Registration times for George Washington Carver are 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Registration times for Tuskegee Public are 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM.

Registration times for Tuskegee Institute Middle School are 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on both days.

Please bring proof of residency (i.e. utility bill), immunization records and your child's Social Security Card when you come to register your child.

As always, we welcome input from our employees and stakeholders. We are posting for your review drafts of several publications that will be used to govern our school system next year. Please review that draft of any manual that has applicability to you. You may email your comments or input to the Superintendent of Education at brooksja@maconk12.org.

The documents are available for immediate download once you enter the body of this article by double-clicking on the title, "Publications for Input".

Ms. Brelinda Sullen, Principal of  Notasulga High School, was recently awarded the Designing Alabama's Civic Health Award in recognition of her contributions to civic health through her emphasis on character education at Notasulga High School, where she has been Principal for five years.

Adam Ziyad, a graduate of Notasulga High School, and Yowseph Ziyad, a senior at Notasulga High designed and printed posters to Principal Sullen as a component of the Civic Health Project coordinated by Auburn University.

"The students were proud to present the award to Mrs. Sullen," says Dr. Mark Wilson, Director of Civic Learning Initiatives for the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University.  With help from Mobile Studio artist Dan Neil and Auburn University Landscape Architecture Professor, Jocelyn Zanzot, Macon County students made designs using statistics about civic data in Macon County, Alabama.

Congratulations, Ms. Sullen!

The posters designed by the students can be viewed here.

If you are an African American high school student, interested in the field of Engineering, there is an opportunity to participate in a summer institute at Howard University. The program was developed in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Howard University to engage area students interested in Engineering. The program is approximately 6 weeks ( July and August) and provides an opportunity for youth to gain academic and functional experience. In addition to the academic exposure the participant will receive a stipend upon completion of the program; and the top performers of the class well be granted an opportunity to study at RPI located in Troy, NY.

Please contact

Artherelle K. West, LGSW, LMFT

Director

Family Services Division / Resource Development

East River Family Strengthening Collaborative

3917 Minnesota Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20019

Office: (202) 397-7300, Ext. 126

Cell: (202) 744-6536

Fax: (202) 397-7882

www.erfsc.org

School Board Meeting Tonight

6:30 PM

Transportation Building (across the street from Booker T. Washington High)

Public is invited

An email announcement from Dr. McClaney, some quick thinking by Ms Carolyn Bettis and a confirmation from Katherine Carey brought Ms Bettis together with acclaimed poetess Nikki Giovanni. 

Ms Bettis was awarded a scholarship from The National Rosenwald Schools Foundation to attend a conference, held at Tuskegee University, on The Rosenwald Schools.

Starting in 1912, The Rosenwald Schools Project has been called, "most influential philanthropic force that came to the aid of Negroes at that time."  A partnership with Julius Rosenwald, the Chairman of Sears and Roebuck, and Booker T. Washington became the genesis of grant money providing for the construction and staffing of over 5,000 schools for African-Americans in 15 states.  One of these schools, currently under restoration, is located just outside of the City of Notasulga.

Ms Bettis said of the conference, "Meeting & talking to my favorite poet, Nikki Giovanni was great but the things I learned at last week's National Rosenwald Schools Conference held at Tuskegee University was life changing!!! This was by far THE BEST professional & personal development conference I have ever attended!! The story of what Julius Rosenwald & Booker T Washington did for the Macon County community & the world must be told! It's too amazing to be kept a secret!! I did not realize how vital Tuskegee Institute was to my community...to my being able to get an education! I have a developed a new love and respect for Tuskegee Institute/University. Even though I'm a graduate of Alabama State University, after this conference, I think I may love Tuskegee more because of Booker T. Washington's effort & vision & Julius Rosenwald's kindness & generosity."

A bit of trivia.  On Nikki Giovanni's left arm is a tattoo of Tupac Shakur, who Ms Giovanni called "The Greatest Poet of Our Time".

For more information about the Rosenwald Schools, please click HERE.

2012-2013 Academic Calendar is now online.  It is available for immediate download in Adobe format.

Macon County School System School Board members, Administrators, Teachers and support personnel met at the Kellogg Conference Center on Tuskegee University Campus to discuss and strategize how to better serve an underserved class of  student....young black males.

In an event taking place over several days, the group met (and will meet) to discuss and identify where successes are taking place and where we can take a different and better approach

Sunday afternoon, group members were confronted with flyers posted around the reception/registration area.  Each flyer displayed statistics illustrating the plight of young men of color in public education in America.  The flyers made bold, confrontational statements.  For example, the person a young black male is least likely to confide in is his father.  Next, we were treated to a film documenting the genesis of the apparent dysfunction taking place in the lives of young men in public schools in America.

A bold, award-winning documentary, 500 years later, was show, dissected and evaluated in terms of where the message of the movie applied to our young men of all ethnicities.

Then we as a group found ourselves in collaboration with each other, using each others' ears as a sounding board to identify how we can use what we have in place now to better serve our young men.

Day Two found us continuing with the same theme of raising awareness of the rich and unique legacy of central Alabama in general and Tuskegee in particular.  We left the Kellogg Conference Center for the Historical Treat to be found at the Multicultural Center of Tuskegee, founded by Civil Rights Attorney, Fred Gray and his late wife.  It was impossible to not feel both humbled and inspired when surrounded by courage documented at the Multicultural Center of Tuskegee, The Best Small Museum in the World.

The group ajourned, with anticipation of what the morrow brings...but, whatever challenges arise, that challenge will be met.

Macon County School employees met Wednesday morning at Booker T. Washington High School to honor retiring co-workers.  Thirty employees were honored with a breakfast retirement ceremony, with Superintendent Jacqueline A. Brooks presiding. 

While we munched on a delicious breakfast, prepared by Child Nutrition, we were treated to a musical selection by Rev. Curry, Melinda Curry and Mrs. Karen Tatum.  Rev. Curry and his sister have been singing together a long time, because the harmony was beautiful.  Mrs. Tatum accompanied on piano.

Presentations were made to retirees by the Education Association of Macon County, Support Personnel of Macon County, Schools of Macon County, Family and Friends, Organization and Agencies and the Macon County Board of Education.

The program ended with another musical selection, a reading by Dr. Brooks and remarks be School Board Members.

Some videos were too large to upload to the school system web site.  To view all the videos, please visit this link.

Special Called Board Meeting

May 29, 2012

5:00 p.m.

Transportation Center

1.  Educational Services

      a. School Calendar 2012-13

      b. Change in Venue for Administrative Retreat 2012 - from Tuscaloosa to Tuskegee

2.  Business Services

    a.   Budget Amendment

3.  EXECUTIVE SESSION

4.  Personnel

       a. Superintendent's Contract

       b. Retirements

       c.  Non-Renewals

       d. Catastrophic Leave

       e. Extended Contracts

        f. Substitutes

       g.  Transfers

Any Other Matter that May Need to Be Brought to the Attention of the Board