CCSD Partner Up School Partnership Development Event The Cherokee County School District (CCSD) is asking local businesses and organizations to Partner Up with CCSD.Businesses and organizations are invited to learn more about partnering with CCSD schools by coming to this free event anytime between 4:00 and 6:00pm on Thursday, October 11, at the Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo Educational Services Facility auditorium (1205 Bluffs Parkway, Canton). Participants can visit tables of school leaders, who will be grouped by geographic area, to share coffee and conversation with them about partnership opportunities.Our schools become more successful with the positive involvement of the entire community, and that community includes the many local businesses and organizations that make our county great, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said. This event will showcase the many different and easy ways partners can support our schools.Potential partners will receive wish lists for all schools that list how partners can support them through donating time, services, and sponsorships. They also will learn about how schools and CCSD promote and recognize partners.For more information, please call Communications Facilitator Penny Dempsey at 770-704-4275, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Johnston Elementary School Named to the Alliance for a Healthier Generations 2017 list of Americas Healthiest Schools The school won a Bronze Award from the national organization for making changes that promote healthier eating and physical activity for students and staff. Healthier Generations Healthy Schools Program is an evidence-based, national initiative to create healthier school environments where children can thrive. Schools are recognized for such efforts as serving healthier meals and snacks, getting students moving more, offering high-quality physical and health education and empowering school leaders to become healthy role models.Principal Amy Graham and PE teachers Michael LEsperance and Josh Philpot will be recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools at the School Boards August meeting.
Bascomb ES Students SkypeTM with Henry The Fonz Winkler Bascomb Elementary School students enjoyed a special SkypeTM video-conference session with actor and childrens book author Henry Winkler. Henry Winkler is known by many for his years as the TV character The Fonz on the show Happy Days.The third- through fifth-grade students were part of an international audience talking with Mr. Winkler and his co-author. Bascomb ES received special attention from him when he noticed one of the students - Kennedy Morris-Gibbs, a fourth-grader in Suzy Gebharts class - had brought a The Fonz doll to school.
Woodstock ES Earns National Certification for Digital Citizenship Common Sense, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology, has recognized Woodstock ES as a Common Sense Certified School for Digital Citizenship.The school was certified for its work in preparing students to use digital media safely including how to avoid dangers such as loss of privacy, cyberbullying, and plagiarism. Principal Kim Montalbano praised Media Specialist Amy VanFossen for coordinating the schools successful certification process.We applaud the faculty and staff of Woodstock Elementary School for embracing digital citizenship as an important part of their students education, said Liz Kline, vice president of education programs for Common Sense Education, adding the schools staff deserves high praise for teaching students the digital citizenship skills necessary for their future success.
CCSD Recognizes Superintendents Key Scholars Students recently recognized as Key Scholars are juniors who rank in the top ten percent of students nationwide who took the PSAT exam last October. Each student received an embroidered Key Scholar letter-jacket patch and will be recognized again at their schools year-end awards ceremony.The final step in the program is National Merit Scholars. National Merit Scholars are selected during students senior year. These academically outstanding students lead their classes, as they march across the graduation stage wearing a National Merit Scholar gold medallion.
CCSD Students Win Seats in All-State Band, Chorus, and Orchestra Middle and high school students must audition for these selective performance opportunities. This years events were held at The Classic Center in Athens.The Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools recently recognized these talented students:Etowah HSLizy Hoepfinger Director - Stephen LongMill Creek MSGeorgiana Christofil Jonathan ShinDirector - Erick StallingsRiver Ridge HSLauren BrackSavannah SmithDirector - Ross Amend and Christin Lawhorne Woodstock HSMarissa ChudyDirector - Bob LoehrAll-State ChorusE.T. Booth MSBrooke BelsitoMorgan BusbeeBryanna CaliKelsey ClevelandBrady WintersDirector - Laura Martin Etowah HSKeirra Dodd Eli HughesGigi LenoDanielle RuzekoEmily SweatKathleen TafoyaDirector - William HallRiver Ridge HSAveri Moore Director - Allison BaccalaWoodstock HSKyle BuieMalachi NortonDirector - Ryan McKendrickAll-State OrchestraMill Creek MSAva HenagerRachel KimMadison ParkDirector - Ben RiceRiver Ridge HSJeremy JeffersonDirector - Christin Lawhorne
Etowah HS Student Accepted Into Disney Dreamers Academy Sarah Oburu, a freshman at Etowah High School, has been selected for the Disney Dreamers Academy Class of 2018. Only 100 high school students from across the country are selected annually for the program, which includes a four-day conference at Walt Disney World. The conference includes interactive career sessions focusing on fields including animation, culinary arts, entertainment, entrepreneurship, journalism, medicine, and zoology, and the opportunity to develop networking and interviewing skills.
CCSD Launching New Online System for Kindergarten Registration Beginning March 12 Instead of handwriting information on a pile of paper forms in a school office, parents can log in from home to the Registration Gateway via CCSDs web site at Cherokeek12.net. Through the user-friendly process that takes about 15 to 20 minutes, parents will enter their own identification information, such as emergency contact names and numbers, which will increase accuracy and eliminate redundancy. Required enrollment documents (birth certificate, proof of residency, etc.) also can be scanned and uploaded to the system from home. After entering all their information online into the secure system, parents will be asked to schedule an appointment to bring the legally required documents for enrollment to the school. During this appointment, records will be verified by the front office (and scanned and uploaded if you were unable to do this from home), and your child will participate in a brief assessment with a teacher to gauge his or her kindergarten readiness.The Registration Gateway will be open from March 12-31 for parents of children who will begin kindergarten in the 2018-19 school year (must be born on or before Sept. 1, 2013), and children who are starting school for the first time but are ready to enter the first grade (must be born on or before Sept. 1, 2012).
Woodstock MS Student Claims Title as Countys Top Speller Seventh grade Woodstock Middle School student Lydia Lord correctly spelled endocrinologist and then incorrigible to win the 2018 Cherokee County School District Spelling Bee. Thirty-one CCSD students put their spelling skills to the test in the Georgia Association of Educators and Cherokee County Association of Educators annual competition, which went a record 47 rounds over three hours before a winner was decided. Braden Flournoy, a seventh grader at Freedom MS, won second place, and Sharon Pradeep, a sixth-grade student at Mill Creek MS, came in third. It was a repeat performance for all three students, as Sharon, Braden, and Lydia made up the three finalists in 2017, with Sharon in first last year, Braden in second, and Lydia in third. Students in grades 4-8 are eligible for the Bee. More than 200 words were attempted during the event including tricky terms like apparatchik, coati, prevaricate, desideratum and uncoquettish. The three finalists went through fifteen rounds of words together, and Braden and Lydia battled another nineteen rounds before the competition was decided. All three finalists could be back for a third year in 2019, as they will all be eligible to spell again.
WHS Economics Teacher Named Tops in Georgia by GCEE Woodstock High School teacher Josh Sailers has been chosen by the Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE) as the 2018 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year. Mr. Sailers was in the middle of a lesson on scarcity with his AP macroeconomics class when he was interrupted by a group of administrators and GCEE officials carrying balloons, cake, and large sign proclaiming him to be the top economics teacher in the state. Mr. Sailers was chosen for the honor after an application process, letters of recommendation, and classroom observations. Mr. Sailers teaches AP macroeconomics and AP microeconomics as well as AP European History. One of his unique projects has been the creation of Sophies World: Women in Economics, which is a club for young women interested in the field of economics. He schedules speakers to discuss job opportunities with the members as well as how to achieve goals in the economics field. At Woodstock High School, our mission is to prepare our students to learn from the past, apply to the present, and prepare for the future. Mr. Sailers takes that mission to heart every day, said Principal Mark Smith. His students come to class and experience an educator who teaches bell to bell while providing instructional content knowledge for his students to apply to their daily lives. He makes the study of economics applicable to the students and instills in them the desire to learn more.Mr. Sailers will be formally recognized by the GCEE at its meeting in May at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta. Additionally, he will be featured in a video produced by Georgia Power.