Mill Creek MS Students Attends Braves Game Mill Creek Middle School student Jason Ousley recently won the opportunity to attend an Atlanta Braves through the 2015 Superior Plumbing Club Contest. Through the online contest, Superior Plumbing selects special needs students from across the Southeast to watch home games at Turner Field from the exclusive Superior Plumbing Club, which is located between home plate and third base. Jason, 15, loves all sports and especially enjoys watching Braves games with his mom.
CCSD 2015 Valedictoris/Salutatorians The Cherokee County School District recognized its 2015 Valedictorians and Salutatorians at the 15th Annual Scholar Recognition Banquet at Woodmont Golf and Country Club. School Superintendent Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo and School Board Members congratulated the top graduates from each high school, who shared their plans for college and future career fields. Each valedictorian and salutatorian selected a teacher who was especially influential on his or her high school career to honor at the banquet. Sponsors provided each student with an iPad and gift cards, and teachers also received gift cards. Commemorative plaques were also presented to each of the students and teachers.
Pop Top Craze Addie Morrison from Janet Prices 2nd grade class at Carmel Elementary presented 55,948 pop tops to support the Ronald McDonald House. Her family and neighbors worked hard collecting the pop tops during the course of the school year.
Ironheart Performed at CCHS Cherokee Christian High School recently performed an original play, Ironheart-a Steampunk version of the Greek Myth of Bellerophon.
Bostons Enhanced Media Center The Boston Elementary School Media Center recently unveiled its updated seating and technology enhancements. Scott Hall, the owner of Chick-fil-A in Towne Lake, graciously donated the restaurants caf-style seating units to the schools media center upon completion of the stores recent renovations. Bostons Media Center Specialist, Jennifer Martin, proudly showed off the schools high-tech enhancements, including a Promethean board, ten touch-screen wireless computers, and an iPad mobile lab that includes an animated Augmented Reality app that can be displayed on the Promethean board.
WHS Student Wins Scholarship Woodstock HS Sophomore Nicolas Franco-Roldan has been awarded the Lillie B. Hamilton scholarship by the Georgia Junior Classical League (GJCL). This scholarship is one of only two Junior Classical League scholarships given in the state each year. He was nominated by his teacher, Kellie Mason, and voted on by the GJCL and GCA committees (which include Latin teachers from all across the state). The scholarship was established to help any underclassman in attending the National JCL Convention and pays for the convention cost, valued at $495. The criteria for this scholarship include service and dedication to JCL and spirited involvement in JCL.
WHS Celebrates Poetry Month The Woodstock High School media center celebrated National Poetry Month with different activities in April. Lunch programs consisted of Black Out Poetry, I Am Poetry, Leaves of Grass Lunch on the Lawn, The Gathering An Evening of Poetry, and a virtual poetry lounge with Etowah HS and River Ridge HS. Interactive Poem In Your Pocket displays were also hung up throughout the school.
Cherokee County Students Win at SkillsUSA More than 2,000 students attended SkillsUSA Georgias annual State Leadership and Skills Conference; 10 CCSD students from Cherokee HS and Etowah HS won awards in several categories. Two Cherokee HS students earned first-place awards in healthcare categories, and a team of CHS students placed third in the Health Knowledge Bowl. Etowah HS students earned second and third place finishes in video production competitions. SkillsUSA allows our career-focused students the chance to demonstrate the workforce-ready skills they are learning in our high schools, said Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo, Superintendent of Schools. We are extremely proud of these students, who have shown they are among the best in the state among their peers and are well-prepared to pursue potential careers that they discovered in one of our classrooms.
CCEF Inaugural Gala The Cherokee County Educational Foundations inaugural Celebration of Education Gala was a huge success, raising $50,000 for the Cherokee County School District and honoring outstanding teachers, students, partners, volunteers and alumni. The black-tie optional event was held at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Conference Center in Canton, and co-hosted by CCEF and presenting sponsor Northside Hospital-Cherokee. More than 350 guests enjoyed the gala which included dinner, awards, a silent auction and the CCSDs Got Talent high school student talent show. We greatly appreciate the communitys support of our inaugural Gala, which will assist the Foundation in its mission of supporting the School District through grants for schools, teachers and students, said Foundation Board Member Amanda Arnold, Vice President for Credit Union of Georgia. The night was a wonderful celebration, and we look forward to many annual Galas to come. Arnold along with Debbie Rabjohn, River Ridge High School PTSA President, served as Gala Committee Co-Chairs. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo was honored as the events Honorary Chair, and other special guests included the CCSD Teacher of the Year, Media Specialist of the Year, Counselor of the Year and Volunteer of the Year. The gala also launched a new, major award to be presented annually by the Foundation: the Alumni of the Year Award, which will honor at least one CCSD high school alumnus and one alumna each year for outstanding professional and civic contributions. The inaugural Alumni of the Year Award recipients were Judge Marion T. Pope Jr. and Janice Prather, a lifetime educator.
RRHS Visits Oakland Cemetery River Ridge High School Journalism and English teacher Reed Christian took her journalism and 9th grade English students to the Historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta to search for stories. Throughout the year, they had learned plenty of stories from their own community, from other cultures, from other eras. Also, if they were paying attention, they learned plenty about stories about how to capture a story, how to tell one, and how to analyze one.