Education in Oconee County
Education...Oconee County Schools Expect Success
Community leaders seem to unite through the schools their children attend. The education system in Oconee County is strenglhened by cooperation and support between the schools and the community resulting in one of the county's most important assets a well-educated community.
An active Partners In Education program has paired over 70 businesses with individual schools to explore areas of mutual assistance and benefits. School system personnel are an integral part of the community, actively serving on community councils and committees with community and business volunteers reciprocating for schools.
The Oconee County Public School System enrolls more than 5597 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Oconee County schools 'Expect Success." Residents of Oconee County, as well as nearby counties, boast about the quality of education available.
"Residents of Oconee County, as well as nearby counties, boast about the quality of education available."The administrative staff at each school includes a principal and one or more assistant principal. The Oconee County School System's instructional approach takes into account the multiple needs of each individual. Basic academic programs are enhanced by art, music and physical education taught by fully certified specialists in each school. All grade levels provide guidance and counseling services, programs for the gifted, and services for students with special education needs. A school nurse, a school social worker, a school psychologist and an attendance officer serve throughout the school system. A professional staff of over 409 teachers is complemented by a support and service staff of over 424.
Oconee County Primary School: Grades K-2
Oconee County Primary School
2290 Hog Mountain Rd
Watkinsville, Ga 30677
706-769-7941
Oconee County Elementary Schools: Grades k-5
The Elementary Program includes kindergarten through fifth grade curriculum which allows students to continually progress while learning the basics. Students at grade levels four and five are assigned to teaching teams which utilize blocks of time for integrated subjects. The elementary curriculum consists of reading, Ianguage arts, mathematics, science and health, social studies, physical education, music and art.
Colham Ferry Elementary
190 Colham Ferry Rd
Watkinsville, Ga 30677
706-769-7764
Malcom Bridge Elementary
2600 Malcom Bridge Rd
Bogart Ga 30622
770-725-6700
Oconee County Elementary
2230 Hog Mountain Rd
Watkinsville Ga 30677
706-769-7791
Rocky Branch Elementary
5250 Hog Mountain Rd.
Watkinsville Ga 30677
706-769-3235
Oconee County Middle Schools: Grades 6-8
The middle school teachers are organized into teams for English, math, reading, science and social studies. Students take exploratory courses in the fields of technology, vocational studies, foreign language and fine arts. Lifelong learning is enhanced and emphasized through America 2000 and Adult Literacy Programs.
Malcom Bridge Middle
2500 Malcom Bridge Rd.
Bogart Ga 30622
770-725-2319
Oconee County Middle
1101 Mars Hill Rd.
Watkinsville Ga 30677
706-769-3575
Oconee County High Schools: Grades 9-12
Oconee County School System's high school program offers students curricula in college preparatory and vocational studies. The comprehensive high school offers an honors program in English and mathematics, as well as advanced placement courses for college credit in English, mathematics, social studies and art. Students learn writing skills using word processors in computer labs. College joint enrollment, foreign languages, fine and performing arts are available in addition to a wide range of vocational courses. The high school also offers a full array of extra-curricular activities, ranging from athletics to acaademic honor societies. Students have consistently demonstrated their leadership with many awards and much recognition in both state and national competitions.
North Oconee High
1081 Rocky Branch Rd.
Bogart Ga 30622
706-769-7760
Oconee County High
2721 Hog Mountain Rd
Watkinsville Ga 30677
706-769-6655
Oconee County Private Schools
Athens Academy:
Athens Academy is an independent, non-proflt, college preparatory co-educational day school located in Oconee County. Students are transported or drive to Athens Academy from all over Northeast Georgia. The Academy, a small school with small classes and a low teacher-pupil ratio, is known for its family atmosphere. At Athens Academy it's perfectly all right to like what you're studying. An attitude of doing one's best is obvious in the classroom, on stage, or on the playing field. Beginning with three year olds and going through twelfth grade, over 700 students study in a multicultural environment on a wooded, 107-acre campus. Enrollment is open to people of all races, religions and national origins.
"Excellence with Honor," the motto of Athens Academy, has provided the primary focus of thc Academy for more than a quarter century to provide students with a superior liberal arts education that prepares them for higher education and for life in the 21st century. Graduates regularly earn admission to prestigious colleges and universities, compile outstanding records in earning college credit through Advanced Placement, and score high on nationally normed examinations. For a faculty member, teaching at Athens Academy is a way of life. An Athens Academy education is distinctive in large part because of the school's exceptional faculty.
National attention focused on Athens Academy in thc spring of 1994 with the opening of a state-of-the-art media and learning complex which involves students in the critical use of all forms of media. Athens Academy's media education project prepares students to think critically in an information age by teaching them to "read" and interpret all forms of media. A partnership with international businessman Reinhard Mohn and the Bertelsmann Foundation has made the program possible.
- Prince Avenue Christian School:
Founded 1978 as an educational ministry of Prince Avenue Baptist Church, the school is located on a new campus in Bogart, Georgia, and serves the surrounding community with nearly 500 students from thirteen different counties and over 100 different churches.
Prince Avenue Christian School provides a comprehensive college preparatory education with a Christian worldview for students in preschool through twelfth grades.
Prince Avenue Christian School
2201 Ruth Jackson Rd
Bogart, Georgia 30622Phone: 678-753-3000
Fax: 678-753-3028Please feel free to contact the school via email at info(at)princeave.org
Westminster Christian Academy:
Westminster Christian Academy, begun in 1989, continues to grow its pre-K3 through 12th grade college-preparatory co-educational Christian school. In 1998, WCA opened its 30-acre campus complete with athletic fields, classroom and administrative buildings, and gymnasium-auditorium and graduated its first senior class with students headed to Vanderbilt and the University of Georgia.
Phone: 706-769-9372
For more information please email at: info(at)wcalions.org
Colleges:
Located in nearby Athens, the University of Georgia offers students a comprehensive choice of degrees in a historical university setting. Extensive continuing education series are also an important aepect provided by the university.
In addition, Athens Area Technical College offers courses for associate degrees or diploma programs in vocational and technical subjects to assist in creating a skilled work force prepared for progress.
Gainesville College, part of the University System of Georgia, has set up an Oconee Campus at 1202 Bishop Parkway in Watkinsville providing additional educational opportunities in the area.
