Before school let out for the summer, students used soldering irons, PVC pipe cutters, and drills to build underwater robots. The Barber Middle School eighth graders built the remotely operated vehicles (ROV) from scratch with…
This year, Brumby Elementary School students designed a waterproof, remotely operated vehicle capable of navigating an underwater obstacle course. They pitted their aquatic robot against middle school teams at the Lee Middle School West Submersible…
The Kell Robotics team recently earned the 2018 Chairman’s Award at the 2018 FIRST World Championship in Houston, Texas. This is the highest honor and most prestigious award presented at the FIRST robotics competition. The…
Shallowford Falls Elementary students recently captured first place at the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl in Athens, Georgia. As part of the competition, the students read 18 Georgia Children’s Book Award nominees and memorized details of…
The American Lung Association and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently presented the Platinum Award to Murdock Elementary School for making asthma-friendly school strides during the 2017-2018 school year. Murdock is the only school in Georgia…
The Georgia Department of Education recently recognized 15 Cobb County School District (CCSD) seniors as 2018 Georgia Scholars. Five of the students attend Walton High School and an additional four students represent Hillgrove High School….
What type of advice does a three-time Teacher of the Year give to her students? “Each day I try to instill in my [students] the importance of always giving 110 percent and never thinking that…
The Georgia Foundation for Public Education recently awarded a $2,000 grant to Norton Park Elementary School to help grow the school’s Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program. Out of the 40 DLI school programs in Georgia,…
When a group of Kell High School seniors were asked to select the one teacher who had most impacted them, the seniors had a difficult time, at first, choosing only one. After sharing all the…
While King Springs Elementary School teachers were busy preparing fifth grade students for their move to middle school, members of the School Council worked to pave a literal path to Griffin Middle School. During a…