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TEACHING AND LEARNING ARE A HIGH PRIORITY IN OUR
COMMUNITY
How important is your role as a parent? For most parents, everything
you do will affect your child’s future. Supporting your child’s
education may well be the most important role. The Griffin-Spalding
County School System stands for “Positive Leadership and
Accountability for Children First – Always”.
These words represent the skill and effort that are put to task each
school day to expand your child’s knowledge and commitment to
life-long learning.
Understanding the concept that education is a lifelong process, the
Griffin-Spalding County School System has continued to thrive and
improve. Whether it’s targeting certain curriculum areas for
instructional improvement or constructing new educational
facilities, the Griffin-Spalding County School System is committed
to instilling trust in public education.
Business also plays a vital role in the educational success of our
children. The Partners-In-Education Program matches businesses with
schools, using the interests, resources, determined needs, personnel
and locations of each. Together, they work to achieve mutual goals
that will benefit the students.
The goal of the K-5 curriculum is to enable students to become
independent learners, value education and gain confidence in their
abilities, communicate effectively, grow into self-reliant,
productive and creative citizens, and respect diverse cultures.
Grades 6-8 curriculum goals are to provide instruction that will
improve academic skills, integrate technology throughout all
instructional programs as tools for learning, promote
self-discipline and good citizenship, and increase awareness of
career options. High school prepares grades 9-12 to meet the state
requirements for either (or both) a College Preparatory and
Technical/Career Preparatory seal on their high school diploma.
Special offerings at this level allow students to participate in
various non-traditional course work. Virtual High School is a
program in which students take courses, such as astronomy online in
a seminar format. Students may also take joint enrollment courses
available from Gordon College, Clayton College and State University,
and Griffin Technical College. These courses allow students to earn
post-secondary credit. Everything about the Griffin-Spalding School
System is directed at placing “Children First-Always”.
Four additional schools located in the Griffin-Spalding area provide
alternative educational experiences. Grace Academy offers
instruction for students grades 9 through 12; Harvest Christian
Academy, on Highway 19/41 South, teaches students from the age of 6
weeks through 9th grade; Griffin Christian Academy on West McIntosh
Road provides Kindergarten through eighth grade education; Griffin
Christian High School offers instruction for students grades 9
through 12; and St. George’s Episcopal School works with first
through sixth grades on Birch Street in Milner.
Similarly, two institutions of higher learning offers courses
locally; the emphasis is on choice of program with flexible hours,
Gordon College, a two-year institution in the University System of
Georgia specializing in various Associate degrees, provides night
courses in Griffin. Griffin Technical College makes both academic
and technical training easily available.
Griffin-Spalding high schools and Griffin Technical College work
closely to involve qualified students in Tech Prep, a four-year
sequence of study involving two years of carefully-selected senior
high courses and two years of post-secondary occupational education.
Tech Prep is offered in six highly specialized areas: data
processing, health occupations, construction, health occupations,
construction, business, drafting and electronics.
Children are very important! They are our lifeblood that will
sustain our existence. And education is the most vital source to the
knowledge that they and we all need. In Griffin-Spalding children
are first, but education is always the foundation of our success.
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