The Rockdale County Board will host one more public meeting before adopting the proposed millage rate .20 mills less than last year's. 

COVINGTON — With students expected to head back in just three short weeks, Newton County Schools have announced the days and times when parents may register their student at the school he or she is zoned for.

CONYERS — Congressman Hank Johnson is inviting both middle and high school students who live or attend a school in the Fourth Congressional District to demonstrate their technology skills by developing a mobile application or game.

Rockdale County students will have the opportunity to attend their designated open house and several community school supply drives before heading back to school on Monday, July 29.

CONYERS — The Georgia Department of Education has provided $500,000 in grant funding to help middle schools implement computer coding programs.

After reviewing guidelines provided by the Georgia Department of Education, the Newton County School System has identified four schools as potentially eligible to receive students whose parents wish to transfer their child under the provisions of House Bill 251.

CONYERS — Rockdale County Public School high school students have taken their first step into careers in sports medicine with the 13th annual RCPS Student Athletic Aide Program Training Camp, held June 2019 at Salem High School.

COVINGTON — Newton County School System is one of only two districts in not only Georgia but also the Southern region to earn the designation as a “No Place For Hate” system by the Anti-Defamation League as each school in the district participates in the program.

Oxford College students in the Global Connections program spent part of their summer in New York City to immerse themselves in the variety of art culture the city has to offer.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College has invited all prospective students to their second Open House of the summer at the Newton Campus this Saturday, June 22

Georgia State's Perimeter Newton Campus introduced the Academic Community Engagement program in 2018. Since then, students have uncovered statistics and facts including the effect of the local poverty rate and how many families suffer from food instability. 

The Newton County Board of Education has been recognized as a Georgia School Board Association 2019 Quality School Board.

Each year Rockdale County will partner with a community organization during the back to school season. This year, they will partner with Salem Christian Church to host a back to school bash for residents. The community event will be held Saturday, July 13.

COVINGTON— McLeRoy Inc. of Zebulon was unanimously selected as the site contractor for Eastside High School during the Newton County Board of Education's Tuesday work session. 

CONYERS — Fun in the Sun, Real LIVE Math and Art Around the World are just a few of the summer studies that were offered at the General Ray Davis Middle School’s Enrichment and Exploration Camp.

The Newton County Board of Education unanimously appointed two new principals at the June combined meeting. 

The Rockdale County Board of Education has been named an Exemplary Board.

The Newton County Boys & Girls Club is open just in time for summer!

Students in Kelley Green’s kindergarten class at South Salem ended the school year with a special treat .

COVINGTON — Piedmont Academy held its kindergarten commencement ceremony at the Cougar Gymnasium on Tuesday, May 14.

COVINGTON — On Friday, May 24, Piedmont Academy invited parents to celebrate their fourth and fifth grade students’ accomplishments.

No, Ty Pennington won't be moving a bus but the music program at Cousins Middle School will return to a brand-new room in the fall thanks to the School Crashers Program with the Georgia United Credit Union .

Second-graders at Shoal Creek Elementary's S.T.E.A.M. Academy were recently recognized for being one of the top classes in the nation to compete in the annual First in Math competition.

CONYERS — The U.S. Military Academy Class of 2019 was commissioned Saturday, May 25.

CONYERS— All Rockdale County students entering grades six-12 for the 2019-20 school year are required to complete a summer reading assignment.

COVINGTON — Newton High School’s 2019 Class President Carly McBryde affirmed during Saturday’s commencement exercises that her 560-plus fellow graduates are “ready for anything and everything.”

CONYERS — The graduates of Heritage High School walked across the stage and entered the next phase of their lives in a joyous ceremony Friday at Evans Stadium.

COVINGTON — Eastside’s Class of 2019 sat together one last time at their graduation ceremony at Springfield Baptist Church Saturday afternoon.

Newton County Theme School eighth-grader Gracie Bates performed in the Middle School All-State Chorus while Eastside High School sophomore David Castillo and Alcovy High School sophomore, Jayden Simmons both performed in the High School All-State Chorus. 

Six Newton County high school students have been selected to participate in the 2019 Governor’s Honors Program.

CONYERS —Thanks to the leadership and service of the Salem High School Interact Club, the school community and club members recently donated $360 of personal hygiene products to Rockdale Emergency Relief to help families in need.

Top of the line, the cream of the crop, the head of the class. Newton County high schools have announced their valedictorians and salutatorians for the 2019 school year.

COVINGTON — Newton County Board of Education members received a firsthand look at preliminary designs for the new Eastside High School campus at their May 14 meeting.

As students count down the final days of the 2018-19 school year, the Heritage High School Patriot Players celebrated graduating seniors with a special lunch Wednesday afternoon.