Education
Posted under Education on September 3rd, 2008 by PolkNewswire
Coosa Valley Technical College will host the community wide GED Graduation Ceremony and Reception for Polk County on Tuesday, September 16, at 7:00 p.m. at the CVTC campus auditorium in Rockmart.
All GED graduates, along with their families and guests, are invited to participate in this event and have been notified by letter. [...]
Posted under Education on August 1st, 2008 by PolkNewswire
Coosa Valley Technical College’s Office of Adult Education will host a reception at the Polk Family Learning Center in Cedartown, Georgia on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. for members of the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) Steering Committee. For the past four years, this group has organized fundraising events and supported services to [...]
Posted under Education, public service on July 29th, 2008 by PolkNewswire
Polk Family Learning Center’s 2008 Summer Camp program has engaged 30 families, parents and their children age birth through 15 years old, in camp style activities designed to keep everyone involved in learning and to cement learning gains from the previous school year.
The Center normally caters to parents and their youngest children. This year, a [...]
Posted under Crime, Education on July 26th, 2008 by PolkNewswire
A Georgia Highlands student was arrested Friday and charged with hacking into the college’s computer network for the purpose of allegedly changing his grade.
According to law enforcement officials, the student, now identified as 19 year old Christopher Fowler of Bartow County was arrested in Cartersville by agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the [...]
Posted under Education on July 25th, 2008 by PolkNewswire
8 of 11 Polk County schools did not meet the adequate yearly progress mark for the 2007-2008 school year, with only Cherokee Elementary, Euharlee Kindergarten and Rockmart Middle passing.
In Floyd County, Coosa High did not make AYP based on academic performance while in the city system, Main and West central Elementary schools did not cross [...]
Posted under Education on July 10th, 2008 by PolkNewswire
The HON Company recently made a $150,000 donation to the Coosa Valley Technical College (CVTC) Foundation’s Education For Work campaign.
CVTC Foundation’s Education For Work campaign is a five year investment plan designed to enhance economic development through workforce education in Floyd, Gordon, and Polk counties. Thanks to donations from The HON Company, and other [...]
Posted under Education on July 10th, 2008 by PolkNewswire
Rockmart took a big time hit form an electrical storm that slammed the area late Wednesday night.
Amber Jordan at Coosa Valley Tech says that the college has decided to cancel classes on their Rockmart campus until Monday to give crews all of the time they need to make repairs to their electrical network and get [...]