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School registration, walk-throughs begin July 19

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011, 7:02am

School registration, walk-throughs begin July 19

CHEROKEE CO., Ga. -- The 2011-2012 school year will begin Monday, Aug. 1 in Cherokee County.

Each school's front office will be open daily beginning on Tuesday, July 19. New students may be registered between 8 a.m. and noon every day after that.

The required documents can now be found online.

Class schedules and teacher assignments will be available at each school's scheduled open house and walk-through event:

Arnold Mill Elementary, Woodstock
Thursday, July 28
K-2: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
3-5: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Avery Elementary, Canton
Thursday, July 28
K-2: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
3-5: 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Ball Ground Elementary
Thursday, July 28
4 p.m.

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Cherokee school board meeting rescheduled

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, June 20th, 2011, 12:55pm

Cherokee school board meeting rescheduled

CANTON, Ga. -- The Cherokee County School Board chairman and superintendent have rescheduled their next called meeting.

The event, at which officials will consider the Cherokee Charter School petition, will now be at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 24, not June 30, as orignally announced.

Doors to the meeting will open at 5 p.m. It will be in the Cherokee High School auditorium (930 Marietta Highway, Canton).

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LOCAL PROFILE: Georgia's Country Music Scene

Submitted by Eden Godbee, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, June 16th, 2011, 5:36pm

ATLANTA – According to the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, “country music is a perennial Southern favorite in Atlanta and it won’t disappoint”. The music, which has its roots in the south, is known as a blend of, both, traditional and popular music. The country music genre gained widespread popularity around the mid-1900’s as music known as “hillbilly” or old-time music began to decline. Hillbilly music was a genre of music native to the people of the Ozarks. The music was usually played on acoustic instrument like a guitar or a banjo.

Over the years, old-time music changed however most of the lyrical content and instrumentation stayed the same. As it evolved, the arrangement of instruments grew to include the electronic keyboard, drums, the bass, fiddle and the harmonica.

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Important notice from Cherokee County Schools

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, June 16th, 2011, 9:16am

Important notice from Cherokee County Schools

CHEROKEE CO., Ga. -- The Cherokee County School District has released a memo to anyone who plans to attend the June 16 school board meeting.

The 7 p.m. meeting will begin with student recognition. The District would like anyone who attends the meeting to discuss Cherokee Charter Academy to wait outside the building until the recognized students and their parents have been accommodated.

After the recognition wraps and the room clears, the meeting will continue with public participation and other agenda items.

For more information, contact Barbara Jacoby, director of public information, communications and partnerships, either via email or at 770-704-4228.

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2 statewide sweepstakes help parents pay for kids' college

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Saturday, June 11th, 2011, 2:30pm

DUNWOODY, Ga. -- Georgia parents have two new opportunities to begin saving for their kids' college educations.

The Path2College 529 Plan is giving significant college contributions to two lucky Georgia children through its Newborn Sweepstakes and Destination College Savings Sweepstakes.

Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal is an advocate of the latter program, which she helped launch during her Read Across Georgia tour last month.

Through the Newborn Sweepstakes, one Georgia baby born between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2011 will be awarded $5,529 toward a Path2College 529 Plan.

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BEST SPOTS: Summer Camps for Kids

Submitted by Eden Godbee, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011, 1:56pm

CANTON, Ga. -- For this week’s installment of Best Spots, we've compiled a list of the best summer camps for your children, this year.

YMCA Centers are the nation’s largest provider of child care services and there are a number of YMCA centers around the metro area. According to their website, YMCA’s provide “family-centered, values-based programs” and they support the “physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of children”. Camp charges vary depending on if membership.

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Avery Elementary celebrates the arts

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011, 9:35am

CANTON, Ga. -- Avery Elementary School in Canton recently celebrated Fine Arts Week in recognition of the importance of art and music in schools.

Throughout the week, students were treated to performances from "That Puppet Guy" Lee Bryan, Flash of Brass Southern Gospel group and the Avery Elementary School Chorus.

In addition, Community Canvas Artist Karen Mervis spent the week working with each Avery homeroom to create a huge canvas painting to be hung in the school's media center.

Fine Arts Week culminated with a Fine Arts Night in which various talented artists from throughout the Avery community displayed and demonstrated their talents for all to see.

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