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PAGE 16A — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 23 2009
School News
MCHS schedule
pick up ahead
Madison County High School
twelfth grade students can pick up
their schedules for the 2009-2010
school year Monday, July 27, or
Tuesday, July 28.
Tenth and eleventh grade
students will be able to pick up
their schedules Wednesday, July
29, or Thursday, July 30. Time
for pick up of schedules will be
from 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
each day.
Students will need to visit the
lobby area in front of the media
center. Upcoming freshmen will
receive a copy of their schedule on
“Freshman Day Back.”
Parking permit forms may be
picked up after July 20. Permits
will be available for purchase to
seniors on July 27 or July 28 and to
underclassmen on July 29 and July
30. Students must have driver’s
license and current insurance to
purchase a permit.
‘Freshman Day
Back’ set for Aug. 5
“Freshman Day Back” for the
Madison County High School
2009-2010 freshman class will be
Aug. 5 from 4:30-6 p.m.
Students and their parents/
guardians are invited to attend the
program, which will begin at 4:30
p.m. in the Madison County High
School Freshman Academy gym.
Chad Stone, school principal,
and other school personnel will
offer helpful information for the
upcoming school year. Students
will get a copy of their schedule.
Freshmen and parents/guardians
are encouraged to attend this
informative meeting.
Class of 1959
reunion set for
August 29
The Madison County High
School Class of 1959 reunion
will be held on Aug. 29 and
organizers are still seeking
information on the following:
Patricia Lester, Lawanna Hicks
Mangleburg, Gene McElroy,
Ophelia Whitley Payne, Henry
Wheeler and teacher Ed
Hemphill.
If anyone has the address or
contact information for any of
these, contact Jean Strickland
Ginn at 706-789-2330.
Class of 1979
reunion planned
The Madison County High
School class of 1979 is planning
a 30-year reunion for Aug. 8 at
7 p.m. at the Classic Center in
Athens.
“We would like to invite our
upper and lower classmates to
join us," organizers stated. “If you
graduated from MCHS around this
time and would like to reunite with
Cooling aid
becomes
available Aug. 3
The Low Income Cooling
Assistance Program will open to
65 years and older, homebound,
income-eligible households on
Aug. 3,2009, according to a press
release from the Ninth District
Opportunity Inc.
Phone calls to schedule appoint
ments will only be accepted on
Aug. 3, on a first call-first serve
basis, the release stated. The
Georgia Department of Human
Resources will help pay cool
ing costs by checks issued to the
home energy supplier on behalf
of eligible households. Eligibility
for the program is based on the
income of everyone living in the
home, according to the press
release. All eligible households m
ust be responsible for their home
power bill and no funds will be
available this year for the general
population under the age of 65
years old.
All interested applicants are
asked to contact Ninth District
Opportunity Inc., by telephone
only, on Aug. 3, beginning at
9 a.m. The number to call is
1-800-822-0179.
Officials say please do not con
tact Ila Volunteer Fire Department
for information.
friends please let us know.”
For more information, contact
Jean Watson Lowe 706-543-2272
or lowejean@rocketmaik
com or Kathy Dickson Cribb at
kathydickson47 @gmail.com.
New venue
announced for
MCHS class of‘99
reunion
The Madison County High
School class of 1999 10-year
reunion will now be held upstairs
at East West Bistro in downtown
Athens on Broad Street on
Saturday, Aug. 8, at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 for individuals
and $60 for couples. Please call
Robin (Seagraves) Lunsford
at 706-788-2176 or email
redraiders99@gmail.com for
information. Tickets must be
purchased by July 31.
MAILT, school
resource drive
under way
The Madison Area Resource
team is sponsoring its seventh-
annual “Madison County Back to
School Supply Drive” in June and
July.
A back-to-school rally for
low-income families will be held
Thursday, July 30, at the Madison
County Freshman Academy
cafeteria (old middle school). The
rally will consist of a hot dog
supper, entertainment and family
enrichment information booths. As
last year, the basic school supplies
collected during the drive will
be handed out to the school age
children at the rally. The remaining
supplies collected will be divided
and distributed to each of the
schools in Madison County where
school officials will distribute to
students on an as-needed basis.
“We cannot do this alone,”
organizers said. “Therefore, we
are asking the area churches, local
businesses and organizations to
participate. How can you help? You
may establish/sponsor a school
supplies drop-off location, or you
may want to send a monetary
donation toward the collection of
supplies or the event. All donations
are appreciated.”
Donations can be sent to
the Madison County Family
Connection office at P.O. Box
1034, Danielsville, GA 30633, and
made payable to: M.A.R.T. - Back
to School Supply Drive. Also,
donated supplies may be dropped
off at the Family Connection
Office or any county extension
office at 103 Sunset Drive in
Danielsville.
For more information, call
Ryan Melton, coordinator, at
706-795-3565.
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MCHS FFA
officers attend
retreat
Madison County High School
FFA officers recently attended
an officer leadership retreat
at MCHS and Amicalola
State Park in Dawsonville.
Pictured (L-R) are: 2009-2010
FFA Officers: Brianna
Roberts, President; Hannah
Free, Reporter; Taylor Huff,
Secretary; Kim Chandler,
Sentinel; Garrett Whitworth,
Chaplain, Trey Bouwsma,
Treasurer; Jesse Chitwood,
Student Advisor; and Zack
Taylor, Vice-President.
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