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Shae Dollar, Barbara Young, Gayle Gates and Maria Flores serve lunch earlier this year at Eastside Elementary School. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
'Seamless Summer' nutrition program serving meals to Polk County children
Children, from age one to 18, can eat a free meal at designated sites in Polk County as part of the Seamless Summer Feeding Program. This opportunity is provided through the National School Lunch ...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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New scoring systems in place for Polk, state schools
School systems in Georgia have a new way to measure academic progress thanks to a new scoring system, and so far, Polk is registering close to or right on target with surrounding school and state a...
Jun 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sharon Cleveland, branch manager, Rockmart Library, takes time to play with Brantley Tracy. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Summer Reading Club begins at local library
The Summer Reading Club is now in progress at Rockmart Library and will continue through July 20. Sharon Cleveland, branch manager, said a registration goal of 1,000 has been set for this summer c...
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hal David stands in front of the school where he taught for 18 years. He later came back to CHS to serve as principal. He retired May 31. (Aimee Madden/thepolkfishwrap.com)
David's legacy: building up schools one success at a time
When Hal David speaks about his 34 years as an educator, he’s quick to rattle off a long list of impressive school-wide academic accomplishments and building improvement projects that he’s had a ha...
Jun 04, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 75 75 recommendations | email to a friend
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US education secretary to visit Ga., discuss pre-K
ATLANTA — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is traveling to Atlanta to highlight President Barack Obama's effort to expand access to early learning programs nationally. Duncan will be visiting ...
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Northwest Georgia Technical College announces spring graduates
Associate of Applied Science Accounting Theresa Lynn Bennett-McGuire Isabel Cruz Lisa Kae Le Melissa D. McLain Wendy Sue Miller Trish N. Nguyen Sarah S. Nicometi Automotive Tec...
May 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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About one in three state-charter schools outscored districts
ATLANTA – Roughly one out of every three schools chartered by the state scored better in Georgia’s new ranking than the districts those schools are located in, the State Charter Schools Commission ...
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Madison McMorris, left, with Cristi Gober, her fifth grade teacher. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Eastside student named 'mayor for day'
Madison McMorris, a student at Eastside Elementary School, will assume the duties of Aragon’s mayor and preside over the 22nd annual Children’s Day on Saturday, June 1. Madison, daughter of Meshel...
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Some states push back on common core standards
by The Associated Press
May 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
Of the 45 states that adopted the Common Core reading, math and writing standards, nine are having second thoughts. Some states are seeking to slow implementation, while others are trying to repea...
GNTC Announces President’s and Dean’s List for Spring Semester 2013
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
Georgia Northwestern Technical College has announced the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2013 spring semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maint...
RHS graduation scheduled for Friday, May 31
by Agnes Hagin
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
An air of anticipation permeates the halls of Rockmart High School (RHS) as graduation 2013 fast approaches for 160 seniors. This group of students has spent the past 13 years preparing for the da...
Georgia Highlands College announces President’s, Dean’s lists
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
Georgia Highlands College has announced the 2013 spring President’s List and Dean’s List honorees. To achieve President’s List status, students must make a 4.0 grade-point average and earn a mini...
CHS holds 'Last Date' program on dangers of drunk driving
by Jake Carter
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
Cedartown High School and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) held a "Last Date" program Friday morning with the help of local businesses and first responders. The Last Date program is pu...
UPDATE: Cedartown schools take precautions for 'Boil Water' advisory
by Staff reports
May 10, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
Update: Polk School District took steps to ensure student safety once they were made aware of the Polk County Water Boil Advisory this morning. Williams A. Hunter, Polk County Superintendent sai...
Cedartown High gets grant for welding machines
May 07, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation has awarded a $23,100 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant to Cedartown High School for the purchase of new welding machines. The grant was used to purcha...
RMS History Club receives Chapter of Year award from national group
by Agnes Hagin
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
The history club at Rockmart Middle School (RMS) has been selected as one of the ten National Chapters of the Year for 2012-2013. This award is given to clubs that go above and beyond expectations...
Bank of England, still divided, flags market impact of Fed uncertainty

The Bank of England is seen behind holly bushes in the City of LondonBy Olesya Dmitracova and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymakers acknowledged earlier this month that further market volatility could be on the way because of uncertainty about the direction of U.S. monetary policy, but came no closer to shifting their own stance. Minutes of its latest policy meeting, released on Wednesday, show the Bank remained deadlocked over whether to restart its own asset-buying stimulus, with outgoing Governor Mervyn King again in a minority voting for another 25 billion pounds of asset purchases. ...


2013-06-19 07:31:10 -0400
Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition

Tourism workers and activists in Luxor protest a newly appointed Islamist governor and block his office Tuesday June 18, 2013. Adel el-Khayat was named to the provincial governor's post Sunday by President Mohammed Morsi, causing outrage because of his links to Gamaa Islamiya, which waged an armed insurgency against the state starting in 1992 and attacked police, Coptic Christians and tourists. Tourism is the lifeblood of Luxor but it has been hit hard by the downturn in foreign visitors since the Arab Spring unleashed political turmoil since 2011. Signs in Arabic read, "The plot you are hatching, we will undo" and "leave terrorist." (AP Photo/Ibrahim Zayed)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors.


2013-06-19 07:27:50 -0400
Mozambique's Renamo threatens to paralyse coal export line
MAPUTO (Reuters) - The opposition party Renamo, a former guerrilla organisation, threatened on Wednesday to paralyse the only railway line leading from Mozambique's northwest coalfields. Renamo information chief Jeronimo Malagueta told a news conference in Maputo the disruption of the Sena line from Tete to the Indian Ocean port of Beira would last "as long as it takes". "From Thursday June 20 we will take action to make the logistics of the country fragile," he said, without providing details. ...
2013-06-19 07:25:50 -0400