Cobb Schools Host Stop the Bleed Training
In an effort to raise awareness and educate staff to respond in the event of an emergency, the Cobb County School District (CCSD) is holding Stop the Bleed training classes in March. National Stop the…
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South Cobb High School Students Host ‘That Girl in the Mirror Seminar’ for Sanders Elementary Students
“Engage the mindsets of the youth to see themselves as beautiful and strong individuals.” That was the goal of the female empowerment seminar for fourth and fifth grade girls at Sanders Elementary School. The following…
Mountain View Elementary Students Put on Inventor Hats to Solve Everyday Problems
Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, and fifth graders at Mountain View Elementary School—what do they all have in common? They are all inventors. Before they debuted their inventions at their school’s…
Krystal Foundation Awards $2500 Grant to Dickerson Middle School Orchestra
The Krystal Foundation awarded a $2,500 grant to the Dickerson Middle School Orchestra program to promote science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). The school orchestra will use the funds to help integrate music and…
Hightower Trail Middle School Symphonic Band Performs at Georgia Music Educators Association Conference
Out of all the bands that submitted musical recordings, the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) selected only three to perform at its annual conference in Athens, Georgia. Hightower Trail Middle School’s Eighth Grade Symphonic Band…
Griffin Middle School Students Design Apps to Help Their Community
“You have an incredible opportunity with what you are learning at [the goIT program]. I want to encourage you to utilize it.” U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk delivered those words of advice to the Griffin Middle…
Schools Host Read Across Cobb Events to Celebrate Reading on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
There was a fox in sox and more than one cat in the hat. There was a Thing 1 and a Thing 2. As Dr. Seuss would say, “From there to here, and here to…
Cobb Students Discover New Career Possibilities at Future Fest 2018
A few decades ago, a student in Brad Wheeler’s classroom may not have ever heard of an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone. Today however, drone operators are a high demand career field. Wheeler, who now…
Kennesaw Elementary Second Graders Launch TV News Station
Hannah Grace peered into the broadcast camera focused on her second grade classmates as they reported the news for Kennesaw Elementary School. On that day, she was standing in as a videographer for Cobb edTV,…
Bullard Elementary Students Build LEGO Bridges, STEM Skills
One hundred, 200, 300, 400, 500 grams! That’s how much weight second graders Jacob and Wyatt’s LEGO bridge was able to hold. The Bullard Elementary School students built bridges with LEGO’s as part of a…