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Clark Atlanta sets program in campaign against dating, domestic violence
Clark Atlanta University will mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month from Oct. 13-18 with “The Call to True Beauty 2013,” the university’s annual campaign against dating and domestic violence. This year’s campaign theme is “Respect.” The week will begin with a Sunday worship service and include a memorial balloon lift ...
Some schools could reopen Tuesday, local school system officials told
About 3,200 pre-k and Head Start children could be back in school Tuesday, one day after their classes were closed due to the federal shutdown. All of the children attended programs run by Ninth District Opportunity Inc., based in Gainesville. A woman who answered the phone Monday at the non-profit’s ...
Donors come to aid of Georgia pre-k kids affected by federal shutdown
More than 3,000 of Georgia’s youngest children were victims of the federal government shutdown — at least for a day. The children attend pre-k, Head Start or Early Head Start programs in 20 counties, including Cherokee, Cobb and Gwinnett. The programs were closed Monday, and parents were told they would ...
1 killed, 3 injured in Cobb wreck
One woman was killed and three others injured when two vehicles collided early Saturday afternoon in Cobb County. Police said Irene Giannangelo, 72, was driving north on Mars Hill Road around 12:20 p.m. when her 2011 white Ford Escape crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck a white ...
Cherokee’s Poidevant named Georgia School Psychologist of the Year
John Poidevant, psychologist for the Cherokee County School District School, has been named the Georgia Association of School Psychologists 2013 School Psychologist of the Year, the district announced Saturday. The award was made Oct. 1 Poidevant has been Cherokee’s school psychologist since 2006. He currently serves Avery and Macedonia elementary ...
Atlanta man, 34, fatally shot; police suspect argument escalated to gunfire
Atlanta police are investigating an early morning fatal shooting. Police said they responded about 6:30 a.m. to reports of a person shot in the area of 579 Boulevard. At the scene, they found a man who had been shot at least one time in the chest. The victim was pronounced ...
Cherokee school board sanctions, fines one of its members
Cherokee County school board member Kelly Marlow has been sanctioned for violating two of the board’s ethics policies and fined $3,600 — the equivalent of half of her $7,200 annual school board salary. She is expected to appeal. During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, the Cherokee board found that Marlow violated ...
No charge for class lesson, Gwinnett officials say
Some Gwinnett County parents complained this week when they thought their middle schools students were going to be charged 10 cents an assignment, 20 cents for lost assignments and $10 for the use of their desks. The parents hadn’t received or read emails that were sent out about an eighth ...
Oasis-themed book sale deemed a success
Flippen Elementary School Principal Toni Obenauf and Assistant Principal Johnny Harrell fulfilled a promise to students this week and dressed up like Egyptians. Students at the Henry County school had been challenged to purchase 800 books at the schools annual fall Scholastic Book Fair in September. The fair’s theme was ...
Cherokee school board member sanctioned, fined $3,600
Cherokee County school board member Kelly Marlow has been sanctioned for violating two of the board’s ethics policies and fined $3,600 — half of her $7,200 annual school board salary. She is expected to appeal. During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, the Cherokee board found that Marlow violated its code of ...
School in the pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Dutchtown Middle School in Hampton kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Oct. 1 with a “Pink Out.” There was widespread participation among teachers and students, and pink worn throughout the Henry County school. Other activities are planned later in the month, including a “walk for the cause” and the ...
More Georgia pre-k teachers stick with it
Georgia’s pre-kindergarten teachers are no longer rushing for the exit door now that cuts to the program’s school year — and thus to their salaries — have been rescinded, new data shows. Eighty-one percent of last year’s lead teachers, and 74 percent of assistant teachers are back this year teaching ...
Groundbreaking ceremony set for College Park elementary school
Officials will break ground on Fulton County’s newest elementary school at 10 a.m. Oct. 10. The event will be held at the school’s construction site on Princeton Avenue in College Park. The school site is the home of College Park High School, which opened in 1943. The 126,612-square-foot school will ...
Students wanted to pen essay on life in Sugar Hill now and then
The City of Sugar Hill 75th Anniversary Committee is seeking submissions of original essays about “Life in Sugar Hill Today (2014)” and “What I Think Life in Sugar Hill Will Be in 2089”. The top five winning essays from each category will be placed in the Sugar Hill time capsule ...
Fulton’s Mountain Park Elementary celebrates 40 years
Hundreds of people gathered Friday to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of Fulton County’s Mountain Park Elementary. “From 1973 to 2013, Mountain Park Elementary has remained a special place for alumni and current students,” principal Stacy Perlman said during the school’s birthday celebration. Doris Robertson, principal at MPE from 1981-1983, cut ...
26 in running for 2014 Gwinnett Teacher of the Year
A committee from Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) recently narrowed to 26 the list of semifinalists for the county’s Teacher of the Year. They are: Marcus Sowcik, Annistown Elementary; Karon M. Stocks, Benefield Elementary; Louvene Williams, Chattahoochee Elementary; Shannon Wiley, Harbins Elementary; Desireé Hempen, Harmony Elementary; Susie Bullock, Head Elementary; ...
Gwinnett school officials solicited sponsorship from company competing for contract
Gwinnett County school officials solicited a $3,500 donation this year from a traffic safety company while the firm was under consideration for a multimillion-dollar contract to install cameras on school buses, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation has found. The company, Redflex Traffic Systems, ponied up the money to buy food and ...
7th grader recognized for heroics
Lily Massey, a seventh grader at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School, has been honored for her act of heroism during a house fire by firefighters from the DeKalb County Fire Rescue Station 8 and Station 1 and her principal, Jim Lee. On June 24, Lily, age 12, awoke to ...
Cherokee High’s marching band receives coveted invite
The Cherokee High School Marching Band of Warriors has accepted a coveted invitation to perform in the largest New Year’s Day parade in the world in London in 2015. Catherine Longworth, the former Lord Mayor of Westminster, and Robert Bone, executive director of London’s New Year’s Day parade, traveled to ...
Fundraiser Saturday to help Haiti
Food For The Poor’s 6th annual Caribbean-themed Dreams Across The Sea Gala takes place Saturday at W Atlanta Midtown, 188 14th Street NE. The event will raise money to deliver life-saving medical resources and clean water to Haiti.It starts with a cocktail reception and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. and ...
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