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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 July 22, 2015
School 2015
MyConnection Published every Wednesday and delivered free by The Newnan Times-Herald
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Time to register for the 2015 - 2016 school year The 2015-2016 Coweta County school year will start on Friday, Aug. 7. To register their children before the start of the school year, parents should visit the school system’s Central Registration Center, located at 167 Werz Industrial Drive in Newnan (770-254-5551). The central office also offers web-based pre-registration through the school system’s website (www. cowetaschools.org), and is open to accept new registrations throughout the summer months. The online site will establish basic information for registering new students, and will explain necessary documents. Parents should complete online pre-registration on the website before coming to the center, or they can use computer terminals offered at the registration office. During the summer months the registration center is open Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. New applications are not begun after 4:30 p.m. at the office. Students already enrolled in a Coweta County school, including in pre-kindergarten class during the 2014-2015 school year, do not need to register again. Parents of students who will be new to Coweta schools in the 20152016 academic year and entering kindergarten through twelfth grade will need to register their children for school.
To enroll a new student in school, parents will need to provide the following items: 1. Birth Certificate – A state-issued, certified copy is required (hospital certificates are not accepted). 2. Social Security Card 3. Proof of Residence – two items f rom t he fol low i ng l i st a re required for address verification: a. Mortgage documents or a security deed which indicates the location of the residence; b. Apartment or home lease or rent receipt indicating the current address;
c. Current electrical bill or application for electrical service showing the current address (please bring the entire bill, to show electrical service and address); d.Property tax records which indicate the location of the residence; e. Voter precinct identification card or other voter documentation indicating the current address. 4. State ID or Driver’s License – Must be current (not expired). Students may only be registered by a biological parent or legal
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By CELIA SHORTT celia@newnan.com
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NOTE: Exceptions will be made for above requests where appropriate. No document will be required that would cause or result in discrimination based on race, color,
• Middle Schools: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. • Elementary Schools: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. • High Schools: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Teachers will not be available for formal conferences during the Aug. 6 orientation. During orientation, representatives from the school system’s transportation department will be available for information about bus schedules, and representatives from the school system’s
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guardian. Proof of custody or guardianship is required if the registering adult is not the birth parent. 5. I m mu n i zat ion Cer t i f icate – Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) immunization certificate form 3231 or a signed 30-day waiver. 6.Hearing-Dental-Vision Certificate on Georgia Form 3300 or a signed 120-day waiver.
national origin, or immigration status. Im munization a nd Hea ringDental-Vision certificates can be obtained from the Coweta County Health Department (770-254-7400) or from a family physician. St udent s t ra n sfer r i n g f rom another Georgia school should a l ready h ave t he cer t i f icates ava i lable from t hei r prev ious school. Short-term waivers may be requested during registration to allow parents time to obtain the certificates, but students may be withdrawn if the certificates are not filed by the end of the waiver period. Parents and students will be able to visit their school on Thursday, Aug. 6. All schools will hold student orientation at these times on the sixth:
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A 2015 graduate of East Coweta High School and the Central Educational Center (CEC) recently created a new truck wrap logo for the Newnan Police Department’s new community resource officer program. “I talked to [School Superintendent] Dr. Barker about the project and wanted someone to do it with a fresh outlook and younger perspective,” said Newnan Police Ch ief Douglas “Buster ” Meadows. The Newnan Police Department (NPD) purchased a new pickup truck for the Community Resource Officer (CRO) program and wanted it to have a softer touch with the community than a police car. “It’s a police vehicle, but I wanted it to seem more approachable,” Meadows said. From there, Natalie Hynson, the graphic communications teacher at CEC asked her senior student Hannah Nichols about doing the project for the police department. Nichols had done other design work before, like business cards and logos, but nothing on this scale. “I originally thought it
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Coweta graduate Hannah Nichols recently designed a car wrap for the truck for Newnan Police Department’s new Community Resource Officer (CRO) Program.
would be flyers or some other type of marketing,” she said. When she found out what it was, she asked, “What exactly is a car wrap?” Once she determined what she needed to do, Nichols implemented what she had learned in her classes and began taking her idea for the truck and simplifying it until she could not simplify it any more. Two main tenants of the new CRO program are communication and building relationships. Nichols and Newnan’s CRO Edward Lee wanted to incorporate both of them into the design.
To i mplement com munication and trust, Nichols chose to have two arms, coming together to shake hands. One is a police officer’s arm, and the other is a community member. She also put a bridge decal on the back window of the truck. The bridge design is based on Newnan’s Salbide Avenue bridge. She felt it showed people communicating, blending and coming together. “We’re trying to do things with community,” said CRO Lee. “We want to build this
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