More than 40,000 Cobb County students are currently enrolled in music elective programs and more than 49,000 elementary students are immersed in music instruction.
Teachers can be nominated on the mall’s Facebook page through March 24. The winning teacher will receive a $500 mall gift card on National Teacher’s Day, Tuesday, May 6.
School holds its basketball banquet on Sunday and recognizes its top performers on the hoops court.
The Cobb County Board of Education will conduct its March work session this week.
Coach Markus Hood was named the Bobby Cremins Boys Coach of the Year (Class 4A - 6A) and senior Daniel Fowler was named to the All-Metro Atlanta Boys Second Team.
Parents will be notified via telephone or e-mail prior to spring holidays.
The participating universities in the program, including Kennesaw State University, will develop a model master’s-level teacher preparation program, offering fellows a rigorous yearlong experience in local school classrooms.
Representatives from Cobb colleges and universities will be present to help Cobb high school students and families can learn how to earn college credit while enrolled in Cobb high schools
Plan will not include make-up days or longer school days.
The deadline to apply is March 31, 2014.
The school system has staff furlough days scheduled for Friday and next Tuesday.
School system had previously announced that all Monday after-school activities had been cancelled.
Forecasts of inclement weather expected to result in countless postponements and cancellations around the north Georgia region this week.
The winter weather roller coaster continues in Georgia.
Board still uncertain how to approach naming a successor the superintendent who announced his resignation last week.
A dozen Cobb county elementary school students chosen from more than 725 entries from 27 schools.
Learn how your tax dollars are being appropriated and how Cobb Schools proposes to balance the budget at a town hall meeting Wednesday night.
Cobb County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa delivers shocking news at Monday night's board meeting.
A list of schools and class space will be available on Feb. 3, a week prior to the start of the application process.
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Icy conditions persist all over the county.
Commencement ceremonies will take place from May 21-24.
Kohl's Cares accepting nominations Jan. 31 to March 14.
A former Brumby teacher is vying for the soon-to-be open seat in Post 4, and East Cobb incumbent Scott Sweeney has a challenger.
Hiram's Frances Carlson is one of four finalists who could earn the "Professor of the Year Title."
Students in the third, fifth and seventh grades were tested last fall.
Kathleen Angelucci will step down when her term expires at the end of the year.
Georgia Municipal Association essay contest open to 6th graders.
A list of school and class space will be available a week prior to the start of the process.
Exhibits will be on display in Acworth, Marietta and Kennesaw.
Kimberly Fisher was one of six parents given the 2014 Georgia Parent Leadership Award.
The board also approved its 2014 meeting schedule on Tuesday.
The first day of the winter semester will start a day later because of the weather.
Employees are to report to work by 10 a.m.
A grassroots parents campaign that began in East Cobb earlier this year is targeting the legislature and governor's office in 2014.
Although test scores were down slightly on average, Cobb County's 11th graders maintained a high pass rate while the rest of the state saw losses.
Four high schools -- Harison, Lassiter, Pope and Walton -- had graduation rates of 90 percent or better.
These will be the last report cards given before the end of the first semester.
The Thanksgiving break has Cobb students out of classes for all of next week.