Coweta County students go back to school for the 2009-10 school year on Friday, August 7.

Coweta County Schools officially welcome teachers back for the 2009-10 school year on Wednesday, August 5, as two days of pre-school planning begins.

Schools will officially welcome parents and students on Thursday, August 6, when Coweta schools open for Orientation on the day before the start of the new school year.

Orientation Times on Thursday, August 6 are:
Middle Schools: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (all middle schools)
Elementary Schools: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (all elementary schools).
High Schools: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (all high schools)

Teachers will not be available for formal conferences during Orientation, but representatives but from the school transportation department will be available at all schools for information about bus schedules, and representatives from the school system’s after-school program will be available to register students (after-school registration is also available at schools on Wednesday, August 5).
 
Several Coweta County schools are holding additional early events for parents along with Orientation Day.

On Wednesday, August 5, Brooks Elementary School – Coweta County’s newest school – will hold a “Meet the Teachers” open house from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A 7:00 p.m. ice cream social will be held afterward, to let parents and staff at the new school to get to know one another.

Brooks was open the week prior for PTO led tours of the school. “We had over 300 families – nearly two-thirds of all our families – tour the school,” said Principal Julie Raschen. The school is also getting ready for a Sunday, August 16 ceremony (at 2:00 p.m.) to formally dedicate the school and honor its namesake - former Coweta County Superintendent Richard Brooks.

Elm Street Elementary School will also hold its traditional “Back to School Night” at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5.

Also on Wednesday, August 5th, Smokey Road Middle School has invited parents and supporters to attend a 7:45 a.m. “Accomplishments Celebration Breakfast” in the school cafeteria. The school’s AYP success and other academic achievements, community service activities, athletics and student activities will be highlighted at the breakfast in anticipation of the new academic year.

On Thursday, August 6, White Oak Elementary School will hold a 10:00 a.m. Kindergarten Orientation at the school.

Also on Thursday, August 6 – after the afternoon elementary Orientation times – Atkinson and Glanton Elementary Schools are holding early open houses for their parents that evening. Glanton’s school-wide cookout will start at 5:45 p.m., and Atkinson’s Open House will start at 6:00 p.m.

All Coweta County Schools hold formal Open House events at some point at the beginning of the new school year. Open House dates for the new 2009-10 school year are:

All middle schools: Tuesday, August 18 (evening times vary by school)
(Includes Arnall, East Coweta, Evans, Lee, Madras, and Smokey Road Middle Schools)

High Schools:
East Coweta High School: Thursday, August 20, at 6:30 p.m.
Newnan High School: Thursday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Northgate High School: Tuesday, August 25, at 7:00 p.m.
Central Educational Center (CEC): Tuesday, October 20 at 6:00 p.m. CEC Open House and PROBE College and Career Fair

Elementary Schools Open House:
Arbor Springs: Monday, August 24, at 6:30 p.m.

Arnco-Sargent: Thursday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Atkinson: Thursday August 6 at 6:00 p.m.

Brooks: Wednesday, August 5 (meet the teacher night) at 6:00 p.m.
Ice-Cream Social at 7:00 p.m.

Canongate: Thursday, August 27:
Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
3rd, 4th and 5th grade from 6:45 – 7:15 p.m.

Eastside: Thursday, September 3, at 6:30 p.m.

Elm Street: Wednesday, August 5 (back-to-school night) at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 25 2nd grade at 6:00 p.m.; 5th grade at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 27 1st grade at 6:00 p.m.; 4th grade at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 1st Kindergarten at 6:00 p.m.; 3rd grade at 7:00 p.m.

Glanton: Thursday August 6 at 5:45 p.m. (school-wide cookout)

Jefferson Parkway: Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Moreland: Thursday, August 13 at 6:00 p.m.

Newnan Crossing: Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Northside: Thursday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Poplar Road: Tuesday, August 25
Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
2nd and 3rd grade from 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
4th and 5th grade from 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Ruth Hill: Tuesday September 1 at 6:00 p.m.

Thomas Crossroads: Monday, August 24
Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
2nd and 3rd grade from 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
4th and 5th grade from 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Welch: Pre-K, Kindergarten Monday, August 24 at 6:00 p.m.
1st and 2nd grade Tuesday, August. 25 at 6:00 p.m.
3rd and 4th grade Wednesday, August 26 at 6:00 p.m.
5th grade Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Western: Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.

White Oak: 5th grade Thursday, August 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Kindergarten Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.
1st and 2nd grade Thursday, August. 27 at 6:30 p.m.
3rd and 4th grade Thursday, August. 27at 7:00 p.m.

Willis Road: Thursday, August 20:
Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
2nd and 3rd grade from 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
4th and 5th grade from 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.



Brooks Elementary School.