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(top right) Georgia Highlands
College classes are in historic
buildings in downtown Dallas. EDUCATION

DUCATION

(middle left) Graduates
of Paulding Public
Schools' five high schools.
(bottom left) Chattahoochee
PAULDING COUNTY post-secondary partners and gain Tech is Georgia's largest
SCHOOL DISTRICT career knowledge through Work-Based technical college.
Paulding County School District Learning/Apprenticeship programs with
serves approximately 30,000 students business and industry partners. Career
college in the state, offers more than
through 19 elementary schools, nine Pathways offered will include:
70 degrees, diplomas, and certifications.
middle schools, five high schools, and the • Healthcare – Patient Care Tech
Day, evening, weekend, hybrid and
New Hope Learning Center, which serves • Manufacturing – Mechatronics online classes are offered. Along with
the needs of alternative education students. • Energy – Lineman focus the Paulding campus, the college’s
There is also an invaluable partnership • IT – Cybersecurity eight campuses serve more than 14,600
with Chattahoochee Technical College, HIGHER EDUCATION students in Paulding, Bartow, Cherokee,
MOUNT PARAN
Kennesaw State University, and Georgia Cobb, Gilmer, and Pickens counties.
Highlands College. More than half of the CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Paulding County high school
county’s teachers hold an advanced degree Mount Paran Christian School is graduates don’t have to go far to continue GEORGIA HIGHLANDS
and, on average, have nearly 10 years of a PreK3-12th grade private Christian, their education. Both technical and COLLEGE
teaching experience. non-denominational, college- liberal arts educations are available right For nearly 50 years, Georgia
The Paulding College and Career preparatory school in the shadow of here in Paulding. Highlands College has served the
Academy will open its doors in the Fall Kennesaw Mountain on a 68-acre Northwest Georgia community with a
CHAT TAHOOCHEE
of 2019. Students attending PCCA collegiate-like campus. MPCS is solid educational foundation for the first
will be able to graduate with more committed to excellence in academics, TECHNICAL COLLEGE two years of college. Now GHC also offers
than a high school diploma. They will award-winning arts, and championship Chattahoochee Technical College, bachelor’s programs for careers in rapidly
be given opportunities to participate athletics. Founded in 1976, MPCS is a unit of the Technical College System growing areas. Founded in 1970 as Floyd
in Dual Enrollment through several fully accredited. of Georgia and the largest technical Junior College, GHC is now an access-

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