Sample Augusta presents the Music & Nightlife Industry Roundtable

WHEN: JULY 20TH FROM 6PM TO 8PM WHERE: THE MILLER THEATRE

708 BROAD ST, AUGUSTA, GA 30901

Sample Augusta aims to engage Augusta’s music community through leadership, education, and programming.

The focus of the panel will be to assess Music academia in the region. How do we successfully prepare youth and stu -

Richmond County School System awarded $70,000 to support student achievement

The Richmond County School System (RCSS) was awarded $73,041 in Opportunity Grants from the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) to support mathematics and advanced learning in schools. The grants will support teachers in their plans to help students strengthen their understanding of mathematics and advanced courses.

“We are excited for our schools that have been selected to receive the Opportunity Grants,” said Kinesha Ponder, the director of teaching and learning at RCSS. “These grants will provide our teachers with additional instructional tools and materials to implement learning experiences that prepare students to think critically and enhance their reasoning skills.”

RCSS received funding in two categories. The Advanced Placement (AP) Teacher Mentoring grant offers $2,500 to the district to create mentoring programs for new or novice AP teachers, while the mathematics grant supplies $4,000 per school to buy mathematics materials to support instruction.

“These grants are important as our students and teachers begin implanting Georgia’s new K-12 Mathematics Standards,” said Dr. Malinda Cobb, Associate Superintendent of Academic Services. “I am thankful to the school leaders who sought these Opportunity Grants for their schools.” dents for careers in Media and Entertainment within the Augusta River Region?

The mathematics grant arrives in time to ease schools into the first year of implementing the new math standards, initially adopted in 2021. In addition, AP teachers will use the funds in the 2023-24 school year to incorporate new strategies to prepare students for advanced courses and enhance their performance in AP exams.

There will be an Industry Mixer before the panel where Sample Augusta will relay new data and information to the public to elaborate on developments of Sample Augusta’s Weekly Music Guide.

The panel will be moderated by Sample Augusta’s Walter Santiago & Rachel Goodman and feature the following speakers:

Dr. Robert Foster is the Professor of Music at Augusta University and a distinguished national Jazz ensemblist. Locally Dr. Foster curates and plays at the Maxwell Performing Arts Center while also being featured in acts like The Brownstown Gritty, Goin’ South, The Soultown

Horns, and a plethora of other acts.

Ryan Abel is on the Board for The Augusta Players and is a renowned staple for the southeastern music industry, known best for their touring group Goin’ South and his career with Ed Turner. Abel has produced an ovational benefit concert series with The Miller Theater, supporting youth in the arts.

This event is open to the public and will be live-streamed in partnership with GetUp Productions. SampleAugusta.com/Roundtable

RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PROPOSAL NUM.: B-21-026-4050

Bond Issue Program

PROJECT NAME: Blythe Elementary School HVAC Replacement

County Board Of Education Of Richmond County Invitation To Bid

Sealed proposals from Contractors will be received for the B-21-026-4050 – Blythe Elementary School HVAC Replacement project by the County Board of Education of Richmond County at the address below until 3:00 PM local time, August 3, 2023. This will be a public bid opening, read aloud in the Richmond County Board of Education Conference Room located at 864 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 30901. No extension of the bidding period will be made.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held July 18, 2023 @ 10:00 AM local time in the Media Center Conference Room, Blythe Elementary School HVAC Replacement, 290 Church Street, Blythe, GA 30805.

Drawings and project manual on this work may be examined at the Department of Maintenance and Facilities, Richmond County Board of Education, 2956 Mike Padgett Hwy., Augusta, Georgia 30906.

Bidding documents may be obtained at the Office of the Architect: 2KM Architects, Inc., 529 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901. Applications for documents together with refundable deposit of $100.00 set should be filed promptly with the Architect. Bidding material will be forwarded (shipping charges collect) as soon as possible. The full amount of deposit for one set will be refunded to each prime contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such set in good conditi on within 10 days after date of opening bids. All other deposits will be refunded with deductions approximating cost of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within 10 days after date of opening bid.

Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 35 days after time has been called on the date of opening.

Bid must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Per sonal checks, certified checks, letters of credit, etc., are not acceptable. The successful bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities.

To promote local participation, a database of Sub-contractors, Suppliers, and Vendors has been developed by the Program Manager, GMK Associates. Contact Jeanine Usry with GMK Associates at (706) 826-1127 for location to review and obtain this database.

Bids shall be submitted and addressed to:

Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw

County Board of Education of Richmond County Administrative Office

864 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901 c/o: Mr. Bobby Smith, CPA