Guide to Columbia County Schools

SCHOOL CALENDAR

OPEN HOUSE

Middle schools: Aug. 4, 5-7 p.m.

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High schools: Aug. 4, 6-8 p.m.

Elementary schools: Aug. 5, 5-7 p.m.

School registration

Registration for all schools begins July 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

July 24, 25, 28-30: Principals' conference

July 31, Aug. 1, 4, 5: Preplanning

Aug. 6: First day of school

Sept. 1: Holiday/Labor Day

Sept. 8: Progress Report

Oct. 1: *Early Release/Parent Conferences

Oct. 8: End of Nine Weeks

Oct. 15: Report cards

Oct. 17: Student holiday/teacher staff development

Oct. 20-22: Holidays/Fall Break

Nov. 14: Progress report

Nov. 26-28: Holidays/Thanksgiving

Dec. 17-19: Semester exams

Dec. 19: End first semester

Dec. 22-Jan. 2 (inclusive) Holidays

Jan. 5: Student holiday/teacher workday

Jan. 6: First day, second semester

Jan. 13: Report cards

Jan. 19: Holiday/Martin Luther King

Feb. 9: Progress report

Feb. 13, 16: Holidays/Midwinter Break

March 3: *Early release/parent conferences

March 11: End third nine weeks

March 12: Student holiday/teacher staff development

March 19: Report cards

April 5-9: Holidays/Spring holidays

April 21: Progress report

May 19-21: Semester exams

May 21: End second semester

May 22: Graduation

May 24, 25, 26: Post Planning

May 26: **Report cards (middle and high schools, 11:30 a.m.; elementary school, 12:15 p.m.) **High-school report card day will be determined by receipt of End of Course test results from the State Department of Education.

Graduation 2003-04

All graduations will be held Saturday, May 22, at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center. Times to be announced.

Important numbers

Board of Education office - 541-0650

School Nutrition Services - 541-9402

Transportation Department - 541-1087

Transportation Hotline - daily bus changes, 541-1087 ext. 5; general bus route information, 541-1087 ext. 6

School Safety Hotline - 541-3600

High schools

High-school hours are 7:40 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Lakeside High School is 7:50 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Here are the county's high schools, principals and phone numbers:

Evans, Don Brigdon, 863-1198

Greenbrier, Sandra Carraway, 650-6040

Harlem, Barry Hemphill, 556-5980

Lakeside, Jeff Carney, 863-0027

Middle schools

Middle-school hours are 7:35 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. Here are the county's middle schools, principals and phone numbers:

Columbia, Donna Anderson, 541-1252

Evans, Myrel Seigler, 863-2275

Greenbrier, Jackie Creasy, 650-6082

Harlem, *Walker Davis, 556-5990

Lakeside, Felicia Dumas, 855-6900

Riverside, Don Putnam, 868-3712

Grovetown Middle School, Carolyn Fries, 855-2514

Elementary schools

Elementary-school hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Here are the county's elementary schools, principals and phone numbers:

Bel Air, *Mark Boyd, 863-8724

Blue Ridge, *Joyce Long, 868-0894

Brookwood, Brenda Jones, 855-7538

Evans, *Joy Quinn, 863-1202

Euchee Creek, Wanda Golosky, 556-4000

Greenbrier, *Jonathan Pike, 650-6060

Grovetown, *Robert Boyd, 863-0800

Lewiston Elementary School, Mike Doolittle, 650-6064

Martinez, Michele Sherman, 863-8308

North Columbia, Kay Sanders, 541-1158

North Harlem, Lisa Soloff, 556-5995

Riverside, Jeanie Hill, 868-3736

South Columbia, Donna Murray, 863-3220

Stevens Creek, Michelle Paschal, 868-3705

Westmont, Sandra Black, 863-0992

* asterisk denotes new principal

Special schools

Crossroads Academy, Bob Starcher, 8 a.m. to 2:10 p.m., 541-2700

SCHOOL BOARD

The Board of Education meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Members are:

District 1: Regina Buccafusco, 863-3579

District 2: Wayne Bridges, chairman, 855-5726

District 3: Roxanne Whitaker, 556-3832

District 4: Mildred Blackburn, vice chairman, 863-6521 (fax only)

District 5: Lee Muns, 863-8828

Breakfast/lunch

Breakfast costs 75 cents for pupils and $1 for adults; lunch costs $1.50 for pupils and $2.25 for adults (awaiting final approval from the Board of Education).