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GNTC announces President’s and Dean’s List for 2011 fall semester
Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2011 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must ...
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FFA connects students to horticulture industry
The Cedartown High School FFA member’s long hours of practice paid off as they completed a major hurdle in their Georgia Green Industry Junior Certification. FFA members include Cody Lumpkin, Cor...
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From left to right are Jordan McLendon, US Congress Deputy District Director John O Keefe and Christopher Wisener (Contributed photo)
CHS seniors receive support for "Stay Strong Live On" project
CHS seniors Jordan McLendon and Christopher Wisener recently received support of U.S. Congressman Phil Gingery for a school campaign on suicide awareness and prevention. The “Stay Strong, Live On”...
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Shorter University announces Fall 2011 Dean's List
Shorter University has announced the fall 2011 Dean's List honorees. To achieve this honor, students must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for the...
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Pictured, from left, are Polk County Chamber of Commerce Chairperson Vickey Atkins, 2012 CHS STAR Teacher Vicki Mayes, 2012 CHS STAR Student Austin David Goggins and CHS Principal Hal David. (Lowell Vickers/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Austin Goggins is the 2012 CHS STAR Student
An assembly Tuesday morning at Cedartown High School honored the 2012 STAR student, Austin David Goggins, and social studies teacher Vicki Mayes, who Goggins selected to be the CHS STAR Teacher for...
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Lundy makes Samford University Dean's List
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University has announced the names of students from the Fall 2011 semester who have earned the academic status of Dean’s List. Laura Lundy, of Cedartown, made ...
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Raj Patel, left, was the Junior Mr. Big Dawg winner, and Cason Davenport, at right, was the 2012 Mr. Big Dawg winner Thursday at the Cedartown Civic Auditorium. (Lowell Vickers/thepolkfishwrap.com)
CHS holds annual Mr. Big Dawg contest
Casen Davenport was the winner of the 2012 Mr. Big Dawg contest Thursday evening at the Cedartown Civic Auditorium. Raj Patel was the Junior Mr. Big Dawg winner. The annual talent show is a proje...
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CMS wrestlers end season
The 11 wrestlers that just finished a season with the Cedartown Middle School wrestling team is a group of wrestlers that head coach James Bowman calls elite. “Each practice consisted of a 30 minu...
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School board tours schools to identify needs
by Staff reports
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The Polk School District Board of Education toured many schools during the Christmas break. The tour was intended to assess various needs identified by administrators for School District facilities.
School board seat redistricting moves forward
by Jake Carter
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The Polk School Board of Education met in special session Tuesday night to discuss the redistricting process for board members. The board voted last year to reduce the number of districts in Polk ...
Georgia climbs to seventh place in national education ranking survey
by The Chattanooga Times-Free Press
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Tennessee and Georgia each moved up in a national ranking of overall education quality, with Tennessee placing 21st and Georgia seventh. But those figures came in well above other measures of stat...
State wants delay in career path program
by The Associated Press
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ATLANTA -- Georgia Department of Education officials are asking state lawmakers to agree to a one-year delay of a program stemming from a new state law requiring students to pick a career path by n...
Board of Regents approve termination of 253 associate degrees
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The Board of Regents may have set a record with its action today to terminate 253 associate degree programs, of which 250 are associate of applied science degrees (AAS) and three are associate of s...
Polk School Board starts new year with appointments and meeting changes
by Jake Carter
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Seats were swapped and calendars rearranged at the first school board meeting in 2012 Tuesday night. School board policy dictates that a new chairman, vice chairman and the school board attorney b...
Ga. principal responds to slavery lesson concerns
by The Associated Press
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NORCROSS, Ga. -- A school principal says he expects lessons to be appropriate and provide true connection between subject areas, but he said that didn't happen when third-grade students at his scho...
Beloved CHS mascot dies
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"Toland's Bulldog Pride," Cedartown High School's mascot, passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, following a brief illness. Pride was bought as a puppy from Mars Hill Bulldogs by the CHS Student Counc...
Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters after speaking at a caucus night watch party, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.


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Gingrich says he's staying in GOP race (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Defeated in the Nevada caucuses, Newt Gingrich brushed aside all talk of quitting the Republican presidential race and said he hopes a series of victories will enable him to catch up with front-runner Mitt Romney by the Texas primary in early April.


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Afghan police: US soldier shoots Afghan guard (AP)

Afghans walk over snow after a snow storm on a hill side in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. National Weather Center meteorologist Abdul Qadir Qadir says the heavy snows were beneficial for Afghanistan, which has been suffering from 12 years of drought. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - An American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a base in the country's north, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him, Afghan police said Sunday.


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