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Good News from the Creekview Zone

Check out the latest good news from schools in the Creekview Innovation Zone (Creekview High, Creekland Middle and Avery, Ball Ground, Free Home and Macedonia Elementary Schools)…

Check out the latest good news from schools in the Creekview Innovation Zone…

Creekview High School
Three Creekview High School Class of 2013 graduates have been named 2013 Georgia Scholars by the Georgia Department of Education: Victoria Cochran, Madeline Ryan and Abigail Sherrod.
To be selected as a Georgia Scholar, a student must be a graduating high school senior who exhibits excellence in all phases of school life, in community activities, and in the home. The student must present evidence of having carried an exemplary course load in the four years of high school; performed excellently in all courses; successfully participated in interscholastic events of the school or community; and assumed an active role in extracurricular activities sponsored by the school.
The criteria are extremely strict, such that only 115 seniors in the entire state have qualified for this honor. Each Georgia Scholar receives a seal for his or her diploma. The School District’s 2013 Georgia Scholars were recognized by the Cherokee County School Board at its meeting on May 16, 2013.

Two Creekview High School Class of 2013 graduates have won $1,000 scholarships from Waste Management.
One of the School Board’s Major System Priorities is increasing parental and community involvement through public engagement policies and practices that treat parents, businesses, community-based organizations and agencies, local institutions of higher learning and other public entities as true partners in the educational process.
Accordingly, the partnership agreement with Waste Management of Metro Atlanta, Inc. specifies that at least one scholarship per year in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded to a senior attending a Cherokee County School District school. This year, Waste Management agreed to award two scholarships, each in the amount of $1,000, to students graduating Creekview High School. As such, applications were solicited via the high school counseling staff and forwarded to the Pine Bluff Community Advisory Board for consideration. A subcommittee of this group, consisting of community, Waste Management and school district representatives, reviewed and scored the applications based on the criteria specified by Waste Management, Inc.
Graduating Creekview High School seniors John Campbell and Logan Fetters received the highest rankings and were thereby recommended as the recipients of this award for 2013, each to receive scholarships in the amount of $1,000.

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Creekview High School Class of 2013 graduate Logan Fetters is among the winners of this year’s Neocom Scholarships awarded by NeoCom Solutions, Inc., a telecommunication engineering and construction firm in Woodstock.
Logan won a $1,000 scholarship; her goal is to attend the University of Georgia and major in psychology.
The scholarships were established by NeoCom to provide assistance to Cherokee County residents who are currently or will be enrolled in an accredited four-year college, university or two-year technical college, community college or trade school. Academic achievement and financial need are considered in selecting recipients.
β€œAll of our winners have maintained good academic standing while juggling very active schedules including community service, full course loads and extra-curricular activities,” said Kham Longstaff, Vice President of Corporate Development for NeoCom.

Creekview High School recently won the 14th Annual High School Invitational Geography Bowl held at Kennesaw State University.
Each team is made up of five members with two alternates. Creekview HS team members were Ninth-Grade World Geography students Annie Conrad, Rhys Everspaug, Joseph DeFrank, Hannah Goodall, Shae Jolly, Chris Lipscomb and David Wang. Their coach is teacher Brenda Guyer.
Each school participated in eight preliminary rounds and based on winning record, three final rounds. Each round consists of eight toss-up questions (for 10 points) and two team questions (25-30 points). Questions are based on content from the Ninth-Grade World Geography State Standards and textbook. Participating high schools also included Grady HS, River Ridge HS, Wheeler HS and Woodstock HS.

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The Cherokee County School District annually recognizes outstanding high school juniors as Superintendent’s Key Scholars, and 134 students earned his honor for the 2012-13 School Year – a 9-percent increase from last school year.
Each of these outstanding students has scored at the 90th percentile or above on the Grade 11 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Creekview High School honorees are: Kristin Andreassen, Caroline Barfield, Haley Brooks, Catherine Cahoy, Katelyn Creger, Melissa DeFrank, Lori Estes, Daniel Griffin, Tyler Harris, Christopher Hough, Riley Jenkins, Caitlyn McCord, Cara Perrin, Corbin Ray, Bradley Reeves, Bobby Roberts, Zane Sisco, Taylor Smith, Trace Sosebee and Landon Yarborough.
During the Eighth Annual Superintendent’s Key Scholar Recognition Ceremony held recently at Sequoyah High School, they received a School District Certificate of Achievement and a letter jacket patch that reads β€œSuperintendent’s Key Scholar.” Each student will also be honored at their school’s year-end awards ceremony as a Superintendent’s Key Scholar.
β€œOur Key Scholars represent the top 10% of all students in the Nation who took the PSAT exam in October, and that’s a major accomplishment for which each of them and their families should be very proud,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo said. β€œAs academic leaders, these outstanding students have the potential to continue distinguishing themselves as high school seniors and in their college pursuits and chosen careers.”
The Key Scholar Program is a District-wide academic recognition plan that begins in elementary schools with students qualifying for the nationally recognized Duke University Talent Identification Program (or TIP).
Over the last five years, more than 1,200 Cherokee County School District students in Grades 4 or 5 qualified for the Duke TIP program by achieving exceptional scores on either the Cognitive Abilities Test or the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills.
Each student receiving this recognition received a Certificate of Achievement at his/her school’s year-end awards ceremony; and the Cherokee County School District has received special recognition from Duke University for having the largest number of students identified in the State of Georgia.

In a moving moment at Creekview High School’s annual Senior Breakfast, members of the graduating Class of 2013 performed one of their last acts together at the school: reading letters of congratulations and well-wishes from parents, teachers and friends.Β 


Creekland Middle School
Creekland Middle School students, staff, PTA members and other community volunteers packaged 29,646 meals as part of the recent capstone event in their Stop Hunger Now service project. Through the initiative, students learned about world hunger, raised money to purchase meal supplies and then packaged the meals to be provided by Stop Hunger Now to people suffering from hunger worldwide.

Creekland Middle School recently was thanked by the American Red Cross for its successful blood drive. The school was presented with a plaque and a $250 donation. Student Josh Gilley was recognized for signing up the most blood donors.Β 

Creekland Middle School recently raised $150 for Cherokee County’s Relay for Life through a β€œHoops for Healing Cancer” event. Students signed up to participate in an after-school hula-hoop competition, with sign-up fees and donations going toward Relay for Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society. Marco’s Pizza of Canton donated prizes for winners of the competition.Β Sponsors Kim Jeffries and Cindie Zayn congratulatedΒ first-place winner Noah Lindsay, second-place winner Marina Mavromatidis andΒ third-place winner Grace Maavere.

Creekland Middle School recently honored its students recognized through the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) annual Talent Search for eligible seventh-graders. Academically talented students who have previously scored at or above the 95th percentile on a standardized test (i.e., ITBS, CogAT) are provided an opportunity through the Duke program to take the SAT or ACT.
They are: Will Touchstone, Gardner Goodwyn, Haley Jane, Andrew Reisinger, Zoe Love, Kristen Farmer, Frank Homiller, Mitch Robinson, Harrison Spates and Elhana Kelly.Β 
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Creekland Middle School recently recognized its Students of the Month for May. They are: Marianna Herrera, Eryn Hasty, Zach McClure, Anabel Martinez, Cody Clark, Paul DiCicco, Kelsey Henson, Molly Morris, Chad Rubelsky, Allison Luly, Trent Carrere and Amelia Westmoreland.

Creekland Middle School students recently learned about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers and the importance of STEM education for their future during Georgia’s STEM Day. Georgia STEM Day’s goal was to promote STEM education and careers to K-12 students to help Georgia meet the growing demands of an increasingly technical marketplace.Β 

Students in Cindie Zayn’s advanced literature and composition class at Creekland Middle School, through the Cherokee County School District’s Bring Your Learning Device (BYLD) to school initiative, use technology to develop persuasive essays and speeches.

Ball Ground Elementary School STEM Academy
Ball Ground Elementary School STEM Academy recently hosted a Youth Leadership Breakfast with the Honorable Keith Blackwell, Georgia Supreme Court Justice. Justice Blackwell is an alumni of the Cherokee County School District, and he attended Ball Ground Elementary School in his youth. Justice Blackwell spent his morning with six candidates of the Ball Ground STEM Academy Youth Leadership Program and later addressed the students in Grades 4-6 in an assembly. The Youth Leadership Program will hold an awards ceremony on Friday, May 10. This program was developed two years ago in honor of community leader and Ball Ground parent Mark Henderson. The purpose of the program is to honor and recognize student participation and involvement in the community and in the school. A memorial fun run held at the school in Mr. Henderson’s name helps to promote the Youth Leadership program.

Cherokee County School District schools, staff and volunteers recently were recognized with District 13 PTA Awards. Ball Ground Elementary School STEM Academy's PTA won the Best Ideas Award - Best Community Involvement Idea for its Run to Remember.

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Free Home Elementary School
Free Home Elementary School recently welcomed Lola Schaefer, author of more than 250 children’s books, who visited the school to talk with students about writing.


Macedonia Elementary School
Macedonia Elementary School celebrated African during its most recent Cultural Arts Day. Students and teachers wore African attire while learning African dances, tasting African food, listening to an author inspired by her many visits to Africa and much more. The Macedonia PTA regularly hosts Cultural Arts Days to promote cultural awareness among the students.

Cherokee County School District teachers selected as 11Alive Class Act Teachers during this school year, including Macedonia Elementary School teacher Tabatha Burcher, recently were honored by the TV station at a reception and breakfast.Β 

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