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CVTC To Hold GED Graduation Thursday

Posted under Education on August 11th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Coosa Valley Technical College will hold their GED Graduation for 2007-2008 Floyd County GED graduates at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at The Forum in Rome.
Approximately 225 Floyd County adults who have earned the General Educational Development Diploma during school year 2007-2008 have been invited to attend with their families and guests. A reception will follow […]

Shorter Selected As One Of “Best In Southeast” By Princeton Review

Posted under Education on August 11th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

For the fourth consecutive year, The Princeton Review has selectedShorter College as one of 139 schools receiving the “Best in the Southeast”designation in its “2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region” section, according tothe publication’s Website, www.princetonreview.com

Ribbon Cutting Scheduled for Floyd County Schools College & Career Academy

Posted under Education on August 6th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Floyd County Schools College & Career Academy will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
The ceremony will officially open the new charter school which has been a community effort involving Floyd County Schools, Coosa Valley Technical College and the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce.
A number […]

Blood Drive To Be Held Thursday At Garden Lakes Elementary

Posted under Medical, Education on August 5th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Blood Assurance will be hosting a blood drive to benefit Sherri Nix on Thursday, August 7 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m at Garden Lakes Elementary School.
Nix, who recently accepted a position as an assistant principal at Garden Lakes Elementary School, was recently diagnosed with leukemia and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments.

HOPE Contributes $130 Million to Students In Coosa Valley

Posted under Education on August 4th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The Georgia lottery is celebrating 15 years of help to college students across the state and the middle Coosa Valley has really reaped the benefits of the lottery funded HOPE scholarship program.
Nearly 50,000 students from Floyd, Polk, Chattooga, Gordon and Bartow counties have received nearly $130 million in HOPE funds over the past 15 years, […]

CVTC’s Office Of Adult Education To Host Reception At Polk Family Learning Center

Posted under Education, Polk County on August 1st, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Coosa Valley Technical College’s Office of Adult Education will host a reception at the Polk Family Learning Center in Cedartown, Georgia on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. for members of the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) Steering Committee. For the past four years, this group has organized fundraising events and supported services to […]

Graduation Rates Show Significant Improvement in 5 of 6 Schools

Posted under Education on July 28th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Four of the five public high schools in Rome and Floyd County experienced improvements in their gradation rates according to data included in the Adequate yearly progress report that was issued Friday afternoon.
Rome High improved 6% to 65.6% of it’s students graduating in the four year window. Pepperell high improved almost 5% to […]

Saturday Events Hampered By Weather

Posted under Entertainment, Weather, Education, Feature Story on July 26th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Two large events around Rome were sporadically hampered as spotty showers and thunderstorms moved throiugh the area.
A back-to-school event at Crane St. Park complete with inflatables and representative from the Calhoun Police Dept. was temporarily halted when rain moved through. Calhoun Police were on hand with a drug prevention program and […]

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