls, and most of all, its schools. Now the primary vestige of that is an empty brick building, patiently waiting for Jan. 26, when the old Fair Street School will be torn down to make way for new chapters in the history book. "I look at Fair Street as being the centerpiece for the Newtown ...
Brenau launches initiative to get Steinway pianos
When Brenau University music majors take the stage next year, they'll be playing Mozart and Bach on world famous pianos.
3 area schools snag extra federal money
Fourteen area schools were designated Georgia Title I Distinguished Schools by the state Department of Education on Thursday.
North Hall Middle takes a trip back in time
There was not a time in history where Jacques Cousteau, Marilyn Monroe, Cleopatra and Gen. George Patton were all under one roof.
Brenau’s Early College program receives nod from SACS
Brenau's Early College program continues to move forward, furthered by its recent recognition by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Johnson High students learn how to solve crimes with physics, biology
Ninth-grade students in the Johnson International Scholars Academy got a crash course in forensics Wednesday, successfully solving a kidnapping.
Board of Regents OKs college merger plan
ATLANTA - It was standing room only at Tuesday's Board of Regents meeting as students, faculty and administrators from eight University System of Georgia institutions waited with bated breath to find out the fate of their universities.
Woman forms tennis team for at-risk youth
Chris Slate wants to serve those who got backhanded during their lifetimes. She's creating the first-ever US Tennis Association team for at-risk youths. "This could be your ticket to college you might not ever have," said Slate, president of Southern Realty and member of the Board of Directors District 2 for both USTA-Georgia and Northeast Georgia Tennis Association. The 12 team members - six boys and six girls - are going to be hand-picked over ...
Hall high schools may adopt modified 7-period schedule
Seventh period at Hall County high schools could be undergoing some changes for the 2012 school year, board officials announced Monday.
Riverbend Elementary may add tuition-based Pre-K
Officials at Riverbend Elementary School want to extend their Advanced Scholars Academy to pre-kindergarten students.
A healthy goal: Keep kids moving
As standardized tests have become the norm in schools, so has holding fewer physical education classes in favor of more class time.
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