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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2006
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HCBOE implements Classworks technology
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
School System is implement
ing Classworks, a technolo
gy-based tool correlated with
Georgia’s K-12 reading and
mathematics curriculum.
Installed worldwide in
more than 2,000 schools,
the software management
system has successfully and
consistently raised math and
reading test scores.
According to a release
from the school system,
with Classworks a teacher
can easily import Criterion-
Referenced Competency
Test scores and immediately
see a list of activities per stu
dent that addresses specific
areas of weakness.
After students complete
their assigned activities, they
can then take a Classworks
test which will generate a
report so that the teacher
may evaluate progress and
prescribe additional work if
necessaiy.
Classworks was piloted in
Westside Elementary School
this year.
Greg Peavy, Westside
Elementary Principal, com
mented, “Classworks is the
epitome of differentiated
instruction. It provides cus-
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“Jesus is the main focus,”
says Pierce, who adds he has
seen marriages saved and
ways of thinking changed as
a result of the program.
For him, “seeing impact,
a change in people’s lives
- that’s really what it’s all
about.”
Celebrate Recovery meets
at New Hope International
at 2440 Hwy 127 in Kathleen
every Monday from 7 p.m. to
9 p.m.; however, the doors
open for fellowship at 6:30
p.m. and at 9 p.m., coffee
and donuts are served. The
effort of Celebrate Recovery,
though, is community wide.
Unity Baptist at 479 Hwy 96
in Bonaire meets at 7.pm.
on Tuesdays and Southside
Baptist holds meetings each
Thursday at 7 p.m. at 1040 S.
Houston Lake Rd. in Warner
Robins.
Celebrate Recovery is a
non-denominational pro
gram. Charley Bibb from
Southside Baptist was and
continues to be helpful in
New Hope International’s
inception of the program.
“He has always been there
for Carl,” says Bishop Jeff
Poole, senior pastor at New
Hope.
At each meeting, everyone
joins for praise and worship,
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The goal of the project,
McClure said is to clarify
the message, to make it con
sistent with the county and
cities. The Chamber has
contracted with North Star
and the project is scheduled
for completion to coincide
with the ribbon cutting for
the new Chamber building.
Chamber Chairman Brad
Fink, explained brand
ing: “it’s what people say
about you when you’re not
around.”
He said the $60,000 cost
has been negotiated to a
three-year payment plan.
“The first quarter of ’O7, we
look to move in.”
Jimmy Autry of Flint
Energies noted “research is
key to this, it will take us in
the right way.”
Authority member Larry
Snellgrove noted, “often we
have the same goals. I like
to see us all sleep together.
When one comes up with
a good idea, let’s all get
together on this.”
Autry also noted that
Flint Energies is working
up an application for a rural
economic development loan.
He said the state loans are
for rural electronic member
ship cooperatives, and Flint
qualifies “Except for Macon
and Columbus, we can do
this,” Autry said.
Mary Therese Tebbe,
After students complete their assigned
activities, they can then take a
Classworks test which will generate a
report so that the teacher may evaluate
progress and prescribe additional work
if necessary.
tomized instruction specific
to each child’s needs. Not
only does it help the student
who is having difficulties, it
also challenges and extends
the learning opportunities
for gifted students.”
He added, “Students
love the variety of software
activities that keep them
on the edge of their seats
and engaged in learning.
Another great feature is
that parents can be active
ly involved in helping their
children learn. Teachers
can print specific activities
for homework, plus the pro
gram has an Internet search
engine accessible by pass
word that provides activities
relevant to what the child is
learning in school.”
The Classworks library
includes 8,600 learning activ
then breaks off into groups.
All attendees are given “The
Bible for people in 12 Step
Recovery,” that includes
insightful recovery notes,
New Living Translation
Bible text, Serenity Prayer
devotionals, Recovery
Reflections, and Bible per
sonality profiles.
Topic groups for women
are chemical dependen
cy and co-dependency.
Chemical dependency and
sexual dependency groups
are available for men.
The program at New Hope
was up to 30 regular attend
ees until summer, during
which time it has dwindled
to 15.
Overall, Pierce has seen
about 80 people come
through the program since
its inception at the church.
Some people move on and
some stay at the church and
become involved in either
the Celebrate Recovery min
istry or another ministry
under Bishop Poole.
Pierce says they like to
keep tabs on the attendees by
calling them or using them
in the ministry as greeters
or ushers to keep them busy
and their minds focused.
He has seen a lot of heal
ing and has recognized that
confession plays a huge part
in recovery.
He says those suffering
need to take their mask off
and let God develop their
director of the 21st Century
Partnership, noted Taylor
County received a $500,000
grant from One Georgia for
workforce development with
Robins Air Force Base.
Tebbe noted the base will
play host to international
visitors in October, people
from about 60 counties com
ing to see JSTAR.
“We’re the only one in the
world who does this,” she
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ities from hundreds of edu
cational software programs,
all of which are correlated
with the Georgia Quality
Core Curriculum standards
and National Education
Standards in math and lan
guage arts.
Classworks is also specifi
cally aligned with the five
key components of read
ing instruction: phonemic
awareness, phonics, flu
ency, vocabulary and com
prehension, as defined by
the National Institute for
Literacy and the Partnership
for Reading.
This alignment ensures
that Classworks is an effec
tive curriculum and reme
diation resource to address
guidelines of the Reading
First Initiative and the No
Child Left Behind Act which
character.
One success story from
the program is that of Philip
Willard. He went through
the program and is now a
leader in the ministry. When
he was 24, Willard suffered
from depression after a
divorce and began to use
crack cocaine.
When he was 32, he finally
realized he needed help and
became part of a residential
program that brought him
to New Hope International.
Through the church, Willard
said he was schooled on how
to live day to day.
When Recovery began,
Willard was called back to
the church, attending the
classes.
He is now a leader of the
chemical addiction class and
enjoys “giving somebody
proof that they can turn
their life around.”
Bishop Poole points out
that there is something to
be said for government reha
bilitation programs, but that
those programs with spiri
tual guidance have greater
success and possibly pick up
where programs like AA or
NA leave off.
Pierce is not stopping at
the church level with the
program.
In the future, he would
like to see the ministry in
local prisons and to set up
a program with the court
system to have probationers
said of the Joint Surveillance
Target Attack Radar System
based at Robins.
“Most of them have never
been to this part of the
United States,” Tebbe said.
An idea of showing the
southern hospitality may
include a trip to the Georgia
National Fair, which may
coincide with the visit. It’d
be another effort of local
cooperation, it was said
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focus on early literacy. The
instructional tool will help
the system achieve its goals
for adequate yearly progress
as mandated by the NCLB.
“Classworks will provide
instructional equity across
our system, will give teach
ers a resource to diagnose
student weaknesses based on
current CRCT results, and
prescribe an instructional
path for the student to suc
ceed,” said Dr. Greg Gentry,
Director of Testing and
Instructional Technology.
Training on Classworks
began in June. Students
enrolled in the summer
remediation program will
benefit from the software
management system. The
software is being installed in
30 schools systemwide.
Classworks is produced by
• Curriculum Advantage, Inc.
(www.curriculumadvantage.
com.)
For more information about
the company or Classworks,
contact Jennifer Harrison at
either 916-716-0636 or jhar
risonpr.com, Peavy may be
contacted at either 929-7820
or gpeavy@hcbe.net. Gentry
may be contacted at either
988-6200 or ggentry@hcbe.
net.
attend Celebrate Recovery
ministries.
“We want the community
to know that we’re here for
them,” says Pierce.
New Hope International
Sunday Services are held at
9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. with
a barbeque held on the first
Monday of every month.
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French students
receive awards
Special to the Journal
Warner Robins High
School student, Melissa
Hyde, was ranked among
the top five percent of stu
dents in the nation who took
the National French Test,
or Le Grand Concours, this
spring at Warner Robins
High School, the Houston
County Board of Education
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according to a release, is
an annual competition
sponsored by the American
Association of Teachers of
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age excellence in foreign
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