Pine Hill Middle School marks first day in new facility

Friday, Aug 7, 2009 11:39 AM
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Pine Hill Middle School, Richmond County's newest school, is open for class.

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Brittany Perkins, left, laughs with friends at lunch during the first day of school at Pine Hill Middle School, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in Hephzibah, Ga.  RAINIER EHRHARDT/STAFF
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Brittany Perkins, left, laughs with friends at lunch during the first day of school at Pine Hill Middle School, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in Hephzibah, Ga.

"It's very exciting," says Glenda Collingsworth, principal of Pine Hill Middle School.

"We've been looking forward to this day," Collingsworth said. "Everything has been running very smoothly and our students are very excited."

More than 500 pupils experienced their first day of school Friday in Richmond County’s newest school on McElmurray Road in Hephzibah.

"We can always say we were the first," said Kentrell Monroe, 13. "It kind of makes you feel special because we get to make a mark."

Seventh- and eighth-graders were drawn from Hephzibah, Sego and Spirit Creek middle schools.

The majority of the pupils came from Hephzibah and Spirit Creek.

Brittany Perkins, 13, already knew many of the pupils at school.

"It's cool but it's weird," Perkins said. "I've been to both Hephzibah and Sego, so I see a lot of people I haven't seen in a while."

Reach Nikasha Dicks at (706) 823-3336 or nikasha.dicks@augustachronicle.com.

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muffintop1

I went to the open house at this school. I have a child starting there in the 6th grade. The open house was so unorganized that you couldn't even walk the halls to find your child's class because of other children running up and down the halls, most of who looked to be high school age and had no business even being there. The classrooms are already overcrowded with up 35 students in the class. The teachers don't have all of the books and equipment they need. The signs posted for the class your child is in did not have the room number, only the teachers name and then you had to find out yourself what room they were in. I just hope that the school year turns out to be better than the open house was.

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