School News
Chattahoochee Tech Board Receives Role Model Award
For the seventh consecutive year, the Chattahoochee Tech Foundation Board of Trustees received Role Model Foundation Board Certification from the Technical College Foundation Association. The Chattahoochee Tech Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that partners with businesses, alumni and community leaders to support higher education for students through initiatives like scholarships and emergency funding. Board members provide valuable insight with respect to community engagement, management and strategic planning. In order to achieve Role Model Board Certification, all members of the Chattahoochee Tech board must be actively engaged in the work of the board through participation in organizational meetings, college events, leadership activities, fundraising initiatives and professional development.
Front row, from left: Advancement Coordinator Amanda Henderson, Vice Chair Rick Kollhoff, Susan Stephens, Vice President of Advancement Jennifer Nelson, Board Chair Mark Goddard, Darion Dunn and Robert Stephens. Back row: Henry Molient, Snehal Doshi, Chris Mosley, Jeff Butterworth and Marty Hughes.
Taste of Woodstock Raises Funds for Woodstock High
Visit Woodstock staff presented the Woodstock High School Band Program with a check for $7,500 from funds raised at Taste of Woodstock last September. The event was started in the school's cafeteria by the booster club before relocating to downtown and partnering with the Visit Woodstock organization. These funds are used by the booster club to offset equipment and operational costs for the bands.
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Cherokee County School Board Chair Kyla Cromer accepts the Georgia Leading Edge Award.
Social and Emotional Learning Initiative
For the third consecutive year, the Georgia School Boards Association awarded the Cherokee County School Board its Leading Edge Award for innovation practices that make a significant impact on students. This year, the district-wide Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) initiative earned the honor. SEL services and support were created in response to an alarming trend among students: rising rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideations and suicide. Since the initiative was implemented in 2019, additional phases of services and support have been rolled out, including bringing recently retired top educators in part time to work with the mental health counselors and school counselors in developing SEL curriculum unique to Cherokee County schools, and the development of a district wide employee wellness committee with representatives from all schools and central office operations. “As a superintendent, my top job target on paper is to graduate students who are prepared for college or to begin their career. The real top job target, for me and for all of us as educators, is to help prepare every child we serve for a purposeful, successful and joyful life. When the days are dark, this is the light that carries us through to the next challenge — this is the ‘why’ in our hearts. This is what SEL does and is,” Superintendent Brian V. Hightower said.
