Georgia education calendar [Sept. 1, 1996]

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Georgia Education Calendar
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l_'t~lti/ 12/.SEPTEMBER
1-30 Library Card Sign-Up Month, American Library Association, (800) 545-2433, ext. 5041/5044

2

Labor Day

4-6 Georgia Staff Development Council Fall Conference, Savannah, Dr. Margie Dam, (770) 473-2795, Fulton Stone (404) 656-2433

4

Georgia School Boards Association District 3 Meeting, Tri-County High School, Buena Vista,

Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985

4

Ge<>rgia Association of Educators District4 Meeting, Decatur, Willa Vire, (404) 286-1984

5

Georgia School Boards Associaf:ion District 14 Meeting, Tifton, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985

8

Grandparents' Day

8

International Literacy Day, International Reading Association, (302) 731-1600

9

Georgia Association of Educators District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 96~-3020

9

Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Tifton, G. W. Tibbetts, (912) 382-8950

10 Georgia School Improvement Panel, Craig Dowling, (912) 333-8570

10 Counselors Workshop, Atlanta Public Schools, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, ext. 222

11 Georgia School Boards Association District 8 Meeting, Waycross, Don Rooks (770) 962-2985 ..

11 Counselors Workshop, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, ext. 222

11 Georgia Board of Education Committee of the Whole Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, (404) 657-0143

12 Georgia Board of Education Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, (404) 657-0143

12 Georgia School Boards Association District 2 Meeting, Albany, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985

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1996

12-13 Youth Apprenticeship Workshop, Barbara Wojhoski, (404) 657-8306
12-14 QCC Review Committee Meeting, Radisson Hotel, Augusta, Mike Walker, (404) 656-4028 14-15 Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah
15-16 Georgia Accrediting Commission (Board Meeting), Macon, Kenneth Matthews, (706) 353-7090
15-21 Georgia School Bus Safety Week, Sam McCullough, (404) 656-2467
16- Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican Cultural Institute, (202) 728-1628 10/15
16 Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Georgia Academic Decathlon Registration Deadline, Tom Wommack, 1-800-334-6861
17-23 . Constitution Week and 17 Citizenship Day
17 International Day o( Peace, Public Inquiries Unit, United Nations, (212)" 963-4475
17 Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Calhoun, Fred Gould, (706) 695-6140 17 Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Meeting, Milledgeville, Bettye Brown,
(706) 790-7335
17 Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Meeting, Savannah, Joe Bell, (912) 238-1752
18 Georgia Language Arts Supervisors Meeting, Athens, Ann Richardson, (770) 460-3535 19-20 New Superintendent Orientation to the Department of Education, Session 1, Atlanta, Russ
Cook, (404) 656-4461
19-21 Managing from the HEART (Teacher In-service Retreat), Camp Calvin, Atlanta, Bob Watson, (404) 659-7635
20-23 National Tech Prep Conference, Texas, Terry Smith, (404) 657-8307 20 Georgia Association of Educators Governing Board Meeting, Decatur, Karen Henderson,
(404) 289-5867
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20

Counselors Workshop, Armstrol)g State College, Savannah, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465,

ext. 222

22

First Day o_f Autumn

22

National Good Neighbor Day, (406) 884-3000

23

Georgia Association of Educators District 2 North Meeting, Oakwood, Bob Garmon,

(706) 864-7313

23

Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGrange, Bob Holland,

(706) 596-0713

24

Georgia Association of Educators District 5 East Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson,

(912) 742-7399

24

Counselors Workshop, Floyd College, Rome, Barbara Brown, (404) 636-9465, ext. 222

24 Georgia School Boards Association District 10 Meeting, Louisville, Don Rooks,

(770) 962-2985

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25-26 Professional Practices Commission Executive and Commission Meeting, Dawsonville, Cheryl Graham, (404) 679-4817 or 1-800-537-5996

25-27 North, Northwest, and West Georgia RESAs Superintendents Retreat, Cohutta, Jane Huntley, .(706) 295-6189

26-27 Focus On Solutions/Get Rid of the Blame Conference, Villas by the Sea, Jekyll Island, Cosponsored by the GLRS/SERTCC, Coastal GLRS, (912)_927-5239

26-29 Com~unity Service Leadership Retreat, (High School Students), FFA-FHA Camp, Covington, April Stutters, (404) 659-7635

26' Georgia Association of Educators District 2 South Meeting, Athens, Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242

26

Georgia School Boards Association District 4 & 5 Meeting, Covingto11:, Don Rooks,

(770) 962-2985
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28

Kiwanis Kids' Day, Kiwanis International, (317) 875-8755, ext. 214 or 212

28

Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Fall Regional Meeting, Troup County H.S.,

LaGrange; Crisp County H.S., <:;ordele; Arthur Williams M.S., Jesup, Tom Wommack,

1-800-334-6861

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29- School-Age Leadership Institute, Atlanta, Kimberly Nottingham, (404) 373-7414 10/2
30 Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Academic Decathlon Coaches Workshop, Forsyth, Tom Wommack, 1-800-334-6861
30 Georgia School Boards Association District 6 Meeting, Newnan, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985

OCTOBER

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Institute for New Leaders 1996-97 Class, Savannah, Vic Verdi (404) 656-6213 or Rhonda Hefner-Packer, (404) 657-2525

2-3 Georgia School Superintendents Association, School Improvement Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, John Burks, (404) 651-0940

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Georgia Association of Educators District 4 Meeting, Decatur, Willa Vire, (404) 286-1984

3-4 State Advisory Panel, Gainesville, Sara Synder, (404) 657-9969

3-5 QCC Review Committee Meeting, Radisson Hotel, Augusta, Mike Walker, (404) 656-4028

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Georgia School Boards Association District 12 Meeting, Bibb County, Don Rooks,

(770) 962-2985

4-5 VICA Fall Conference, Atlanta, Sharon Norman, (404) 657-8308

5-13 National 4-H Week, Contact your county extension service office

5

VOCA Officer Training Conference, Naomi Dorsey, (404) 657-8324

5

Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Fall Regional Meeting, Troup County H.S.,

Calhoun; Winder Coqi. Center, Winder; Baldwin County H.S., Milledgeville, Tom

Wommack, 1-800-334-6861

6-12 Fire Prevention Week, National Fire Protection Association, (617) 770-3000

6-12 National Metric Week, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, (703) 620-9840

7

Georgia School Boards Association District 7 Meeting, Bartow County, Don Rooks,

(770) 962-2985

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7-8 Georgia High School Association State Executive Committee Meeting, Forsyth, Tommy Guillebeau, (706) 647-7473

8

Georgia School Improvement ~el, Craig Dowling, (912) 333-8570

8

Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission - 2nd Tuesday of the first month of every

quarter or on the call of the Chair. (770) 414-3300

10-11 Georgia Association of Educational Office Professionals, Madeline Waller, (404) 763-6796 or (770) 254-0053 after 5:30

10

Georgia School Boards Association Awards Committee Meeting, Lawrenceville, Gary Ashley,

.(770) 962-2985

11-13 Georgia Association of Educators, Minority Affairs Conference, Savannah, Kevin Pearson,

(404) 289-5867

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11-13 . Georgia Association of Educators Instruction & Development Conference, Bobbie Sharp,

(404) 289-5867

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13

National Children's Day, Foundation for the Future of Youth, (301) 468-9431

14-18 National School Lunch Week, U.S. Department of Agriculture and American School Food Service Association, (703) 739-3900

14

Columbus Day

14

Georgia Association of Educators District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 962-3020

14 . Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Albany, G. W. Tibbetts, (912) 382-8950

14

Georgia School Boards Association District 1 Meeting, Bulloch County, Don Rooks,

(770) 962-2985

15-17 Career Academies Workshop, Gainesville, Sharon Norman, (404) 657-8308

15-17 Bootstrap (Georgia School Superintendents Association Meeting) Macon Holiday Inn
Conference Center, Macon, Bill Barr (912) 474-2610

15-18 Georgia Council for Administrators of Special Education, Savannah, Dr. Bill Swan, (706) 542-4074

15

Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Calhoun, Geneva Fleming,

(404) 349-2606

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15

Georgia Association of Educaton District 6 Meeting, Milledgeville, Peggy Parham,

(404) 622-3123

15

Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Meeting, Savannah, Joe Bell, (912) 238-1752

15

Georgia School Boards Association District 13 Meeting, Dodge County, Don Rooks,

(770) 962-2985

15

Vocational/Career Education Administrators .Workshop, Cartersville, Marvin Brown,

(404) 657-8334

16-17 Exploration/I.titervention, Debi Craft, (404) 657-8325

16-18 G-C~SE, Hyatt Regency, Savannah, P. Paulette Bragg, (404) 656-3963
16 World F<?Od Day, Public Inquiries Unit, (212) 963-4475

16 Vocational/Career Education Adrilinistrators Workshop, Milledgeville, Marvin Brown,

(404) 657-8334

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17-19 . Georgia Mathematics Conference and Annual Meeting of Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Rock F.agle, Wanda Oldfield, (706) 556-6225

17 .Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Albany, Bert Wagnon, (912) 436-0083

17

Georgia School Boards Association District 11 Meeting, Clarke County, Don Rooks,

'(770) 962-2985

18-19 Fall Explofl:ltory Professional Conference, Debi Craft, (404) 657-8325

18

Georgia Association of Educators Executive Committee, Decatur, Karen Henderson,

(404) 289-5867

18

Youth Apprenticeship. Workshop, Barbara Wojhoski, (404) 657-8306

18

Vocational/Career Education Administrators Workshop, Waycross, Marvin Brown,

(404) 657-8334

19

Georgia Association of Educators Pay for Performance Workshop, Bobbie Sharp,

(404) 289-5867

20-22 Education's Leadership Georgia 1996-97, Session I, Callaway Gardens, Rhonda HefnerPacker, (404) 657-2525

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20-26 National School Bus Safety Week

21-22 Making Change For Children: Whatever It Takes, Inforum, Atlanta, Carol Massey,
(404) 365-8948, Joe Raymond,, (404) 527-7394, Tamara Ard (404) 527-7394

21

Vocational/Career Education Administrators Workshop, Gainesville, Marvin Brown,

(404) 657-8334

22 Georgia Association of Educators District S East Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson, (912) 742-7399

22

Georgia AssoCiation of Educators District 2 North, Oakwood, Bob Garmon, (706) 864-7313

22 Georgia School. Boards Association District 9 Meeting, Lumpkin County, Don Rooks, (770) 962-2985

23

Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGnmge, Bob Holland,

(706) 596-0713

23 Vocational/Career Education Administrators Workshop, Gainesville, .Marvin Brown, (404) 657-8334

23

Georgia School Boards Association RIMS Trustees Meeting, Lawrenceville, Lee Gaby,

(770) 962-2985

24 Georgia Association of Educators District 2 South Meeting, Athens, Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242

24 United Nations Day, Public Inquiries Unit, (212) 963-4475

25

Georgia Association of Educators GAE Retired Meeting, Macon, Bobbie Sharp

(404) 289-5867

26 Georgia Association of Educators Fall Representative Assembly Meeting, Macon Evelyn Smith, (404) 289-5867

27 Standard Time

28-30 Strategies for Success, Communities in Schools Annual Training Conference, Susannah Scott, (404) 888-5784

28 Georgia School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day, Sam McCullough, (404) 656-2467

29 Georgia School Boards Association Workers' Comp Fund Trustees Meeting, Lawrenceville,

Lee Gaby, (770) 962-2985

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30- Technology Leadership Conference, Macon, Bailey Mitchell, (404) 656-2521 11/1

30- Better All T9gether, Cont. Ed., UGA, Athens, Marlene Bryar, (404) 657-9958
11/2

31

Halloween

NOVEMBER

~ 1-2

Georgia Music Educators Association Statewide Elementary Honors Chorus, Jonesboro, Cecil Wtlder, (770) 472-4632

1-30 N~tlonal PTA Child Safety and Protection Month,_ National PTA, (312) 670-6782, e~t. 360

2

Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Pay for Performance Workshop, Savannah,

. Bo~bie Sharp, (404) 289-5867

3-7 National Association for Pupil Transportation, Mike Martin 1-800-989-NAPT

4

Mr. Sam Harben, Attorney-Legal Issues, Middle Georgia Leadership Academy, Macon,

Middle GA RESA (912) 825-3132

4

Georgia Association of Educators District 4 Meeting, Decatur, Willa Vire, (404) 286-1984

5

Election Day

7-9 Georgia Council for Exceptional Children, Sara Synder, (404) 657-9969

7-9 Georgia Federation Council for Exceptional Children, Columbus, Gail Chance, (334) 756-9480

8-10 State Superintendent'$ Teacher Conference, Augusta, Tana Page (404) 657-7644

8-10 Professional Association of Georgia Educators Fall Retreat, Sea Palms, Dr. Barbara Christmas, 1-800-334-6861

8

Advanced Placement Workshop, Crowne Plaza, Macon, Michelle Rhinelander,

(404) 636-9465, ext. 213

9

Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Pay for Performance Workshop, Milledgeville,

Bobbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867

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6-7 Georgia Association of Educators Executive Committee Meeting, Decatur, Karen Henderson, (404) 289-5867

6-7 Georgia School Boards Association/GSSA Annual Conference, Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Gary Ashley (770) 962-2985

6-8 Georgia Association of Educators Women's Concern Consortium, Atlanta, Bettye Brown, (706) 790-7335

6-13 Hanukkah

6

Georgia State University-Strategies for Success Conference (Focuses on Mild Disabilities),

Carol Geist, (404) 657-9963

7

Georgia Association of Educators District 2 Pay for Performance WorkShop, Gainesville,

BObbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867

7

Pearl Harbor Day

8-10 Education's Leadership Georgia 1996-97, Session 11, Rhonda Hefner-Packer, (404) 657-2525

8-10 Govemor's School Leadership Institute 1996-97 Class, Group A - Decatur, Eloise Barron, (404) 657-1169

9

Georgia Association of Educators District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 962-3020

9

Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Atlanta, Bert Wagnon, (912) 436-0083

10-12 Governor's School Leadership Institute 1996-97 Class, Group B Decatur, Eloise Barron, (404) 657-1169

10 .Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Atlanta, Geneva Fleming, (404) 349-2606

10

Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Meeting, Atlanta, Bettye Brown, (706) 790-7335

10

Georgia Association of Educators District 8 Meeting, Atlanta, Joe Bell, (912) 238-1752

10

Youth Apprenticeship Workshop, Barbara Wojhoski, (404) 657-8306

10 . Advanced Placement Workshop, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Michelle Rhinelander, (404) 636-9465, ext. 213

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12

Georgia Language Arts Supervisors Meeting, Clayton County Staff Development Center, Ann

Richardson, (770) 460-3535

12-14 Governor's School Leadership Institute 1996-97 Class, Group C - Decatur, Eloise Barron, (404) 657-1169

14

Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Pay for Performance Workshop, Calhoun, Bobbie

Sharp, (404) 289-5867

16

Georgia Association of Educators District 2 North Meeting, Oakwood, Bob Garmon,

(706) 864-7313

16

Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGrange, Bob Holland,

.(706) 596-0713

17

Georgia Association of Educators District 5 F.ast Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson,

(912) 742-7399

17

Georgia Association of Educators District 7F.ast Meeting, Athens, G. W. Tibbetts,

(912) 382-8950

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Georgia Association of Educators District 2 F.ast Meeting, Athens, Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242

25

Christmas

26 . Kwanzaa Begins

12

9

Georgia School Age Care Assoqiation Fall Fest, Atlanta, Kimberly Nottingham,

(404) 373-7414

10-16 National Geography Awareness Week, National Geographic Society, (202) 775-6577

11

Veterans Day

12 Georgia School Improvement Panel, Craig Dowling, (912) 333-8570

12

Georgia Association of Edu~tors District 3 Meeting, Atlanta, Pete Toggerson, (404) 962-3020

12 Georgia Association of Educators District 7 Meeting, Albany, G. W. Tibbetts, (912) 382-8950

13-15 Georgia School Counselors Association Conference, Waverly Hotel, Marietta, Mary Broadhurst, 1"7800-788-4472

13

Georgia Board of Education Committee of the Whole Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler,

(404) 657-0143

14 Georgia Board of Education Meeting, Atlanta, Jeff Chandler, (404) 657-0143

15 Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Academic Bowl Registration Deadline, Nancy Kitchens, 1-800-334-6861

16 Student Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Future Georgia Educators, Georgia Southern University, Reception and Football Game at Georgia Southern, Nancy Kitchens, 1-800-334-6861

16

Georgi3. Association of Educators District 5 Pay for Performance Workshop, Macon, Bobbie

Sharp, (404) 289-5867

16 Georgia Association of Educators Teacher Certification Test Workshop, Forsyth, Bobbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867

17-23 American Education Week, National Education Association, (202) 822-7262

17

Georgia Retired Educators Day, Dr. John Hulsey, (770) 287-7721

18-19 Joint Careers Conference, Savannah, Terry Smith, (404) 657-8307

18-24 National Children's Book Week, The Children's Book Council, Inc., (212) 966-1990

19

Georgia Association of Educato~ District 8 Meeting, Savannah, John Dobrenic,

(912) 638-4993

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19

Georgia Association of Educators District 1 Meeting, Calhoun, Fred Gould, (706) 695-6140

19

Georgia Association of Educators District 6 Meeting, Milledgeville, Bettye Brown,

(706) 790-7335

19

National Community Education Day, National Community Education Association

(703) 359-8973

22

CAREER FEST, Gainesville College, Gainesville, Susan Parker, (706) 865-2043

23

Georgia Association of Educators District 3 & 4 Pay for Performance Workshop, Atlanta,

Bobbie Sharp, (404) 289-5867

25

Georgia Association of Educators District 2 North Meeting, Oakwood, Bob Garmon,

(706) 864-7313

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25 Georgia Association of Educators District 5 West Meeting, LaGrange, Bob Holland,
(706). 596-0713

26

Georgia Association of Educators District 2 South Meeting, Athens, 'Jim Bell, (803) 888-2242

26

Georgia Association of Educators District 5 East Meeting, Macon, Milton Sampson,

(912) 742-7399

28

Thanksgiving Day

DECEMBER

1-2 Professional Practices Commission Executive and Commission Meeting, Atlanta, Cheryl Graham, (404) 679-4817 or 1-800-537-5996

1

World AIDS Day, American Association for World Health, (202) 466-5883

4-5 Georgia School Boards Association New Board Member Orientation, Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Gary Ashley, (770) 962-2985

4

Georgia Association of Educators _District 4 Meeting, Decatur, Elsie Jones, (404) 286-1984

5

Georgia School Boards Association School Law Seminar, Renaissance Wavery Hotel, Atlanta,

Gary Ashley, (770) 962-2985

5

Georgia School Boards Association Board of Directors' Meeting, Renaissance Wavery Hotel,

Atlanta, (770) 962-2985

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