Hurley encouraged all South Cobb parents to take advantage of the HBCU educational event. She credited the event with helping her son understand that college is attainable for everyone who has the dedication and drive to pursue a higher education.

Young musicians from across Cobb County will put their collective talents on display at the annual Cobb-Marietta Marching Band Exhibition on October 8 and October 15 starting at 7 p.m. each night.

There are many more such stories that remind the students of why they stand outside of school with buckets and signs, rallying for donations. They are cheerleaders for a cause, a cause close to home. They are doing it for kids, kids like them. 

In an effort to create excitement for reading and accessibility of books, Riverside Intermediate School partnered with community organizations to install Little Lending Libraries.

Fair Oaks currently has the highest English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) population of all Cobb County elementary schools. It is also a Title I school. 

“Our commitment to the success of each student has helped Cobb continue to increase the number of students who graduate and are prepared to win outside of the classroom,” Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said.

With shovels in hand, volunteers will break ground the morning of the big dig, and by the time the school bell rings the next morning, the community’s vision on paper will be a reality. 

Students sat on the floor of Sanders Elementary School’s media center scanning the pages of their new books. They’d pull their nose out of the books only to eagerly tap their neighbor on the shoulder…

The 2019 National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join some 338,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.