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City adopts new parks, transportation plans BY ANN MARIE QUILL

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Left, Ashleigh Raley, a “shopper” from Jewell, Georgia, checks out a jewelry hanger, as neighborhood resident Tasha Moody, right, arranges her items for sale during Brookhaven Fields’ 20th annual yard sale on Sept. 6.

Plans intended to guide Brookhaven to become a more walkable, urban place have been adopted by the city. The Brookhaven City Council on Sept. 9 gave final approval to two of the plans, the Transportation Plan and Parks & Recreation Master Plan. A third, the city’s comprehensive plan, will be reconsidered after state review. The council delayed a decision on a fourth plan, intended to guide development along Buford Highway, until Oct.14. The council voted to transmit the comprehensive plan to Georgia’s Department of Community Affairs and the Atlanta Regional Commission for review, as required by state law. Council members stressed that the plans are not set in stone, and projects suggested in the plans would have to be budgeted and approved by council. Following public input, some changes to the parks plan included adding a master plan for each park as part of the overall plan, and removing both a suggested parking deck for Murphey Candler Park and 250 parking SEE CITY, PAGE 7

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Brookhaven is part of the North Metro SWAT Team. Sandy Springs owns a Hummer. Dunwoody’s police department has its own armored vehicle. Although images of violence and riot-gear-clad police in Ferguson, Mo., reverberated across the country, raising questions about the “militarization” of community police departments, local officers say that while that kind of gear is seldom, if ever, used here, they believe it is necessary to keep up with the criminals they confront.

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Georgia Shakespeare cancels ‘Henry V’ production, re-evaluates its long-term direction BY ANN MARIE QUILL

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Georgia Shakespeare plans to hold a $100-a-ticket fundraiser next week as part of a new program to raise the cash it needs to stay open. The Brookhaven-based theater company recently cited “insufficient financial resources” as the reason it had to cancel its production of “Henry V,” which was scheduled to open Oct. 1 at the Conant Performing Arts Center on Oglethorpe University’s campus. “We obviously regret that we will be unable to go forward with the show, but given our current financial status and our inability to secure strategic funding for operating capital, we felt it simply not possible to do so,” board chair Daniel Norris said in a press release. “We regret the inconvenience to our patrons, supporters, and to the artists committed to working on the show.” The theater company’s board and staff plan to evaluate the theater company’s long-term direction and decide by early October what they should do. “During the next few weeks, we will continue our ongoing conversations with all the stakeholders in the com-

munity in an attempt to identify a solution to our fundraising needs and determine our ongoing viability,” Norris said. This year, Georgia Shakespeare initiated a fundraising campaign to raise $750,000 in operating capital from strategic funders to eliminate debt and create a working capital reserve. “Unfortunately, ... we have been unable to secure any significant strategic gifts for operating capital to improve the balance sheet and create the working capital reserves necessary for healthy operations,” said Managing Director Jennifer Bauer-Lyons. She said that the company currently has $343,000 in debt. “We have used operating money to pay that debt,” she said, leaving the Georgia Shakespeare with no cash to put on its production of “Henry V.” She said that the $750,000 fundraising campaign would not only eliminate the debt, but would give the company a cash reserve fund to help with periods of low income. In 2011, the company conducted a

“Save Georgia Shakespeare” campaign, raising more than $550,000 from more than 2,000 donors. That enabled the theater to continue operating, but it did not eliminate its debt. The new fundraiser, called “For a Muse of Fire, A Benefit for Georgia Shakespeare,” is scheduled for Sept. 22, starting at 7:30 p.m., with the theater’s picnic grounds opening at 6. The benefit

will feature performances from popular Atlanta artists, as well as highlights from the company’s 29 years of productions. Those wishing to help Georgia Shakespeare can make donations to help meet existing obligations at www.gashakespeare.org. Patrons who have purchased tickets to “Henry V” will be notified of the cancellation by phone or email, the company said.

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Chili Cook Off to feature 60 teams Some 60 local restaurants and amateur teams are set to face off in the third annual Brookhaven Chili Cook Off on Oct. 11. Rick Dionne, whose company, Armus Media Group, organizes the event, said he expects 3,500 to 5,000 guests this year, up from 2,500 last year. “It’s a fun family event,” he said. “With local restaurants participating, it’s a chance to see some of the stuff they do.” The event takes place from noon to 6 p.m., and festival goers can start sampling the chili and Brunswick Stew at noon. Other activities include live music, arts and crafts, and a kids’ zone. The event takes place at 2740 Apple Valley Road, with free parking and shuttles at the Brookhaven MARTA station. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door for unlimited chili tastings. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.BrookhavenChiliCookOff.com.

‘Hot Pursuit’ 5K Run & Tot Trot Oct. 4 The Brookhaven Police Department will host its first “Hot Pursuit” 5K on Oct. 4 in Ashford Park. All proceeds from this event will be used to fund the “Shop with a Badge” Christmas program. All funds raised through race registration fees, donations and corporate sponsorships will be divided up equally among Brookhaven’s underprivileged children. The children will be escorted by participating police officers, sheriff’s deputies, troopers and various other first responders to pick out much needed items, and maybe a toy or two. For more information or to become a sponsor, visit www.brookhavenga.gov/ city-departments/police/pride.

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COMMUNITY Group opposes redevelopment referendum A group of residents who say their mission is to keep taxes low and government out of development have formed a group called the Brookhaven Redevelopment Referendum Committee (BRRC). The committee is in response to a referendum that will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot asking Brookhaven residents to vote for or against giving redevelopment powers to the Brookhaven City Council. After studying the Redevelopment Powers Law (RPL), BRRC members state that a vote “no” is in the best interB RI E F S est of Brookhaven. “The Redevelopment Powers Law is a huge, complex piece of legislation designed for ‘socially and economically depressed areas - not vibrant, growing communities like Brookhaven,” said Catherine Bernard, a local attorney and BRRC member, in a press release from the group. “This referendum would mean more debt, more taxes, more bureaucracy, and more inefficient government control and cronyism at the expense of residents and taxpayers.” The committee was scheduled to hold public meetings on Sept. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 1321 Oaklawn Avenue, and Oct. 6, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 3616 Sunderland Circle. For more: www.brookhavenreferendum.org.

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spaces for Brookhaven Park from the plan. The transportation plan looks at corridor and intersection improvements; bike, pedestrian, trail and public transit projects; the feasibility of a neighborhood transit system that would bring people to MARTA stations; and improving traffic flow. The public will have 60 days to continue providing input on the Comprehensive Plan while it’s under review by the state, and the council is set to tentatively take a final vote following a Nov. 18 public hearing. That plan outlines the “overarching long-term vision for the city of Brookhaven, with a special focus on the future growth and development of

the city,” said Amanda Hutton, project manager for Jacobs Engineering, the company that designed the plan. Hutton said the plan is primarily focused on land use, and that its goal is that “Brookhaven will be a national model for an urban, walkable community,” while preserving the uniqueness of its neighborhoods, parks and natural assets. Part of the plan is a character area map that focuses on 13 areas of the city and their long-term development. The plan, which Sutton said includes ideas gained during public input, calls for maintaining the character of eight residential areas and looking at five community activity areas that could benefit from mixed-use developments.

“The comprehensive plan is an overall guide, it’s not a legal document that the city has to follow everything in it,” Sutton said. However, the Atlanta Regional Commission does like to see what has happened in the plan every five years, she added. “Wouldn’t this fall under our zoning procedures?” Councilman Bates Mattison asked Sutton. She replied that while it would be used as a guide, “ultimately your zoning and development regulations are the legal aspect to that.” Resident Catherine Bernard said she was concerned that the plan was being pushed through too quickly and without adequate public input. “I think we are rushing into this, and after looking

into what other communities have done with these comprehensive plans, my concerns continue. While I understand there are elements of these plans that we like and can be pleased by, I think we are rushing to adopt it.” But City Manager Marie Garrett replied that the city had been providing more public input than required and had been doing so since March. That plan calls for the corridor to transform into a walkable area with retail, dining options and a mix of highend and affordable housing. Key parts of plan include looking at potential uses of specific parcels of land in the corridor, including underdeveloped tracts. The plans can be found on the city’s website at www.brookhavenga.gov.

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Changes under way at the Atlanta History Center The Atlanta History Center has begun a major renovation of its facilities. Over the next few years, more than $53 million is to be spent on projects at the museum and on its grounds. The work, History Center officials say, is intended to make the facility more visible from the street and more inviting to visitors.

1. New entrance from West Paces Ferry and new atrium. Construction is under way to build a new entrance to the History Center and enlarge the building’s atrium to 5,300 square feet. The $21 million project will change the look of the building and add a new gift shop/ coffee shop/bookstore that center officials hope will be used by neighbors as well as museum visitors. The plan includes moving the front of the building closer to West Paces, landscaping the drive to reflect the center’s gardens, and adding a hallway through the building that will connect all the center’s exhibits. Opens 2015.

4. Elias Wood family cabin. The center is moving to its campus a log cabin that originally was located in the Hollywood Road area. The cabin, home to Elias and Jane Wood, was built on land ceded to Georgia by the Creek Indians in 1821, and dates to Atlanta’s earliest days, the center says. Opening fall 2014.

2. New history of Atlanta display. History Center historians are working on a new display of center artifacts and documents, and plan to tell the story of the city of Atlanta in a new way. It’s the first reworking of the center’s main exhibit since the building opened in 1993. The new exhibit, the center says, will allow visitors to see, hear, touch and explore the exhibits through new media. Opens 2016. center’s neighbors will come for coffee or a spot to relax. The shop will offer places to sit and Wi-Fi connections, he said. “It’s not going to be like any other museum bookstore,” Hale said. “It’s going to be a community living room. What I want it to be is the coolest bookstore/café/living room you’re ever been to.” The center used focus groups to determine what people wanted to see. Audience feedback said one thing museum goers wanted, Hale said, was coffee. “Coffee and a chair,” Hardwick said. As the building gets a new entrance and façade, the center’s main exhibit showing the history of Atlanta is being re-tooled, too. The exhibit, which hadn’t changed since it was installed in 1993, has been removed and center historians are reworking it. They intend for the new exhibit, scheduled to open in 2016, to be more interactive and to do a better job of bringing Atlanta history to life. “We’re going to talk about your neighborhood,” Hale said. “One week it could be Morningside, the next week it could be Old Fourth Ward. Everybody loves to talk about their neighborhood. ... We think that construct of ‘neighborhoods’ might be a disciplined way for us to get out into the community.” And Hale wants the history center to get out more. He thinks the nonprofit center should have a greater impact on the community. “When we started this project, one of our goals was to really change the way people feel as they walk onto this 33-acre campus,” Hardwick said. “We’re changing. ... All of this helps reinforce that. It mirrors the organization we‘re becoming.”

3. Cyclorama. The History Center has raised more than $32 million to restore and build a new home for the 128-year-old painting “The Battle of Atlanta,” which now is on display at the Cyclorama in Grant Park. If city of Atlanta officials approve the deal, the History Center plans to build a new home for the painting as one of its displays. The money raised includes $10 million for maintenance of the painting. History Center conservators plan to restore the painting to its original size, adding 3,268 square feet that was removed in 1921, and hang the painting the way it was originally displayed.

5. Goizueta Gardens. A $3 million gift from the Goizueta Foundation will be used to rehabilitate and tie together the History Center’s 22 acres of gardens, which include six public gardens that illustrate the horticultural history of the area. Ongoing.

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“Yes, I am. There’s a pretty good chance a Democrat wins the Senate. That hasn’t happened in a while.”

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She’s got a hammer and knows how to use it After living for 38 years in Sandy Springs, Julia Woodman was talking one recent afternoon about moving. “This was country when I moved out here,” Woodman said as she sat in her sprawling, art-filled home on Powers Ferry Road. “Cars on Powers Ferry were an event. Now they’re a menace.” She feels it’s time to move. Her husband died two years ago. She wants to be closer to her family in Cobb County. “It’s lonely here,” she said. “It’s isolated because everybody has 2 acres. I don’t know my neighbors.” But, unlike many aging Sandy Springs residents who contemplate settling into smaller, more manageable homes, Woodman had some special,

casions at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead, a medallion worn at Georgia State University’s formal ceremonies, more tea services. AROUND She’s studTOWN ied abroad, teaches, and JOE EARLE has developed a following. Her work has been displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others. That’s a long way from where she started. She grew up on a farm in North Carolina. Her dad ran a dairy just outside Asheville. She “always had been arty,” she said, so she went to college in New York to study industrial deJOE EARLE sign. There, she met her Metalsmith Julia Woodman in her art studio. husband-tobe. He was a well, considerations as she planned her military man who taught ROTC at the move. time. After she married, they travelled After all, not everyone who’s downall over, from Fort Knox to Iran. “We sizing takes an anvil with them. Or a moved 19 times in 20 years,” she said. hammer to use on the anvil. Or a metOnce he retired, he found work al press. near Atlanta and they settled in Sandy “This is my 50-ton press,” she said, Springs, out in the country. She decided sitting in her basement studio crowdto go back to school and, at age 49, ened with metal-working tools. “It only rolled at Georgia State University with weighs 1,400 pounds, but it has 50 tons plans to study sculpture. She found she of pressure.” She uses it to make bowls. liked working with metal. “I discovered “I want to make bowls into my 80s.” I had a little talent,” she said. “I startSo, how old is she? “81. And I’m still ed winning competitions and commismaking bowls. Can you imagine?” sions.” Well, yes you can. After an hour talkIn 1986, she started spending poring with Woodman, you can imagine tions of her summers doing metal work her tackling all sorts of things. She raat an international craft school near diates enthusiasm and energy. And she’s Asheville. Eventually, she won a scholstill eager to try new things. arship to study metalworking in Finland “If you stop learning, you get ripe “from second and third generation Faand fall off the vine and rot,” she said. bergé masters.” She’s a metalsmith. Not just a silverShe intends to keep working with smith, she says, but a metalsmith. She metal as long as she can. “All so I can works various kinds of metal into works continue working with metal, so I can of art. “Metal requires an enormous sling a hammer.” amount of discipline,” she said. After all, it’s still fun. And fun is imShe earned her B.F.A. degree deportant. signing and making a silver teapot and “You don’t stop playing when you get creamer. She moved on to other things – old,” she said. “You get old when you processional crosses used on special ocstop playing.”

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There’s a new cat in town. The jaguar is the mascot representing the new Atlanta Jewish Academy, a merger of two longtime private Jewish schools in the Atlanta area – Greenfield Hebrew Academy lower and middle school in Sandy Springs and Yeshiva Atlanta High School in DeKalb. Backers say the merger creates the only Jewish day school in metro Atlanta serving pre-K through 12th grade students. “A family can come here knowing this is a full-service place,” said new Head of School Rabbi Pinchos Hecht, who moved from Florida to take the position. Meanwhile, a very different kind of new school is emerging in Buckhead. The Atlanta Classical Academy opened this year with 450 students selected from 1,341 who entered a lottery to attend the new public charter school. The school follows the classical education model, which follows Western traditions and has been popular with Christian schools, though organizers have said no religious material will be in the curriculum. Matthew Kirby, chairman of the school’s board of directors, said the school took “a very traditional, liberal-arts approach.” The classical academy opened offering classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. Its organizers plan to add a grade SEE SCHOOL MERGER, PAGE 28

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The Georgia Department of Education is rolling out new statewide tests this year in an effort to add more “rigor” in the evaluation of schools and students. “We need to know that students are being prepared, not at a minimum-competency level but with rigorous, relevant education, to enter college, the workforce or the military at a level that makes them competitive with students from other states,” Georgia School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said earlier

this year when the announcement was made. One parent with children in the Atlanta Public Schools system said that while she didn’t know much specifically about the new tests, that teachers in Buckhead public schools have been preparing the students for them. “I know they’re supposed to be higher rigor,” said Sara Catherine Kibler, who has a ninth-grader at North Atlanta High School, a sixth-grader at Sutton Middle School and a child who recently graduated

from North Atlanta. “I expect to see drops in scores; I don’t necessarily expect them to be super at first. But I know the teachers have been changing their curriculums for several years to prepare.” The new tests, called Milestones, this year will replace the End of Course Tests, or EOCT, and the Criterian Referenced Competency Tests, or CRCTs, now used in Georgia public schools. The new tests will be aligned to Common Core standards, state officials said. The state claims that a benefit of the new testing system is that it provides one consistent measure across grades 3-12, whereas previously, students took

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DeKalb schools may soon pass Fulton County schools to become the state’s largest charter system if they succeed in its plan to convert its operations to a more flexible model. In April, Superintendent Michael Thurmond informed the DeKalb Board of Education that the district would pursue charter system status. A public hearing on the decision will follow an Oct. 6 school board work session, where the proposal will be discussed. Georgia’s school systems are exploring options for more autonomy following a Georgia Department of Education mandate from several years back that they choose an operating model by June 2015. Schools must choose a charter system model or an “Investing in Educational Excellence System” model, called “IE2,” or retain the status quo. The charter system and IE2 models allow school systems to sidestep many state rules and regulations while also requiring more accountability. “In exchange for increased autonomy, including waivers from state law, . . . districts receive the flexibility to be innovative and thereby [must] show greater accountability and higher student performance,” said Trenton Arnold, a regional superintendent for DeKalb schools, at a public hearing on Aug. 28. According to Atlanta Public Schools’ website, the types of flexibility schools may pursue under the charter and IE2 options include customizing course offerings; waiving class-size requirements to allow for college-like settings; waiving class-time requirements to allow students to explore internships or dual enrollments; or hiring subject experts for

teachers and non-traditional gifted programs. The Atlanta Public School System hasn’t chosen what model it will pursue. “These are things that will dramatically change the way we do business,” said Superintendent Meria Carstarphen during her Sept. 9 “State of the Schools” address. “We haven’t chosen a model. APS could be very similar to what it is today; it could be very different.” APS currently has a survey on its website seeking community feedback on the direction it should take, and says if it decides to pursue the charter or IE2 option it will submit its application to the state by Nov. 5 following a presentation at its Oct. 6 board meeting. In Fulton, officials seem pleased that they converted in phases to charter status in 2012, with a final group of schools set to switch by this time next year. “Our charter system is really beginning to gain a lot of traction,” said Superintendent Robert Avossa, at Fulton schools’ back-to-school news briefing in August. He cited examples of what some Fulton schools have been able to do as a result of the conversion. At Centennial High School in Roswell, a physical education credit was waived, meaning that students in an athletic club or marching band can take a high-level credit course such as math or science instead. Meanwhile, Northview High School in Johns Creek applied for a class-size waiver, allowing the school to create larger classes to simulate a college experience. “We’re excited to see if we can replicate some of those strategies across the district,” Avossa said.

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“It’s good to see what level you’re at compared to other students in the state. They could be shorter, though.”

Thomas Beson The Marist School “I think standardized tests are important because it’s a way to judge everyone’s intelligence by the same scale. Although it leads to questions of upper class privilege, it’s still important to have a way to grade everyone’s intelligence, and I can’t think of another alternative that would complete that task.”

Olivia Hagen, The Galloway School “I think they are an important way to gauge students’ knowledge.”

Jordan Gold The Weber School

Q: Do you think standardized tests are important? “I think they provide a good baseline for national rankings. Other than that I don’t see a purpose. I think a more personalized curriculum is more important.”

Liam Collins Riverwood International Charter School “Standardized test are not important because they do not determine a student’s true abilities. People are smarter in certain areas that are not covered in a standardized test. These tests are not designed to improve intelligence, nor are they fair. They are only a measure of what students have learned and retained prior to taking the tests. Standardized tests test students on memory, as opposed to skills. Everyone has different learning styles, and with standardized tests, students are forced to comply with solely one style of learning, which makes standardized test absolutely biased.”

Skylar Gardner Riverwood International Charter School

Which Test: SAT or ACT? As founder of Applerouth Tutoring, I often help parents navigate the complicated world of college admissions testing. Parents know the ACT is an alternative to the SAT, but they often do not know how to help their student choose between the two tests. Recently announced changes to the tests have contributed to the uncertainty. Students tend to feel more comfortable with one test format over the other. Over the past thirteen years, I’ve seen time and time again how that extra comfort can translate into a significantly higher score to send to colleges. It’s important to make as informed a decision as possible about your student’s test preparation.

Making an Informed Decision Students become familiar with the SAT format when they take the PSAT in 10th grade, but not all students take the ACT equivalents, the PLAN/ ASPIRE. Parents often ask me how they can use just a PSAT score to make this important decision. The easiest way to make this decision is to have your student take a mock ACT so that they can compare their PSAT/SAT score equivalents to the ACT scores in order to make the best choice. If it’s been a year or more since they last took the SAT, they may additionally want to sit for a mock SAT test. Compare your student’s percentile rankings on the two tests, and then put your energy into the test your student more naturally excels at. There is zero risk and a lot of benefit to using meaningful data to make the right decision early on because when students find out early which test is a better fit, they can avoid a lot of unnecessary stress and frustration down the road!

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EDUCATION GUIDE “Standardized test are important, because of the fact that they give people insight as to how students perform in school, because there are so many school systems and they are all different. The only problem with that is that not a lot of people are good test takers and in some cases this can make or break your future.”

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“I think they serve a purpose to make sure you comprehend the subject matter.”

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“Standardized tests are important because it is critical for students to practice time management and the ability to work for what they want. Also, colleges need to know the students that they are admitting.”

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“I find standardized tests useless because they don’t really prove how someone could solve a problem in the real world. The testing environment is too controlled and relates to nothing in real life. Standardized tests just show how well a person can bubble in an answer.”

Sarah Waindle, Riverwood International Charter School “Standardized test are important for the state to know how well students are performing, but these scores not only reflect on you but the teachers as well. Some students aren’t the best test takers. This shouldn’t affect the student’s or teacher’s capabilities. The student could be a genius, but according to the test he’s not meeting requirements. And the same for the teacher.”

Aiya Kadi, Riverwood International Charter School “SATs are good because they test your knowledge. But, SLOs are annoying because we obviously don’t know the content.”

Alycia Cooper Riverwood International Charter School

EDUCATION GUIDE “I don’t think standardized tests are fair because they don’t really measure your knowledge of school materials, just your test-taking skills. Additionally, studies have shown that teenagers from richer backgrounds do better on standardized tests because they can afford to hire tutors to teach them how to game the system.”

Tara Subramaniam, The Westminster School

“Standardized tests are not important because not everyone learns the same and not everyone can recall the same information.”

Ereka Fitts, Riverwood International Charter School “I think when they say ‘standardized,’ that doesn’t apply. Students in advanced classes will find the tests easy. They really need to be ‘standardized’ a lot better.”

Collins Vise, Riverwood International Charter School

“I like the tests that you can’t really study for. They compare students by intelligence rather than how hard they work.”

Chase Luther Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School “I think standardized tests are essential because they allow colleges to fairly compare students from different schools. If you go to an easy school and have high grades, but a poor SAT score, colleges will then be able to view your grades in context.”

Berhan Getachew, The Westminster School

“I think that standardized tests [referring to the SAT] are good in theory and that they give universities a chance to easily compare students from all around the country. However, I think they have become something that no longer does that. They seem much more focused on how well you can learn to take a test, rather than how well you understand the material it is covering.”

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Alicia Martinez, Atlanta International School “Standardized testing has very little to do with really learning and internalizing the nature of the information you learn. Much of it is repeating facts and showing how well you are able to recall information, rather than apply it to real-life situations and thinking critically. While it may have provided a good baseline for testing knowledge, there is much left to be desired as a means of gauging academic understanding.”

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a series of individual tests. Barge warned that parents should expect lower scores this year due to the increased expectations embodied in the new tests. However, this year the tests will have no bearing on whether or not students are held back, the state board recently announced. Robert Avossa, Fulton Schools superintendent, said he welcomes the higher challenges the new test will bring. “We’re anticipating a dip in academic outcomes, but y’all have heard me say this before, it’s the right thing to do,” Avossa said during a back-toschool news briefing in August. “We need to raise the bar.” With Georgia having one of the lowest scores in the nation, he said, “we’ve got to make sure we tell parents how their kids are truly doing.” Kibler said that standardized tests should hold students and teachers accountable. “We keep complaining that Georgia has low national standards for education, then we start complaining when we want to hold children accountable,” she said. Avossa did express concern that schools may not be able to adequately prepare students for the new tests, and that the changes the state has made in the past have often left districts scrambling. To help parents prepare their children, the DeKalb school system was planning to hold an interactive workshop to gain a better understanding of the tests. The new testing system will include open-ended questions -- to better gauge students’ content mastery,

the school system says. The plans are for the tests to be administered entirely online in five years. The state of Georgia awarded a bid on May 28 for a $107.8-million, fiveyear contract to CTB/McGraw-Hill to develop the new testing system. The state education department also said it would provide indepth information on student progress through an online tool called the Georgia Student Growth Model, found at www.gastudentgrowth.gadoe.org. “Historically, Georgia’s assessment system has only enabled us to ask certain questions: ‘What percentage of students met the state standard?’ for example, or, ‘Did more students meet the state standard this year compared to last year?’ the DOE said. “The [new model] will allow all stakeholders to take a deeper look at student growth by school and school district, asking questions such as, ‘Did students in this school grow more or less than academically similar students across the state? or, ‘Are students growing as much in math as in reading?’” Users can search student-growth data by district, grade, assessment and subject area. Parents and teachers will be able to view reports for their specific students. Results from the growth model will be used in the College and Career Ready Performance Index. “They’re pretty complicated to understand,” Avossa said, “but we want to make sure . . . all kids are growing at least one year in one year’s time [and] we can begin to close the gap that exists in some of our schools.”

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EDUCATION GUIDE The Georgia Department of Education has released the results of its second College & Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), a measure of public schools that takes into account CRCT and EOCT scores. Those tests will be replaced this year by Milestones. Statewide, both elementary and middle schools saw increases overall, while high school scores saw a dip. Overall, Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County schools increased scores at all three levels, while DeKalb County schools fell in all three. Here are the results, based on a 110-point scale, from 2013 and 2012 for schools in Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

Buckhead schools E. Rivers Elementary Garden Hills Elementary Morris Brandon Elementary Sarah Smith Elementary Warren T. Jackson Elementary Sutton Middle North Atlanta High APS Elementary Schools (all) APS Middle Schools (all) APS High Schools (all)

2013 76.8 76 94.2 86.6 93.2 84.3 70.6 67.1 65.4 59.2

2012 72.7 68.6 90.7 89.8 94 77.4 64.8 59.6 60.4 58.9

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2013 87.6 89 48 83.2 90.9 87.9 78.6 72.8 2013 96.5 84.1

2012 77.9 88.6 64.2 83 85.4 82.7 80.3 63.6 2012 95.1 70.2

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85.4 68.7 94.2 81 80.9 64.1 66.2 65.1

Sandy Springs schools Dunwoody Springs Elementary Heards Ferry Elementary High Point Elementary Ison Springs Elementary Lake Forest Elementary Spalding Drive Elementary Woodland Elementary Ridgeview Middle Sandy Springs Middle North Springs High Riverwood High Fulton Elementary Schools (all) Fulton Middle Schools (all) Fulton High Schools (all)

2013 65.9 91.2 73.9 86.9 64.2 78.6 85.8 71.7 75.8 75.6 73.5 77.8 74.6 77.6

2012 82 90.9 77.8 72.2 66.9 71 72.9 67.3 69.2 71.3 69.5 76.6 73.5 69

Source: Georgia Department of Education

APS, Fulton schools improve CCRPI scores, DeKalb sees dip

Curiosity and passion drive learning. When students explore their questions, passions, and interests in a hands-on, experiential learning environment, they grasp subject matter on a deeper level. They make connections that inspire original ideas. They understand how context and action impact their world. Prepared to be college-ready and globally competitive, Mount Vernon students are the new generation of innovative thinkers, engaged citizens and compassionate leaders.

LearNiNG aNd LeadiNG by exaMPLe Open House Nov 13, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Group Tours Preschool–Grade 4: Oct 29, 8:30 a.m. Grades 5–6: Oct 15, 9:30 a.m. Grades 7–12: Oct 8, 8:30 a.m.

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Lending a helping hand Dozens of students from Mount Vernon Presbyterian School honored the Sept. 11 National Day of Service by volunteering at the Sandy Springs Library. Students planted flowers, pulled weeds, and hauled and laid down mulch. Their efforts were organized by Sandy Springs resident Sylvia McAdams, who is working to improve the library’s grounds following cuts in services. Top left, Emily Hollis, left, and Arden Tahtinen empty mulch from a wheelbarrow. Bottom left, Epi Yonas, left, and Jacob Munoz do a little raking. Center, third-graders help plant flowers in front of the library sign. Top right, left to right, Curran Jolly, Zack Betz and Brooks Scarborough lay down mulch. Bottom right, Eric Soelberg helps pull out a stubborn weed.

Where will your child go and how will they get there? The Society of Mary founded Marist School more than 100 years ago to provide an education unlike any other. Our faculty and curriculum encourage excellence in all of our students. Beyond the classroom, we offer a comprehensive array of extracurricular activities to inspire exploration and uncover students’ hidden talents. Through it all, we instill a sense of personal responsibility, foster spiritual growth, and teach the joy of serving others.

Learn more about what Marist has to offer. Please visit marist.com or call Jim Byrne, director of admissions and financial aid, at 770.936.2214. Help your child prepare his or her future—no matter where it leads.

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Left, the Rt. Rev. Rob Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, with Paul Barton, the new head of school at Holy Innocents’, and his wife Leanne, at the Celebration of New Ministry service.

experience EPSTEIN. We’re way more than you imagined.

Holy Innocents’ installs new head of schools Paul Barton was recently installed as the new head of school at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal in Sandy Springs. Special guest the Rt. Rev. Rob Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and a Holy Innocents’ parent, led the service. The entire student body participated in the ceremony, called the Celebration of New Ministry.

SSEF hosting first Footprints for the Future 5K The Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) will host its inaugural Footprints for the Future 5K and Family Fun Run on Saturday, Nov. 8. The event, part of the RUN & See Georgia Grand Prix Race Series, will provide families from throughout metro Atlanta and Sandy Springs the opportunity to come together for a day of fitness and fun. Money raised from the event goes toward SSEF’s mission of inspiring and supporting Sandy Springs public school students to graduate and pursue productive lives beyond high school by providing educational and enrichment programs. Footprints will start at Lake Forest Elementary School, 5920 Sandy Springs Circle, NE. For more information, visit www.sandyspringseducationforce.org.

Mazel Tov to the Epstein Class of 2010 We are proud of your achievements in high school and wish you continued success in your freshman year in college. COLLEGE ATTENDANCE Ohio University Tufts University Tulane University United States Air Force Academy University of Alabama University of Central Florida University of Florida University of Georgia University of Glasgow University of Michigan University of South Carolina University of Vermont Washington University in St. Louis

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Riverwood runners earn state and national recognition The Riverwood Lady Raiders Cross Country team is currently ranked 5th in State Class 5A. Junior Anna Hayden is ranked No. 1 in the state. Sophomore teammate Elizabeth Graves is No. 2. Both Hayden and Graves have been recognized this year by Ga. MileSplit with “Runners of the Week” honors. With Hayden meeting the MileSplit U.S. First Team standard and Graves meeting the Milesplit U.S. Second Team standard, this is the first time that the Raiders have ever had two athletes qualify for first and second team national elite status in one season.

Connecting learning to life at every level. We THINK BIG. Pace Academy's Isdell Center for Global Leadership www.paceacademy.org/icgl

Mount Vernon named an Ashoka Changemaker School Mount Vernon Presbyterian School has been selected into Ashoka’s Changemaker Schools Network, joining 59 innovative schools across the country. The school, the only one in Georgia to date, was chosen for equipping students with the vital skills necessary to address the needs of the community through empathy, teamwork, problem-solving and leadership. Bo Adams, chief learning and innovation officer at Mount Vernon, said, “If school is supposed to prepare kids for real life, then why doesn’t school look more like real life? For more than a decade, this central question has guided my research and professional practice as an educational leader. “Through design thinking and real-world context and problem solving, we are striving to nurture engaged citizen leaders and people that give, rather than get or take, for their education.”

Free digital textbooks available through the Georgia Department of Education

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Teachers, school leaders, parents and students can now access free, interactive digital textbooks through the Georgia Department of Education’s website. “As we implement the new standards, we know teachers and parents need highquality resources,” State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said. “We developed these textbooks and other resources for middle and high school virtual school courses, and the students who have used them have been very successful. Much of their success can be attributed to these exceptional resources in the hands of our teachers.” The textbooks, which can be accessed by visiting www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources, are currently available for middle and high school courses. They cover an array of content areas in language arts, math, science and social studies. Many of the textbooks feature supplemental or interactive content, including study guides, discussion questions, games, audio recordings and quizzes. These resources are aligned to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards and are free for use by schools, districts or individuals.

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Introducing the Southeast’s first Pre-School-12th grade Jewish Day School

Combining the best of Greenfield Hebrew Academy & Yeshiva Atlanta PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER

It’s a match! The Dunwoody High School girls’ varsity volleyball team faced the Holy Innocents’ Lady Bears in the North Springs Charter High School gym on Sept. 11. Above, Holy Innocents’ player Kat Glover, right, with Dunwoody’s Caroline Madden, left, and Bridget Boyle defending. Center, Golden Bears players Helania Theos, left center, and clockwise, Sarah Joe, Kat O’Connor, Kat Glover, Kate Chesser and Haley Collins celebrate after winning the first game. Left, Lady Bears’ Haley Collins bumps, or passes, the ball. The Dunwoody Lady Wildcats won the match, two games to one.

Rabbi Pinchos Hecht, Head of School Dr. Paul S. Oberman, Associate Head of School, Upper School Leah Summers, Associate Head of School, Greenfield Pre-School - 8th Grade

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Come take a closer look. what school should be.

Atlanta families are invited to the

2014 Elementary School Fair October 29, 10AM – 12PM at The Temple

Come meet representatives from these schools: • Atlanta International School • Atlanta Jewish Academy • Cliff Valley School • The Children’s School • The Davis Academy • The Epstein School • The Friends School of Atlanta • The Galloway School • The Lovett School • The Paideia School • Pace Academy • Trinity School • Woodward Academy • St. Martin’s Episcopal School • The Westminster Schools • Springmont, Atlanta’s First Montessori School

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OPEN HOUSE Sunday, November 9, 2014 EVENING TO INFORM Thursday, December 4, 2014 PRESCHOOL PREVIEW Thursday, December 11, 2014 IB World School | Preschool – Eighth Grade | Roswell, GA | 770.993.2940 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School

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Celebrating Epstein’s renovations, front row from left, Ted Blum, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, President of Board Mark Stern, Jack Halpern, Lynne Halpern, Carolyn Oppenheimer and City Councilman Graham McDonald. Back row, from left, Amy Fox, Tamar Stern, Head of School Stan Beiner, Greg Lewis, Bryan Lewis, Ramie Tritt and Joyce Tritt.

Epstein School celebrates first phase of renovations THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL at Temple Kol Emeth 1415 Old Canton Road, Marietta • 678.812.3720 THE WEINSTEIN SCHOOL 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody • 678.812.3834

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The Epstein School in Sandy Springs recently celebrated the completion of the first phase of renovations resulting from its Building Our Future Capital Campaign. The changes include a new, restaurant-quality kosher kitchen and cafeteria, major overhauls of the Orkin Education Building and Halpern Family Building, combined with a state-of-the-art renovation of the Goldstein Media Center and the Cavalier Bet Tefilah.

DeKalb School District boosts budget surplus to $30.9 million

Lovett Developing young men and women of honor, faith, and wisdom with the character and intellect to thrive in college and in life. Learn more at www.lovett.org.

Join us for an Open House: Saturday, November 15 Kindergarten, 1:00 pm

Sunday, November 16

Grades 1–5, 1:00 pm Grades 6–12, 3:30 pm

The Lovett School practices a nondiscriminatory admission policy. Financial aid is available.

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The DeKalb County School District has announced a 35 percent increase in its surplus for Fiscal Year 2014, reporting an additional $10.9 million in reserves over the $20-million surplus previously estimated. Superintendent Michael Thurmond cited an increase in revenue collections as well as lower expenditures to produce a FY14 fund balance of $30.9 million. “The additional $10.9 million in reserves demonstrates that we are making significant progress in stabilizing the finances of the DeKalb County School District,” Thurmond said in a press release. “Our goal is a fund balance of $66 million. We’re just halfway there, but we are confident that we will reach that milestone.” When Thurmond was appointed interim superintendent in February 2013, the school district faced a budget deficit of $21.4 million. The $30.9 million fund balance represents an improvement of $52.3 million since the end of FY2012. Earlier this year, the district announced an anticipated surplus of $20 million in a budget that made new investments in instruction, technology and school safety. The FY14 budget also eliminated furlough days, and provided the first pay raises to teachers and staff in six years.

Cross Keys teacher earns State Farm grant Glenda Bonds, a Business Computer Science teacher at Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven, received a State Farm Student Achievement Grant to lead her students in a semester-long service and learning project to address the issue of senior citizens’ hunger. Bonds’ project begins on Oct. 5, and continues through Global Youth Service Day in April 2015. Throughout the school year, students will partner with the Senior Connections’ Meals on Wheels program to assist in preparing and distributing meals to the elderly. “Service learning enhances academic achievement and serves as an avenue for civic involvement for students,” Bonds said. Bonds is one of 130 State Farm Student Achievement Grant recipients for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Inspiring students from 18 months to 8th grade

Marist’s Styf is a national ‘Teacher of the Future’ Marist School 7th grade science teacher Sarah Styf has been selected by the National Association of Independent Schools to participate in its Teachers of the Future program. As one of only 35 teachers nationwide chosen for the program, Styf will participate in a variety of initiatives that aims to strengthen learning and teaching at independent schools, as well as grow the instructors’ personal and professional leadership capacities. The 2014-15 NAIS Teachers of the Future were selected from a pool of nominees who “exemplify creativity and innovation in the classroom, inspire academic excellence in students, and who serve as opinion leaders among their colleagues and peers,” according to a National Association of Independent Schools press release. “You don’t want to make smartphones or any other new technology the enemy,” Styf said. “There are a lot of really cool apps out there that can be used to make the classroom fun and the lessons informative.” Styf ’s frequent tweets give parents who follow her an open door to class activities and lessons. “When I saw the criteria for the Teachers of the Future program, Sarah immediately came to mind,” said Styf ’s nominator, Tricia Glidewell, Marist School dean of faculty. “From introducing her colleagues to the Kagan Method of teaching to inspiring a group to attend a Critical Thinking Conference to sharing how she uses TED talks in her classroom, she has not only been an innovator herself, but she has inspired creativity and innovation in others.” Styf earned a BA in biology from Kalamazoo College and an MA in physics education from the University of Virginia. She began teaching seventh and eighth grade science through Marist School’s middle-school-tailored Foundations program in 2010.

St. Martin’s students learn to be ‘digital citizens’

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An extraordinary, curious, open mind. A sense of wonder nurtured and inspired. Lessons experienced, not just taught. Collective engagement and personal success. Gifts of knowledge and wisdom extending far beyond the classroom. Welcome to Springmont.

Join us for an Open House! Upcoming Dates: November 7th January 11th January 29th

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Open House

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 10:00 a.m. Presentation at 10:30 followed by school tours

St. Martin’s Episcopal School recently delivered iPads to all its 4th and 5th graders, and HP Chromebooks to all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. The school did a test program with two grade levels last year. They will use the devices throughout the school day and at home for homework assignments. In addition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms each have five iPads that students can use in small groups or centers for different learning activities. Those iPads are housed on campus at all times. In the Early Childhood preschool, a mobile cart housing 20 iPads is available for teachers to “check out” and bring to their classrooms for learning activities. In addition to teaching students how to use these devices for their academic work, St. Martin’s is intentionally teaching students how to be good “digital citizens” -- be responsible with their equipment and be accountable for how they use them.

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At The Children’s School, Hands-on learning is child’s play Experience hands-on learning for yourself at The Children’s School’s fall open house Nov. 2, 2014 2pm to 4pm

From left, Caswell King, Gracie Ackaway, Lauren Young, Charlotte Hermann, Katie Crofton and Knox Pittman.

St. Martin’s students earn high marks in French contest Middle School French students at St. Martin’s Episcopal School recently took the National French Contest exam, also known as “Le Grand Concours,” administered by the American Association of Teachers of French. Several students received high accolades on the exam. Eighth graders Charlotte Hermann and Knox Pittman both ranked No. 7 in the nation. Seventh-graders Gracie Ackaway, Caswell King and Lauren Young, and eighth-grader Katie Crofton, ranked in the top 10 in the state.

RSVP at www.thechildrensschool.com or call 404-835-4603 An independent elementary school serving students age three through sixth grade 345 Tenth Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

The Davis Academy Inspires Inquiring Minds, Caring Hearts, and Confident Leaders

Triple Accreditation • Engaging Academics • Exceptional Faculty World Languages • Fine Arts & Athletics • Contemporary Judaism Integrated Technology • Guiding Values & Community Service

Come see for yourself! Call 678-527-3300 to schedule a private tour or visit www.davisacademy.org for 2014-2015 Parent Information Session dates.

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DeKalb schools’ online tool allows parents to view progress The DeKalb County School District has a new and updated Campus Portal, a confidential and secure website that allows parents and guardians to log in and view their children’s progress in school. “The Campus Portal strengthens the partnership between our schools, and our parents and guardians,” said Michael Thurmond, superintendent of the DeKalb County School District. “With Campus Portal, academic information is shared confidentially and quickly, allowing parents to know right away if their students are on the right track or need academic help. Campus Portal helps keep our students on track, and reestablishes the bond between schools and homes.” Parents and guardians designated with legal rights to student records may receive a Campus Portal account. In order to create a Campus Portal account, parents and guardians will need to retrieve an activation code and create a username and password. For more information, visit www.dekalb.k12.ga.us.

Sandy Springs Education Force, Mount Vernon named STEM award finalists The Technology Association of Georgia has announced that the Sandy Springs Education Force and Mount Vernon Presbyterian School have been named finalists for the 2014 STEM Education Awards. The awards recognize schools, programs and companies for outstanding efforts and achievements in supporting and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education in Georgia. Selected among 220 nominees, SSEF has been named a finalist for its work in partnership with the Georgia Tech Research Institute in presenting a comprehensive and community-wide STEM event. “Our partnership with GTRI has inspired countless students in Sandy Springs to consider a future career in STEM, and we are honored to share this recognition with them,” said SSEF Executive Director Irene Schweiger in a press release. Mount Vernon was chosen as a finalist for its design thinking approach to learning. The school instituted the first, comprehensive K-12 design thinking program in Atlanta.

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Pace’s Knights get a new home On Aug. 29, Pace Academy’s varsity football team took on the Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats in the first athletic competition at Walsh Field, a new facility within Pace Academy’s existing Athletics Complex. The game marked the end of a two-year, $32-million capital campaign for the Arthur M. Blank Family Upper School, a 75,000-square-foot building that recently opened on the school’s W. Paces Ferry Road campus in Buckhead. More than 1,300 donors contributed to the campaign, which exceeded its goal by more than $3 million, allowing for the completion of the school’s satellite Athletics Complex, located at 5700 Riverview Road in Cobb County. Pace Academy parents, volunteers, and alumni Leigh and Tim Walsh (Pace Class of 1981) contributed to the campaign, the largest alumni capital gift in Pace Academy history, and Walsh Field is named in their honor. “Participation in Pace Athletics has had a tremendous impact on me, on Leigh and on our three children,” said Walsh, who served as chairman of Pace Academy’s Board of Trustees from 2011 to 2014. “It was time for the quality of our facilities to match the quality of our student-athletes, and our family is fortunate to be part of making that happen.” The Walsh Family cut the ribbon on Walsh Field during a back-to-school event for faculty and staff on Aug. 28, and they participated in the inaugural coin toss prior to the Aug. 29 game. In addition to the opening festivities, the Knights’ 2014 state champions in track and girls’ soccer received state-championship rings during halftime, and the Knights went on to defeat the Bobcats 14-12. Walsh Field includes a state-of-the-art stadium with bleacher seating, a FIFA-regu-

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Pace Academy’s new Walsh Field. The school’s Athletics Complex also includes a baseball field, multipurpose field for football, soccer and lacrosse, locker rooms, an athletic training facility and a snack bar.

lation grass field and a Beynon track. The facility fulfills the school’s original vision for the Riverview Road property, which it acquired in 2005. In addition to Walsh Field, Pace Academy Athletics Complex includes Charlie Owens Baseball Field, a multipurpose field for football, soccer and lacrosse, locker rooms, an athletic training facility and a snack bar.

Raiders attend Governor’s program Four Riverwood International Charter School students, after an audition and interview process, were selected to participate in a four-week 2014 Governor’s Honors Program at Valdosta State University. Students Garon Berenson in technology, Max Kantor in theater, Callaway Powlus in music and Pascal Acree in biology were selected. GHP is a residential summer program for approximately 700 intellectually gifted and artistical-

ly talented high school juniors and seniors from across the state. Students spend their mornings in their major area of nomination exploring topics not usually found in the regular high school classroom. During the afternoons, students choose one of the other 20 areas in which to study. Evenings are filled with seminars, activities, concerts and performances. Now in its 51st year, GHP is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly.

Grant to improve school superintendents’ skills The Wallace Foundation is investing $3 million in a five-year effort to help the DeKalb County School District improve the instructional leadership skills of its principal supervisors or regional superintendents. The initiative is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools by providing more effective instructional support to school level leaders.

Where good kids become great people.

BEYOND EXPECTATIONS At Galloway, students (ages 3-18) are inspired to push beyond intellectual boundaries, to embrace challenges, and VISIT GALLOWAYSCHOOL.ORG to discover more about themselves and the world for more info and to sign up for an admissions tour. around them.

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School develops in students a love of learning, respect for self and others, faith in God, and a sense of service to the world community.

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each year until it reaches 12. Dr. Terrence O. Moore was hired as its first principal. He was the founding principal of Ridgeview Classical Schools in Colorado, which Atlanta Classical Academy is modeled after. The new school is located at the Northside Drive campus of the Heiskell School, a private Christian school that closed this summer. It’s open to all students in the Atlanta Public Schools System, but it’s located in the North Atlanta High attendance zone. Ian Ratner, chairman of the Atlanta Jewish Academy board, said talks of creating a new Jewish K-12 program have been going on for years. About two years ago, “a working group was formed to really get more involved in the analysis,” he said. The boards of both schools voted this summer to merge the schools. Both Ratner and Hecht say there are numerous benefits to merging into one school. Hecht said aside from operations becoming more efficient, a merger provides growth opportunities for faculty. “There’s more professional opportunity for steps up they can take in a larger system with a full school,” he said. A full school also strengthens the community, he said. “Where I was a principal earlier, many of my students became my parents, and that speaks to a certain kind of continuity, and you build a community,” Hecht said. Ratner explained that the K-12 model also helps students retain their Judaism. “The less breaks in the system, the less opportunity to leave the Jewish system,” he said. “There’s a much smaller number of Jewish children in Atlanta in high school than are in elementary school. What that says is that all of us aren’t doing a good enough job because we’re attracting kids into the elementary school but for some reason we can’t keep them engaged in high school.” Ratner said the school’s enrollment picked up some this year, and that having a school from early childhood to 12th grade helps with recruitment efforts as parents won’t have to worry about where

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Top, Atlanta Jewish Academy student Sophia Harris. Above, left, Ian Ratner, chairman of the Atlanta Jewish Academy board, with Head of School Rabbi Pinchos Hecht. Left, from left, students Ariela Bland, Shimon Horwitz and Rayut Shmuel.

to send their children when it’s time to enter high school. He said a study conducted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta a number of years ago called for lower and high schools in the community to align. “That’s been buzzing around Atlanta for a long time, he said. “We’re just the first people to say we’re doing it.” Ratner pointed to other successful pri-

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vate schools in the community with lower and high schools. “One of the things about the Kthrough-12 model that struck me is that most of the leading independent schools – not necessarily Jewish schools – whether its Woodward, Pace or Paideia or Westminster, all have adopted this uniform Kthrough-12 model.” Erica Gal, a parent with children in

preschool and kindergarten at the school, said that continuity is what attracted her to Atlanta Jewish Academy. While it’s her second year involved with the school, she said that she was aware in the beginning of a possible merger. “It’s important to us because we do see our involvement in the school and where we put our kids in terms of a long-term commitment,” she said. “As parents we’re thrilled and excited about the possibility of our kids growing up in this system that takes them from children to adults.” Ratner said a full school also helps from a fundraising perspective. “It gives you a much longer life of a family,” he said, “instead of the family starting in kindergarten and by the time they get to grade 6 or 7 they are already looking at different options. . . . You want families to develop that longterm fundraising relationship that says, ‘Hey, we’re going to get you on a program where you’re going to make a donation every year for the next 10 years.’ You get them bought into the programs. So from a fundraising and investment perspective it is absolutely the winning model.” The school’s name, too, leaves space at the front, in case a major donor comes through during the school’s fundraising. Names were solicited from board and steering committee members, and then a survey was sent to the board, with survey results later analyzed. Possible names were categorized, but “academy” was a name that popped up frequently. “‘Academy’ gives a sense of educational quality,” Ratner said. “‘Jewish’ identifies who we are.” Right now the schools remain on their respective campuses. But the plan is for the high school to eventually move to the Sandy Springs campus adjacent to the theater arts building. The Yeshiva campus will then be turned into a sports complex, retaining its state-of-the-art gym, and adding a soccer field, baseball diamond and tennis court. “I would not be shocked, when other schools see the energy that this kind of combined institute can create, if there were other similar mergers going up very quickly,” Hecht said.

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Charity Golf

for-profit ministry of The Lutheran Church of the Ascension. $5 bracelet provides unlimited access to games, bounce houses, pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting and more. Sand art cart for additional fee. For toddlers and young children ages 6 and under. 4000 Roswell Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30342. Visit: www.openarmsbuckhead.org or call 404-256-1330 with questions.

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Friday, Sept. 26, 4-11 p.m. – Enjoy a charity golf outing benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. $150; features all-inclusive golf, drinks, BBQ. Enjoy live music, silent auction, “best dressed” award, exotic car display. $85 for party only. All proceeds donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. Rain or shine. Chastain Park’s North Fulton Golf Course. 216 West Wieuca Rd., NW, Atlanta, 30342. Purchase tickets at: https://hackersballcharitygolf.eventbrite.com. Call Steven Parker at 678-776-0628 with questions.

nual Howl-O-Weenie festival benefits DREAM Dachshund Rescue. Free admission. All are welcome to enjoy. Festivities include howling contest, costume contests and doxie races. Also features a silent auction, microchipping, face kissing contest, hot dog lunches and beer for sale. Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody, 30338. For additional details and the schedule, visit: www. dreamrescue.org.

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Swing Night

Sandy Springs Sprint Saturday, Sept. 27, 8 a.m. – Woodland Elementary School holds its second Sandy Springs Sprint, a 5K Family Run/Walk fundraiser. Adults, $20; child, $10. No charge or registration for children 3 years and under. Rain or shine. No pets, bikes or scooters. Strollers allowed. Kids’ Fun Run begins at 9 a.m. Proceeds benefit the school. Park at North Springs High School, 7447 Roswell Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. For further information and to register, go to: www.sandyspringssprint.com.

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The Jewish New Year starts with the stuffed in a box. emotion-stirring call from a ram’s horn, an “I started pulling a bunch out and the instrument known as the shofar. second or third one I tried, I said ‘That’s Signaling a call to action, shofar blowit!’” Duner said. “I just looked at my wife ers resonate with the words from the Toand she smiled.” rah, asking congregations to commemoNow, Duner said he displays his rate the sacred occasion of Rosh Hashanah shofar above the fireplace in his livwith loud blasts. ing room and takes it down to blow it The high holy holidays start the Jewish during the month leading up to Rosh calendar over, and faithful members look Hashanah. inward to reflect on the year in terms of Or Hadash’s younger shofar blowdeeds and their relationship with God. er, Rosenfeld, who attends Kennesaw At the Congregation Or Hadash, in State University, said he starts practicing a Sandy Springs, generations are representmonth and a half before the holidays to ed by the alternating roles of two shofar build up his lung capacity. blowers. Bruce Duner, a man in his 50s, He believes he had a bit of natural taland Adam Rosenfeld, a ent, but his practicing man in his 20s, have been since he was “just a kid” To hear the shofar, read this blowing the shofar for helped him develop the article on our website at about six years. lung strength needed to ReporterNewspapers.net Rabbi Analia Bortz produce the sounds. The said these two do a magfirst year he blew the innificent job blowing the strument, he said, “I was shofar. exhausted.” “Tears come out of your eyes when “Another gentleman, who was supthey blow the shofar,” she said. “[It’s] a posed to blow that year, couldn’t come most pristine and beautiful sound.” to synagogue because his kid was sick,” Duner, who had played trombone from Rosenfeld said. “So I stepped up.” middle school through college, thought he He said he felt he performed “OK,” but would use that experience when he volundoes a much better job now. His role as teered to blow the shofar for services at Or one of two shofar blowers makes him feel Hadash. But it turned out his years with like he is helping out his community and the trombone only helped a little -- shofars the rabbis, he said. have no mouthpiece attachment or pitch “It’s nice to be up there; it’s my favorite control, and the sound is created only by part of the service,” Rosenfeld said. “For the shape of the horn itself and the posime, it’s a breathing exercise because I’m tioning of the player’s lips. not very musically accomplished—except Duner found his shofar in 2008, when for this.” he visited Israel for his son’s bar mitzvah. Duner said the first year he and Rosen“I’d always wanted to buy one,” Dunfeld worked together, they practiced beer said, adding that a “shofar has to choose forehand. Now, they alternate blowing the you—like Harry Potter’s wand.” 100 notes necessary during the day-long Visiting various shops in Israel, Duner service. said some stores displayed decorated sho“It’s an honor to be able to blow it for fars and made a big deal out of their arthe community, a huge honor,” Duner rangements, but the place where Duner said. “And it’s nice we can volunteer, but if found his shofar simply had several horns other people want to do it, we find a way.” BK

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Local police say they benefit from military backgrounds, gear CONTINUED FROM PAGE 35 frontline, Stevens said. They’ve been Metro SWAT Team. The SWAT Team’s taught by larger agencies in formamain functions include drug raids and tions and in civil unrest, Stevens said. executing high-risk warrants, Stevens Stevens, who began his career with said. He said Sandy Springs has had the Fulton County Police Department three hostage rescue situations since more than 20 years ago, joined the 2006. Sandy Springs department in 2006. “We [SSPD] In 2009, he have a specialty helped create unit for riots,” Stethe North Metvens said. “When ro Multi-jurisyou mix units to dictional SWAT do the same job, Team, which in“We want people to know you create issues. cludes officers Long guns and we’re there to help.” from BrookhavSWAT teams don’t en, Sandy Springs, need to be in a Dunwoody and – ROB STEVENS riot.” other commuPatrol officers nities, and he NORTH METRO SWAT TEAM have riot-connow commands trol training and its more than 50 the “mobile field members. force,” a 30-man “They are force of officers cross-trained in trained by larger active shooter sitagencies to quell riots and maintain uations,” he said, adding that the crowd control who would act as the SWAT Team is “not there for offen-

Brookhaven Blotter From police reports dated through Sept. 12.

try was reported at a non-residence. 2900

block of Clairmont Road—On Sept. 5, a burglary without forced entry was reported.

The following information was pulled from DeKalb County Police Department’s Crimetrac system (www.crimemapping. com/map/ga/dekalbcounty) for the zip code 30319 and the lower Buford Highway corridor. The information on the website is presumed accurate.

2400

ROBBERY

1500

2900

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 1, robbery with use of a gun was reported.

1600

block of North Druid Hills Road—On Sept. 2, robbery with use of a gun was reported.

2000

block of North Druid Hills Road—On Sept. 5, a robbery with a weapon was reported.

3700

block Buford Highway—On Sept. 8, robbery of a residence with a gun was reported.

block of Wawona Drive—On Sept. 6, a forced entry burglary was reported. block of North Druid Hills Road—On Sept. 8, forced entry burglary of a residence was reported.

TH EFT/LAR CEN Y

A UTO T H EFT

BURGLA RY block of Caldwell Road—On Sept. 4, a forced entry burglary was reported at a residence.

3100

100

1300

block of Clairmont Road—On Sept. 2, theft of an auto was reported. block of Corporate Boulevard— On Sept. 7 theft of an auto was reported. block of Telford Drive—On Sept. 8, theft of an auto was reported. block of Roxboro Drive—On Sept. 8, theft of an auto was reported.

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block of Poplar Springs DriveOn Sept. 5, theft was reported.

2700

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 1, theft was reported. block of Dresden Way—On Sept. 1, theft was reported.

5200

block of Reserve Drive— On Sept. 1, theft was reported.

2400 block of Skyland Drive—On Sept. 2, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

700 block of Brookhaven Way—On Sept. 3, theft of a bicycle was reported. 4000

block of Peachtree Road—On Sept. 3, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

3800

block of Peachtree Road—On Sept. 3, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

3300

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 4, theft of gas was reported when a car drove off without paying.

3000

block of Clairmont Road—On Sept. 5, theft of a bicycle was reported.

2600 block Buford Highway— On Sept. 5, theft was reported. 3700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road—On Sept. 5, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

1700

7300

1800

2300

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 9, theft of an auto was reported.

block of Winchester Trail—On Sept. 9, a forced entry burglary was reported.

2900

3400

1800

block of Corporate Boulevard— On Sept. 10, a strong arm robbery was reported.

block of Lincoln Court Avenue— On Sept. 4, a burglary without forced en-

tooed tough guys scaring the community. “We want people to know we’re there to help,” he said.

block of Clairmont Road—On Sept. 9, a forced entry burglary was reported.

block of Druid Hills Reserve Drive—On Sept. 9, a forced entry burglary was reported.

SPECIAL

sive, but defensive; to rescue.” Stevens said the SWAT Team doesn’t want to be portrayed as a bunch of tat-

2900

1800

3000

The North Metro SWAT team’s main functions include drug raids and executing high-risk warrants, says Sandy Springs police Capt. Rob Stevens.

2900 block of Clairmont Road—On Sept. 5, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

700 block of Brookhaven Avenue—On Sept. 7, theft of a bicycle was reported.

2700 block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 7, theft was reported. 3600

block of Ashford Dunwoody Road—On Sept. 8, theft was reported.

3800

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 8, theft of parts from an auto was reported.

3400

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 9, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

1800

block of Dresden Drive—On Sept. 9, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported.

1100

block of Thornwell Drive—On Sept. 9, theft of articles from a vehicle was reported. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38 BK

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PINK PONY’S SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

• Proposed 1 million dollar a year licensing fee.

• Offered $ 2.5 million over 12 years of an agreement.

• Proposed NO billboards within city limits.

• We agree not to have billboard within city limits.

• Proposed buffer zone.

• Agree to buffer zone proposal.

• Proposed paying all attorney fees involved in case.

• Agree to pay up to $200,000 in attorney fees.

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Brookhaven Police Blotter CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 2300

block of Logan Circle—On Sept. 10, theft was reported.

On Sept. 5, an arrest was made for fraud with a financial card and possession of a fraudulent driver’s license or ID.

AS S A U LT 2100

block of Coosawattee Drive— On Sept. 1, battery was reported.

3600

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 1, sexual assault was reported.

3100

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 3, battery was reported.

3100

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 2, simple battery was reported and an arrest was made.

3200

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 5, simple assault was reported.

2800

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 10, aggravated assault with a gun was reported.

F RA U D 2000

block of Johnson Ferry Road—

Sept. 4, an arrest for driving while license suspended or revoked was made during a traffic stop. 100

AR R ES TS 2500

block of Skyland Drive—On Sept. 1, an arrest was made for driving without a license.

block of Peachtree Road—On Sept. 4, a wanted person was located and arrested. 3000

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 6, an arrest was made for public intoxication and public consumption.

2100

block of Coosawattee Drive—On Sept. 2, an arrest for obstruction was made.

2900 block of Clairmont Road—On Sept. 6, an arrest was made for possession of cocaine.

3700

block of Ashford Dunwoody Road—On Sept. 2, a wanted person was located and arrested.

3900 block of Peachtree Road—

On Sept. 3, a wanted person was located and arrested.

2600

block of Skyland Drive—On Sept. 3, an arrest for possession of marijuana was made.

1900

block of Buford Highway—On

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2700

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 7, an arrest for possession of marijuana was made.

2000

block of Buford Highway—On

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block of Cliff Valley Way—On Sept. 7, two people were arrested for disorderly conduct; later, an arrest for hit and run was made.

3600

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1400

3000

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block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 7, an arrest was made for disorderly conduct.

block of Peachtree Road—On Sept. 6, two arrests for possession of marijuana were made/

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3500

4400

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block of Ashford Dunwoody Road—On Sept. 7, two people were arrested for possession of marijuana.

3200

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3800

1100 block of Pine Grove Avenue—On Sept. 6, a wanted person was located and arrested.

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block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 8, an arrest for DUI was made. block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 9, an arrest was made for possession of marijuana. block of North Druid Hills

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2500

3300

block of Caldwell Road—On Sept. 9, an arrest for obstructing a police officer was made.

3900

block of Peachtree Road—On Sept. 9, an arrest for disorderly conduct was made.

2800

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 9, a wanted person was located and arrested.

3200

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 10, an arrest for DUI was made.

2600

block of Buford Highway— On Sept. 10, a wanted person was

block of Buford Highway— On Sept. 10, an arrest was made for public intoxication and public consumption.

2900

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 11, an arrest was made for DUI, during a traffic stop for speeding.

3700

block of Buford Highway— On Sept. 11, an arrest was made for driving on suspended or cancelled registration.

3100

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 12, an arrest was made for possession of marijuana.

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2000

block of North Druid Hills Road—On Sept. 1, firing a weapon was reported.

3800

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 1, damage to private property was reported.

3600

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 1, a hit and run was reported; On Sept. 2, damage to property was reported.

4300

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2100

block of Lake Boulevard—On

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block of Gables Drive—On Sept. 5, a hit and run was reported.

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block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 6, a report of terroristic threats was made.

2600

block of Buford Highway—On Sept. 9, a report of harassing communication was made.

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