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Cobb County School Board Chairman David Chastain reads to students at Pitner Elementary. Photo provided by Cobb Schools.
Cobb Schools Celebrate Read Across America
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In March, Cobb County students joined their peers across the county in celebrating Read Across America. While some read from their favorite books or picked new ones from their school’s media center, other students took a seat for storytime with guest readers. Students at Pitner Elementary listened to Cobb School Board Chairman David Chastain read “The Koala Who Could.”
Allatoona High Recognized as 2022 AP Honor School
The Georgia Department of Education recently announced the list of 2022 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools, and Allatoona High School achieved the title three times.
The Acworth school was named an AP Humanities School (with a minimum of five students testing in one ELA course, two history/ social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course), an AP Humanities Achievement School (AP Humanities Schools with at least 50% of all AP humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher) and an AP STEM School (with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses).
Allatoona High Senior Named Georgia Scholar
Christina Hulette, a senior at Allatoona High School, was one of 23 Cobb County students to be named 2022 Georgia Scholars.
Through the program, the Georgia Department of Education identifies high school seniors who have achieved excellence in school and community life. Each Georgia Scholar receives a seal for his or her diploma.
Georgia Scholars have carried exemplary course loads during their four years of high school, performed excellently in all courses, participated successfully in interscholastic events at their schools and in their communities and assumed leadership roles in their schools’ extracurricular activities.
The Cobb County School System earned more recognitions than all other public school districts in 2022, had more Georgia Scholars than all private/independent schools in the state combined and topped the district’s number of scholars in 2021.
Students in Mandi Price and Stacy DeCuyper’s classes at Brookwood Christian School observed Black History Month by creating posters of famous Black Americans from 30 separate pieces of paper that they colored. Measuring 39-by-44 inches, each poster had certain colors that had to be used, and the student could decide if he or she wanted to use markers, crayons or colored pencils. Once completed, it was put together like a puzzle and laminated. The second step of the project was to learn about each individual and how he or she contributed to society. “It was a fun and educational project for all of us,” Price said. “I am so proud of the kids for doing such a great job and learning something new.”
Students at Brookwood Christian School created posters of famous Black Americans to celebrate Black History Month.
Kindergarten Registration Open
Registration for new kindergarten and first-grade students is underway online for the 2022-23 school year. The online student registration enables adults to register all students in their family at one time.
For instructions on how to enroll, as well as a list of documents required for registration, visit www.cobbk12.org/_ci/p/64033. Families also should check their school website for more information.
Cobb 4-H Teams Win State Championships
Cobb 4-H junior and senior horsejudging teams won first place in the 2022 State Horse-Judging Contest last month. Torie Daniels was the high overall junior individual, and Emma Bayer was the second overall senior individual. The senior team earned Master 4-H status and will represent Georgia at the national contest in Denver in January. The senior team also will compete at the Southern Regional Horse Show at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in August. During the hippology portion of the state competition, Junior Team A and the senior hippology team took second place, and Junior Team B placed fifth. Emma won high individual in hippology and earned Master 4-H status.
State School Superintendent Richard Woods passes out pocket Constitutions to fourthgraders at Baker Elementary School. Photo courtesy of Cobb Schools.
State Superintendent Visits Baker Elementary
Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods went back to his teaching roots in March when he visited Baker Elementary School to talk to fourth-graders about the importance of education.
He also connected with the students on what they were learning in social studies by giving each of them a pocket Constitution. In fact, he brought more than 7,000 pocket Constitutions, enough to give one to every fourth-grader in Cobb County Schools.
Besides meeting the students, Woods toured the school and stepped into several classrooms to see students at all grade levels engaged in learning.
