Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A state board approved the increase which will affect all state technical colleges, including Lanier Technical College in Cumming.
The cost of classes is set to go up at technical colleges in the state of Georgia, including Lanier Technical College. The board that oversees the Technical College System of Georgia approved a $10 per credit hour increase set to go into effect starting with the spring 2013 semester. Students will now pay $85 per credit hour. Tuition for a 15-hour course load will go up by $150 to $1,275 in January. “A tuition and fee increase was made necessary by the rising expenses to deliver our programs and lower state appropriations,” said TCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson in a release. “A state technical college education remains an excellent value compared to the cost, yet we fully understand the impact that any additional expense has on our students…
Monday, September 10, 2012
The Georgia Education Articulation Committee’s Fall 2012 PROBE College Fair will be in Cumming on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Lanier Technical College.
The Georgia Education Articulation Committee’s (GEAC) Fall 2012 PROBE College Fair will be in Cumming on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Lanier Technical College from 9 a.m. to noon. The "Forsyth County Fair" is free and open to high school students and their families. "The PROBE fair involves over a 100 colleges that are represented," said Tom Neighbour, chair of the Lambert High School counseling department and event organizer for Forsyth County. While Tuesday's college fair is during school hours, Neighbour told Cumming Patch that the event is available to students in the form of a field trip. All county high schools will be taking those students who can attend the college fair to Lanier Tech. "Lambert is sending five bus loads of juniors and …
Friday, August 17, 2012
With school districts across the metro area now officially back-to-school, we begin a series of weekly questions, which, today, is focused on the subject of spending.
With the school year now officially underway, many parents have spent countless hours at local stores helping their students find the right pencils, perfect "first day" outfits and fill school supply lists. The National Retail Federation projects that parents of children in grades K-12 will spend nearly $689 on their children's back-to-school needs, almost $85 more than last year. Georgia shoppers didn't pay sales tax on any back-to-school items within a certain dollar amount this past Friday and Saturday. But some criticized the tax holiday as being too little, too late. Bringing us to our questions of the week:
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is out, and you'll never guess the 15 new words included.
Kids across Forsyth County have been back in school for a week now, and many are probably sporting brand-new dictionaries to aid them in their studies. This week, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the highly respected dictionary publisher announced the decidedly unconventional words and phrases it was adding: "F-bomb," "sexting" and "man cave." The definition of "f-bomb?": The dictionary said it means, "the word f*** —used metaphorically as a euphemism." If you need to use it in a sentence, Merriam-Webster gives you an example. "Accidentally dropped an f–bomb on television." Other new words include: "Some of the new words this year provide colorful images," said Merriam-Webster Editor at Large Peter Sokolowski in a news release. "Terms like '…
Monday, August 13, 2012
Five things principals, educators, PTA members, parents and students need to know.
The 2012-13 school year is here, and to make sure you get the most out of Patch this school year, we invite you to get active in the news-gathering process. There are five things you can do to make sure your school and its students get all the coverage they deserve from Patch: 1. Let us know about big events and accomplishments — If you have a school-related story idea you’d like us to cover, let us know about it! Just e-mail Patch editor Liz Kennedy with the details and who we should contact for more information about the story idea. 2. Add your event listings — Have an upcoming band performance? Is your school hosting an open house? Just add the news to our Events calendar. We invite you to add calendar events for your school, its …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Students in Forsyth County returned back to school Thursday for another exciting year of learning, activities and connecting with friends, teachers and staff. How did it go?
More than 38,000 students within the district’s 36 schools returned to the classroom Thursday kicking off the first day of the 2012-13 school year, according to Forsyth County Schools. So that poses the question – how did the first day of school go for your children and how did you manage that first hectic day? Our friends on the Cumming Patch Facebook page responded quickly and shared their thoughts with us: Get in on the conversation - tell us in the comments below how it went for you and your kids. Also, feel free to upload a photo of your child on their first day back! If you're interested in this story, here are a few others: A New School Year Begins in Forsyth County Drive Safely as Forsyth County Students Return to School Reminder: …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
StreetSafe offers these tips and an app to help stay safe this semester.
Thousands of local college students will soon be heading back to campus. The start of the fall semester is an exciting time of year for incoming freshman and returning students alike, but it can be easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of campus life and not be as vigilant about personal safety as one should be. Stay safe this semester by remembering these tips from Marcia Peot, police officer and Chief Safety Officer at StreetSafe: Don’t miss any Cumming news. Subscribe to Cumming Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Dr. L.C. (Buster) Evans, Forsyth County Schools' superintendent, delivers his 'Back to School Message' for the 2012-13 school year.
On Thursday, Aug. 9, Forsyth County Schools (FCS) is projected to welcome more than 38,000 students to the district’s 36 schools for the first day of the 2012-13 school year. But before the first day of school arrives take a peek at Dr. L.C. (Buster) Evans 'Back to School Message' as he enters his sixth year as FCS superintendent. One of the highlights of Dr. Evans video message is the introduction of "Positively Forsyth" a committee made up of a group of FCS employees from various schools and departments during the 2011-12 school year. According to the FCS website, "This committee's task was to define FCS' culture and customer service to make it the BEST school district in the universe! The Positively Forsyth committee reviewed exemplar …
Another school year begins Thursday in Forsyth County, GDOT reminds motorists to drive safely.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
As Forsyth County students return to school Thursday, the Georgia Department of Transportation reminds motorists to drive safely, especially with major road improvement projects underway throughout the community. “Of course it always is important to drive cautiously but particularly so at the beginning of a new school year,” said Commissioner Keith Golden in a press release. “Youngsters walking and biking to school or gathering at bus stops may be too excited or distracted to pay close attention to traffic. So it is important that drivers be extra vigilant, especially with so much work still ongoing." The Department relies on the long days and warm temperatures of summer to be its most productive construction season, but work actually goes…
Monday, August 6, 2012
Find out when your school is hosting an open house.
Wondering what to expect this upcoming school year? Forsyth County Schools has released the list of open houses scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 7, for the following elementary schools. Big Creek Brookwood Chattahoochee Chestatee Coal Mountain Cumming Daves Creek Haw Creek Johns Creek Kelly Mill Mashburn Matt Midway Sawnee Settles Bridge Sharon Shiloh Point Silver City…
Kellie Meckes
8:55 am on Saturday, August 18, 2012
You spend over 100.00 per child on the basic stuff, then add book bag and the 150.00 calculator my high school student needed!! LOL It really adds up! more ›