Newspaper Page Text
18-A
‘The Summerville News, Thursday, March 2, 2000
o e (RS | LorE -
. A I T
NDIANS , . -
! F
; rr\ kY
‘ : |
; R™ 3 . ol |
o e % 2 By -
“4 o upl | ; ey
by «') ~ . N B A
2 B L (8
e = -
-
Chattooga High School students enrolled in
a Flogd College program at the high school
called Post-Secondary Option alFows stu
dents who qualify to gain college and high
Energy Assistance To
Reopen On March 6
The State of Georgia, De
partment of Human Resources,
o - -
E »
-
. N
7 N
» & 1
; e *
» g
P " {
e
1R 51
How can you protect vour family
and plan for the future? Many
of your neighbors trust theu
Modern Woodmen representa
uve for hinancial secunty with
life insurance and annuities
Shouldn't vou? Let us camn
your trust
kd _' .
Y
]
Ron Johnson
308 Glen Miiner Bivd.
Rome, GA 30161
(706) 857-9350
; MODERN
WOODMEN
OF AMERICA
A Fraternal Life Insurance Society
Honer Onrw b Roe ) ISEAND 1T Iveons
www modern-woodmen org
Touching lives
Securing futures.”
George’s Kwick Service
LOWER
4 prices: ¢
MONEY ORDERS
EBT/ATM
CASH MACHINE
MAVERICK o Cartonsi 699
D0RAL...........c0n > 1 6%
GPC Cartons' 679
WINSTON, CAMEL, $ 99
AND VANTAGE ... ... . Carton I 9
oel RL L
USA Cartonsl 199
SPORTSCnmnsI 299
8A51C.............C.m0n5l 899
?(O?E\PLJ#AGEN Ll Tuhes2 399
‘ oR 2 cans For *s°°
~ WINE SPECIAL
L1V1NG5T0N......... 57"
959 Highland Ave., Summerville, GA
(706) 859-7783
Monday - Friday . ... 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday . ....Bam.-11 p.m.
Learning College English
with whom North Georgia Com
munity Action, Inc. contracts,
said that Georgia's Energy Assis
tance Program for low-income
h()useholdgs will resume opera
tions March 6. The program pro
vides one-time financial assis
tance to low-income, elderly and
handicapged households to help
pay their home heating costs.
Applicants shoulg contact
the North Georgia Community
Action, Inc. Community Service
Center at 152 Senior Dr., Sum
merville, or call 857-0729 begin
ning March 6, at 8:30 a.m.
Households will be served on a
first-come first-served basis and
the program will close when the
fungs are depleted. Households
whose home heating costs are
included in their rent, or those
which received benefits between
October of 1999 and February of
this year are NOT eligible.
INCOME
All households participating
in the program must meet the
income criteria; be responsible
for paying the cost of energy for
home heating directly to the sup
plier and be U.S. citizens or le
gally admitted aliens, except for
certain aliens admitted under
section 210 A or 245 A. To be eli
gible, households must have a
projected annual gross income
equal to or less than $9,476 for a
one-person household; $12,719
for a two-person household;
$15,962 for a three-person
household; $19,205 for a four
person household; $22,448 for a
five-person household; $25,691
for a six-tperson household;
$28,934 for a seven-person
household; $32,177 for a house
hold of eight or more.
Applicants must have proof
of all income for all household
members. This includes current
paycheck stubs, interest income,
Unemployment Benefits, verifi
cation of Public Assistance (SSI,
TANF, food stamps), Social Se
curity benefit amount, V.A.
amount, Child Support, etc. Any
household memger age 18 or
school credits before high school graduation.
Teaching the class is Jonathan R. Hershey, a
Floyd Co%lege instructor, center. The students
are not identified. (Staff Photo By D. J. Laan).
older, who has income will have
to complete a “Declaration of —
0- Income” form. Applicants
must have proof of social secu
rity numbers of all household
members age 18 or older. Appli
cants must also provide current
verification (the%ill, statement,
En’ntout. etc.) from their %rimar_v
ome heating supplier, showing
the supplier’s name, the
customer's name, service ad
dress, the customer’s account
number (if any) and the fuel/util
ity type. NO application will be
approved without verifications.
Assistance will be in the
form of a one-time payment on
behalf of the eligible household
to help offset tfie cost of their
primary source of home heatin%
(gas, electricity, wood, coal, sue
oil, or kerosene). The one-time
payment will range from $95 to
$194, depending on fuel type and
househo?d income. In most cir
cumstances, the checks are is
sued directly to the home energy
supplier. No checks can be issued
until North Georgia Community
Action, Inc. Receives the funds
from the State of Georgia, De
partment of Human Resources.
Fourth
Grade
Honor Roll
The North Summerville El
ementary School first semester
all A’s and A and B honor roll for
the fourth grade include:
All A’s — Justin Hulet, Am
ber Maxey, Magan Wigley, Jor
dan Dodci Chad Jacome, Tyler
Fletcher, Matt Hicks, Baylee Tu
dor, Samuel Wilson and Jesse
Hicks.
A's and B’s - Aundria
Chaney, Tricia Eaton, Marcus
Hogue, Ashley James, Tesia
McDaniel, David Moore,
LaTasha Stewart, Ashley York,
Andrew Flood, Krista Garrett,
Daniel Nixon, Jessica Walters,
Ross Alexander, Donavaughn
Bearden, Kyle Burdick, T'Nay
Clowers, Suzannah Eubanks,
Allie Green, Kasey Reece, Mor
%an Rush, Adam Willingham,
ill Barbee, Ashley Camp, Mat
thew Cox, Jack McCutchins, Jes
sica Price, Kelsey Bowman, Trey
Busbin, Gaflfge Driggers, Tiffany
Greene, Tiffany Jennings, Alicia
Norrod, Richard Rubright, Josh
Bell, Misty Burrage, David
Covington, Buddy Ellenburg,
Kristy Maynard, Tonya Noles,
Crystal Vinson and Caleb
McGuire
Meeting Set
The meeting for the North
west Georgia Region 1 Mental
Health, Mental Retardation and
Substance Abuse Board will be
held at 4 p.m. today at the Cal
houn/Gordon County Library in
Calhoun.
Immediately following the
board meetin%, at 5:45 p.m.,
committees will meet.
The public is invited.
L
Trion Pre-K Enroliment
The Trion City School System is happy to announce that
we are enrolling students for the 2000-2001 Pre-
Kindergarten school year. Your child must be four years
old by September 1, 2000, to attend. The Trion Pre-
Kindergarten will accept 80 four-year-olds into this pro
gram. You do not have to live inside the city limits to be
accepted. Pre-Kindergarten classes follow the same
school calendar as grades K-5 in Trjon City Schools.
Registration Date: Friday, March 17, 2000
Place: Trion Community Center
Time: 1:00 - 5:00
Wen you apply, bring the following:
* Copy of Certified Birth Certificate
¢ Copy of Immunization Certificate
* Copy of Social Security Card
* Copy of Eye, Ear, & Dental Exam
* Town of Trion residents need to bring proof of most
current utility bill
CHS Offers College Courses
Special Arrangement Allows 21
Seniors To Take Floyd Classes
By D. J. LAAN
Staff Writer
Twenl?'-one Chattooga High
School (CHS) seniors are getting
a jump-start on college this year
by participatin%)in Post Second
ary (()iption (PSO), sponsored by
Floyd College, Rome.
Although the proiram has
been in Georiia since the 19705,
it allows 10t Eraders through
upper-level hifi school students
to com[;:ete co leie-]evel classes
while obtaining the high school
credits needecf for graduation.
The uniqueness of the CHS pro
gram, however, is that instruc
tors at Floyd Colleie travel to the
CHS campus for the classes, in
stead of students having to travel
to Rome.
ONE-Of-A-KIND
“This is a one-of-a-kind pro
gram in Georgia," said Elaine
Thomas, a CHS guidance coun
selor. Although the option for
students to travel to tfie Rome
campus is still available, she ex
plained, it is much easier on the
students to get the college credit
while remaining at tfie high
school.
Ms. Thomas said four CHS
students are travelling to college
campuses from the high school
to ta‘(e classes other than are of
fered at CHS by Floyd College.
Another positive side to the
PSO courses, officials said, is that
more than the state Department
of Education pays 90 percent of
the cost.
CLASSES
CHS students have two
classes available in which they
can enroll if they meet certain
requirements set by CHS and
Floyd College. They are English
102 and psychology 101.
The students must be en
rolled in college preparatory
courses and pursue a college
education al}t)er higih school
firaduation. The student must
ave completed two high school
classes in geometry and algebra
and two in science.
The student must have a 3.0
grade point averafie oratleastan
average of 80 in all classes to be
considered as a candidate for the
college courses.
School officials said pro
spective PSO students must also
take the Scholastic Achievement
Test (SAT) or the American Col
lege Test (ACT). The student
must score aminimum of 540 on
the verbal SAT test and 440 on
the SAT math test to qualify for
consideration. A perfect SAT
score is 1600 on both tests.
A student taking the ACT
would have to score 24 on the
English examination and 19 on
the math section of the test to
qualify or a composite score of
21. A composite or average score
of 36 is considered an “excellent
score” on the ACT, Ms. Thomas
said.
CREDIT
Credit gained in the college
courses may be applied to a
student’s overall colfi'ge credit
toward a degree.
School officials said a few
colleges do not accept PSO cred
its, such as Vanderbilt Univer
sity, Nashville, Furman Univer
sity in Greenville, S.C. or Univer
sity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
Most public colleges except
PSO credit, they said.
The credit obtained by stu
dents through the Floyd College-
CHS-PSO can be transferred to
any Georgia college or university.
However, out-of-state col
leges and universities, as well as
private schools in Georgia, such
as Emory University, Agnes Scott
College and Morehouse College,
for instance, review each PSO
course and each student’s record
to make an independent decision
as to whether those courses will
be credited, officials said.
“If you know where you
want to attend college, it's a good
idea to check with that sciool
before you enroll in a PSO
course,” Ms. Thomas said.
OPINION
Dr. Tom McCullough, Chat
tooga County School superinten
dent, said he was “very pleased”
with the PSO program.
“This PSO program is so
much more superior to Ad-
vanced Credit (AP) courses that
we have been offering over the
last decade at the scgi)ool," he
said.
A high school teacher who
has special accreditation in
teaching}::olle%e coursework usu
allyteaches AP courses. The stu
dents take a test at the end of the
course. It allows a student to gain
only five points and if the stugent
scores below three on the final
test, credit for the semester’s
work will only be given by the
high school and not as a college
credit.
“Some students are not
good test takers and the AP
courses can be murder on these
kids even if they did get the im
portant information from the
course that they should have,”
Dr. McCullough said.
TESTING
CHS students and parents
met last week with members of
the school’s guidance office and
Floyd College admissions repre
sentatives to discuss the PSO.
They also talked about plans for
2000-2001 term college classes.
The Floyd College represen
tatives told the audience tEat tak
ing the SAT and ACT more than
once to raise the overall score is
not uncommon by students.
R S Sst
B R
Beo A A
These Savings Are On Brand-Name Furniture Such As: PULASKI, JAMISON,
RIVERSIDE, UNIVERSAL, VAUGHN, BENCHCRAFT, FRANKLIN, CRAFTMAS
TER, and Many Others. Save On SOFAS, RECLINERS, DINING ROOM,
DINETTES, LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM, LAMPS, TABLES . . . Everything!
NOTHING HELD BACK...
YOU MAY NEVER SEE ANOTHER OFFER
LIKE THIS AGAIN!
“(:)'3 == ‘ N
]| e
fi ture ’
e
U.S. 27 NORTH - LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA - (706) 638-5700
They suggested takingha private
course from another school if the
h}}h school they attend does not
offer the SAT or ACT preparation
courses as part of its curriculum.
DATES
Ms. Thomas said the next
SAT is scheduled in April and
CHS students considering the
PSO program must register by
this Friday (tomorrow) to be ac
cepted.
The ACT is given four times
a year: October, February, April
and June. However, the deadfi)ne
for registering for the April test
was this past Friday.
Floyd College offers a “re
sidual” SAT, whisl is given at the
College and graded by the school
rather than obtaining an official
score. The local SAT’s results can
be used only at Floyd College and
a student taking the test must
agree to take athis or her col
lege credits at the college.
Ms. Thomas of the CHS
guidance office can be reached at
857-2402. Interested persons
can visit Floyd College’s admis
sion website at http://
www.fc.peachnet.edu
The telephone number at
Floyd College is 802-5000.
‘_,v : g n’v%g x . ‘ ':,
BN AR T R e
[ Sent R e
:}f‘} 4; Fita ; . iz o
wits T e E N
TN SRR T
f‘ '{’; y 4 s . {
CHS Seniors In College Classes
Sarah Elsberry, foreground and Leslie Knox, second, and
21 other Chattooga Hifih School Post- Secondary Option
students are taking college freshmen-level classes taught
at CHS by Floyd College professors. The students fiain both
college and high school credits for the courses they com
plete satisfactorily. (Staff Photo By D. J. Laan).