Sequoyah HS Marketing Students Headed to International Competition The schools DECA marketing association students recently attended and competed at the State Career Development Conference in Atlanta. The students won the right to compete at the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA this month. They will join 18,000 other students from around the world at the Conference. Saigim Garcia placed second in Restaurant and Food Service Management, while Hanna Palmer placed fourth in Apparel and Accessories Marketing, and Sydney Neubert placed second in Hotel and Lodging Management. The clubs sponsor is teacher Kari Palmer. DECAs industry validated competitive events are aligned with National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance and hospitality and tourism.
Creekview High School Senior Achieves Perfect ACT Score Austin Miles earned the top composite score of 36 on the February administration of the college entrance and placement test. On average, less than one-tenth of one percent of students who take the ACT earns the top score. Only 2,235 out of the nearly 2.1 million students who took the exam in 2016 earned a score of 36. Exceptional scores of 36 provide colleges with evidence of student readiness for the academic rigors that lie ahead, according to ACT. The exam includes English, mathematics, reading and science sections; each section is scored on a scale of 1-36, and the composite score is the average of the four. In addition to this accomplishment, Austin was named the STAR Student for Creekview High School as part of the PAGE (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) statewide program that recognizes the student from each high school with the highest SAT score. Austin will be recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools at the School Board Meeting on April 20, 2017.
CCSD Team Wins First Place in National Academic Quiz Tournament Middle School State Championship Creekland Middle Schools team recently earned the title by remaining undefeated, 10-0, through the competition between 43 teams. This achievement follows the teams successful sweep of first and second place at the regional Georgia Academic Team Association competition and its win of CCSDs Annual Middle School Academic Bowl. The teams sixth-graders placed fourth at the national competition last summer.
CCSD Announces High School Graduation Ceremony Schedule All ceremonies will be held at First Baptist Church of Woodstock, 11905 Highway 92, Woodstock: Creekview: 4:00pm, Thursday, May 25Etowah: 8:00pm, Thursday, May 25Woodstock: 4:00pm, Friday, May 26Cherokee: 8:00pm, Friday, May 26Sequoyah: 9:00am, Saturday, May 27River Ridge: 1:00pm, Saturday, May 27 The ceremonies will be streamed at FBCW.org, so family and friends who are unable to attend the event can still view the event.
Student Athletes Recognized on National Signing Day The students recognized include:Cherokee HSMontrell Washington, football, Samford University (AL); Aaron Knowles, football, U.S. Military Academy- West Point (NY); Jake Alvey, football, U.S. Air Force Academy (CO); Charles Perry, football, Reinhardt University; Kamari Walker, football, Reinhardt University; Braxton Swanson, baseball, Sewanee: University of the South (TN); Andrew Cline, baseball, Covenant College; Ryan Inches, baseball, Cleveland State Community College (TN); Emily Pope, volleyball, Georgia College & State University; Brandon Leftwich, track, Piedmont College; Autumn Bible, softball, Reinhardt University; Alise Hooks, softball, Reinhardt University; Kindell Reeves, softball, Georgia Highlands College.Creekview HSRachel Chapman, basketball, Brenau University; Brian Davis, baseball, Gordon State College; Connor Dove, baseball, Georgia Highlands College; Josh Horwitz, football, Huntingdon College (AL); Trevor Kolb, football, Tennessee Technological University; Allison Luly, basketball, Belmont University (TN); Bradford Martin, baseball, Washington & Lee University (VA); Michelle McCord, swimming, University of Illinois; Molly Morris, cross county/track, Georgia State University; Austin Owen, baseball, Toccoa Falls College; Emily Snyder, swimming, University of Missouri; Leah Waagen, soccer, Toccoa Falls College; Jacob Webb, football, University of North Carolina-Charlotte.Sequoyah HSMarcelle Butler, volleyball, Howard University (Washington, DC); Katie Williams, lacrosse, Reinhardt University; Olivia Sengstock, lacrosse, Reinhardt University; Kendall Williams, softball, Georgia Highlands College; Dawson Pfost, baseball, Birmingham Southern College (AL); Joseph Cuomo, baseball, Bryan College (TN); Tyler Koprowski, baseball, Trevecca Nazarene University (TN); Amanda Brown, soccer, Life University; Matt Webb, lacrosse, Reinhardt University; Taylor White, lacrosse, Reinhardt University; McGwire Wells, football, Berry College.
Liberty ES Named a 2017 State School of Character Only Georgia School Honored! The honor, awarded by the international Character.org nonprofit organization, was bestowed to only eighty schools nationwide. Recipients are considered models of excellence within their states for teaching students to recognize positive ethical and performance character traits and develop them in themselves. Liberty ES now will be evaluated for the National School of Character designation, which will be announced in May.
CCSD Recommended for Continued AdvancED Accreditation To earn AdvancED accreditation, a school district must identify and sustain the implementation of a systemic continuous improvement process and monitor its schools for compliance with five Standards for Quality School Systems: Purpose and Direction, Governance and Leadership, Teaching and Assessing for Learning, Resources and Support Systems and Using Results for Continuous Improvement. AdvancED is the global leader in accrediting schools and universities, and the nine-member team that evaluated CCSD has more than 229 years of educational experience combined.The school district was rated above the AdvancED network average, which is calculated from evaluations of 32,000 institutions, in all areas assessed with an overall Index of Education Quality score of 315.85 out of 400 points and 37 points above average!
CCSD Students Volunteer to Help Homeless Cherokee County School District students recently volunteered with Give Homeless Hope to help those in need. The students weathered very cold temperatures to help provide 70-80 homeless children and adults with a meal, toiletries, warm hats, gloves and other items to help them through their difficult circumstances.
CCSD Parent Leader Earns Outstanding Leadership in School-Community Relations Award The Cherokee County School District recently won fifteen awards from the Georgia School Public Relations Association (GSPRA), a record total, which included a Best in State top honor! A special award also was presented to one of CCSDs parent leaders, Lisa-Marie Haygood of Cherokee County, president of Georgia PTA, who received the 2016 Outstanding Leadership in School-Community Relations Award. The award, which is not necessarily presented annually, is the highest honor the Association awards to a non-public relations professional.
CCSD Makes AP Honor Roll for 4th Consecutive Year Cherokee County School District high school students not only continue to beat state and national averages on college-level Advance Placement (AP) exams, but CCSD also has earned national recognition for its AP achievement for the fourth consecutive year! CCSD is one of only ten school districts in Georgia named to the College Boards elite AP Honor Roll for 2016, and this was CCSDs fourth consecutive year to earn the prestigious distinction. With a passage rate of 70% among the 4,784 tests administered in the spring of 2016, CCSD exceeds the state average of 58% and the national average of 57%. The AP program has grown significantly in CCSD, with AP courses and exams currently offered in 30 subjects, up from 26 last year. The number of exams taken by CCSD students increased by 16% from 2015 and has risen by more than 80% in the last five years. High school students who score a 3, 4 or 5 on an AP exam earn college credit, and subsequently, they get to exempt those courses in college. Passage of AP exams places students at an academic and financial advantage, studies show, as they can both begin classes in their major sooner and avoid tuition costs for exempted courses.