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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017
School
BUS DRIVERS GET ORGANIZED
Driver training instructor Anita Sears, seated at left, helps distribute material to the Jackson County
School System’s transportation team at Jackson County Comprehensive High School July 13. A new
transportation process will begin with the first day of classes Aug. 4.
Two from Hoschton get
Weigand scholarships
Elise Crain
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Back-to-school activities begin
for JCSS
morning and afternoon,
with students going from
home, directly to their
own school, and back
again each day.
The change ends the
practice of all students rid
ing together in the morn
ing and picking students
up at multiple locations in
the afternoon.
It also eliminates the
drop-off and pick-up of
middle and high school
students on elementary
school campuses.
Parents of children new
to JCSS but not yet regis
tered are asked to contact
the schools their children
will attend. For informa
tion, call the central office
at 706-367-5151.
Two students from
Hoschton won the Ursu
la Wiegand Scholarship
Fund sponsored by WIKA
Instrument Corp.
Elise Crain and Corey
Tran received the schol
arships.
She is the daughter of
Gary Crain.
Tran is the son of Amey
Tran.
She plans to major in
nursing at the University
of North Georgia.
He is majoring in biol
ogy at Georgia State Uni
versity.
Crain’s school and com
munity activities include:
ILead, peer leader, march
ing band, math tutor and
BETA Club.
Tran’s school and com
munity activities include
National Honor Society.
Interact Club, BETA
Club, and JROTC.
The Ursula Wiegand
Scholarship Fund recog
nizes children of WIKA
employees who have
“outstanding” academic
records and who are active
in volunteer school and
community activities.
Applicants for the schol
arship must be a child of a
WIKA employee and cur
rently be enrolled or plan
ning to enroll in a full
time undergrad program.
Winners are chosen
competitively based on
academic records and per
sonal achievements.
Three to attend Oglethorpe
Three area residents are among more than 370 stu
dents who plan to attend Oglethorpe University.
Classes begin Aug. 21 for the following area students
who plan to enroll at Oglethorpe:
•Chandler Barkley, of Talmo.
•McKayla Brown, of Maysville.
•Kyle Maxwell, of Hoschton.
School news deadline
is noon Monday.
lapping shifts, with pre-K
through second-grade stu
dents from 3 to 5 p.m. and
third- through fifth-grad
ers from 4 to 6 p.m.
JCCHS will hold its
open house from 5 to 8
p.m. Aug. 2.
Supply lists for the
schools are posted on
their websites and Face-
book pages and additional
information will be avail
able at the open houses.
The events provide an
opportunity for students
and parents to meet teach
ers, learn about extracur
ricular activities, establish
lunch accounts and talk
to representatives from the
JCSS transportation about
new bus schedules.
JCSS has made changes
to the starting times for
its elementary and mid
dle schools for the coming
year and in its transporta
tion program.
Classes in the district’s
elementary schools will
begin at 7:50 a.m. and end
at 2:35 p.m., with the mid
dle schools set for 8:15
a.m. to 3:35 p.m.
There is no change to
the high school schedule,
8 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
Supervision for arriving
students will be provided
30 minutes before class
es begin to accommodate
students who want to eat
breakfast in the school
cafeteria, and parents
who drive their children
to school should not drop
them off before that time,
school officials said.
The transportation
department will pick up
students in buses dedicat
ed to each school in the
Jackson County School
System students and par
ents will be welcomed
with orientations and open
house events in the com
ing weeks in preparation
for the Friday, Aug. 4,
start of school.
East Jackson Com
prehensive High School
leads the way with orien
tation Tuesday. July 25,
for eighth- and ninth-grad
ers and Wednesday, July
26. for 10th- through
12th-graders.
At the drop-in style
sessions, set for 8 to 10
a.m., students can pick
up schedules, pay lunch
accounts, purchase park
ing permits, secure lock
ers, and find bus assign
ments.
At 10 a.m. each day.
the school will host a spe
cial session for students
who are new to the school,
including those who have
been rezoned to EJCHS
from Jackson Coun
ty Comprehensive High
School and West Jackson
Middle School.
WJMS will host its
sixth- through eighth-grad
ers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday. Aug. 1.
East Jackson Middle
School will roll out the
carpet for “Sixth-Grade
Survivor Night,” also
Aug. 1 from 5 to 6:30
p.m. Staff will meet with
seventh-graders from 5 to
7 pm. Wednesday. Aug. 2.
Also Aug. 2, all six of
the district’s elementary
schools will greet their
families, offering over
PHYSICALS
Nurse practitioner Rene Breedlove of Hill Medical
Group asked Alan Parks to open wide during his
physical exam, provided as part of the Jackson
County School System transportation depart
ment training July 13. Parks, a special educa
tion bus driver, is one of more than 100 drivers
employed by the school system.
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