Retired Cobb principal Carole Kell paid surprise visits to two Cobb faculty meetings April 29 and 30 to give the Carlton J. “Corky” Kell Teacher Scholarship Award to a pair of deserving teachers. Honorees Leslie…
The March 2009 issue of the Science & Children journal, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association, features a ‘sharp’ article about Velda Lee’s fifth grade science class at Harmony-Leland Elementary. Students in Ms….
Longtime Wheeler High School baseball coach David McDonald has been elected to the National High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His induction will take place at the BCA National Convention in Tucson, AZ…
Barbara Dusterhoff, third grade teacher at Dowell Elementary, was recently chosen by the United States Department of State to participate in their new promotional video for the English Language Fellows Program. Ms. Dusterhoff arrived back in the…
Superintendent Fred Sanderson encouraged an entire class of new educators, nurses and other graduates as he delivered the Dec. 11 commencement address for the Bagwell College of Education at Kennesaw State University. With more than 500 graduates…
Fran Bollinger, fourth grade teacher at Sedalia Park Elementary, has been named Georgia’s Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Educator for 2008. The award, sponsored by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies, was presented during the…
The inspiring story of Cobb teacher Brad Cohen is the subject of TV movie Front of the Class, premiering Sunday, Dec. 7 at 9 p.m. on CBS. The film depicts Cohen’s struggle with Tourette Syndrome…
Four of the District’s Health and Physical Education teachers recently won state honors from the Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education and Dance. Stephanye Peek of Blackwell Elementary School was selected as Elementary Physical Education…
Bill Blythe, science coordinator at McCleskey Middle School, will participate in the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program on October 7. The goal of the program is to inspire the next generation of…
Durham Middle School orchestra student Jordan Shoemaker is one of three winners of the ‘Give the Gift of Music’ essay contest sponsored by Music & Arts, a national retail music chain. The chain challenged music…