Wednesday, February 27, 2013
It's teachers versus students at Friday's "Brain Drain" academic bowl fundraiser.
Etowah High School's teachers and students will need to have their thinking caps firmly attached Friday night. The nationally ranked Etowah Academic Bowl team will be squaring off against some of their own teachers in topics such as pop culture, trivia, and the standard slate of academic subjects in the "Brain Drain Academic Bowl" in the school auditorium. Tickets for the bowl will cost $3 for adults and $2 for students; the money raised by the bowl will help pay for the renovation of classrooms at Chapman Intermediate School. The classrooms will be transformed into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) friendly rooms once the Chapman campus is absorbed by Etowah. The master of ceremonies will be Dr. Vijay Purugulla, an Etowah …
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Money raised will be donated to the Cherokee County School District and its schools for classroom innovation, helping students pay for credit recovery courses and funding for various initiatives.
The Cherokee County Educational Foundation has launched a campaign to bring dollars directly to the classroom. The For the Love of Education campaign wants Cherokee residents and businesses to make monetary contributions to the foundation, which was established late last year to support the Cherokee County School District and its teachers and students. Money raised by the organization will be distributed to the district and its schools through grants for classroom innovation, student scholarships for credit recovery classes and funding for initiatives such as the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academies, the proposed Technical High School Academy and the Bring Your Learning Device (BYLD) program. "A high-quality …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Cherokee County School Board sat down last week with most of the Cherokee legislative delegation to discuss the board's legislative priorities.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The Cherokee County School Board sat down last week with most of the Cherokee legislative delegation to discuss the board's legislative priorities.
Members of the Cherokee County legislative delegation and the Cherokee County School Board came together late last week to discuss the school board's 2013 legislative priorities as well as to discuss what the state's plans were to shore up education funding. With the exception of Michael Geist, the entire school board attended last week's meeting with the delegation. Both State Rep. John Carson (R-Marietta) and State Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell), both of whom represent the southeastern corner of the county, also did not attend the meeting. The priorities, which were approved by the board last month, are: School board members asked members of the delegation if they would commit to ensuring each of the four points would be addressed during…
Thursday, August 30, 2012
The expos will start on Sept. 10 and conclude on Nov. 8.
Curious to learn more about Cherokee's new academies for fine arts, science, technology, engineering and mathematics? The Cherokee County School District has announced the schedule for a series of expos intended to showcase the work of the students enrolled in the system's six Cherokee Academies. The district launched the first phase of the initiative this school year. "In an effort to raise awareness among parents/guardians and the community relative to the ongoing activities and student accomplishments associated with our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academies and Fine Arts Academies, each of our Academies is launching bi-annual Expos to be presented at each Academy every fall and spring semester," …
