News: 2005

Opinion - Learning partnership still making progress at elementary schools
by José Boza, Jenny Oliver and JoBeth Allen 11/6/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/110605/opinion_20051106070.shtml

Schools hope to retain partnership element
by Alisa Marie DeMao 10/4//05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/100405/new_20051004045.shtml

Schools in need of more males in the classrooms
by Alisa Marie DeMao 8/29/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/082905/new_20050829026.shtml

COE faculty, and Partnership for Community Learning Centers partners, Gwynn Powell and Billy Hawkins are in the news! This Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation funded project allowed Drs. Powell and Hawkins to work with Chase Street partnership school and Chase's PE teacher, Jennifer Thomson, to introduce an exciting after school project linking sports to culture and language. This innovative project is featured in the Summer, 2005 issue of UGA's Research Magazine. Please follow the link for the complete story.
by Kathleen Cason
http://www.researchmagazine.uga.edu/summer2005/speakingsports.htm

School to be torn down, renovated - Chase street
by Alisa Marie DeMao 8/13/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/081305/new_20050813017.shtml

Chase, Gaines improve - Schools score in partnership with university
by Alisa Marie DeMao 7/30/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/073005/new_20050730052.shtml

11 Clarke schools miss goals - State progress benchmarks
by Jennifer Moore 7/9/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/070905/new_20050709032.shtml

Principal named for Chase Street
News briefs 6/23/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/062405/new_20050624029.shtml

Clarke district forced to split federal aid - Most schools entitled to funding
by Alisa Marie DeMao 6/13/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/061305/new_20050613025.shtml

Chase Street, Gaines could go back to former calendar - Clarke schools
by Alisa Marie DeMao 6/3/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/060305/new_20050603041.shtml

Educator to take lessons with him
by Alisa Marie DeMao 5/24/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/052405/new_20050524036.shtml

Read all about it: Myron Burney, president of UGA’s Black Faculty and Staff Organization, presents a framed print on the importance of reading to Chase Street Elementary School students and teachers during an assembly at the school.
2/21/05
http://www.uga.edu/columns/050221/news-bfso.html

Board will vote on longer calendar year for schools
by Alisa Marie DeMao 2/10/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021005/new_20050210046.shtml

All Clarke schools should have the same calendar
Editorial by Mary Songster 1/19/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/011905/let_20050119005.shtml

Balanced calendar for Clarke schools worth more study
Editorial 1/13/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/011105/new_20050111048.shtml

Teachers, students give new building an A plus Gaines Elementary: Reaching to the sky to say goodbye
by Alisa Marie DeMao 1/11/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/011105/new_20050111048.shtml

Clarke school board to vote on calendar
News briefs 1/7/05
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/010805/new_20050108024.shtml

José Boza: Improving Education in Athens
by Enrique Carrión January 2005
http://www.athensecolatino.com/joseboza.html