Gwinnett County's school board has approved amendments to a state contract. Now, the district must submit this request to the state Board of Education.
Third, fourth and fifth graders shake things up before they start their tests on Monday.
The schools have been named two of the state's most challenging high schools by The Washington Post.
Students, faculty, parents and school supporters gathered Tuesday afternoon to officially dedicate the newly constructed student courtyard.
The student art exhibition runs April 19-21 and will include eight pieces from Norcross High.
Leaders met at Meadowcreek High School, where they tentatively approved the $1.8 billion budget for next school year.
Gwinnett County parents interested in the online learning option for their students have until May 3 to register for the upcoming school year.
Point guard Brandon Goodwin of Norcross High has been added to the 2013 recruiting class.
Angeline Guerra of Stripling Elementary was named the Peachtree Corners Rotary Club's Student of the Month.
The annual event will have annuals, perennials, shrubs and more.
An online survey on the three initiatives is available throughout the month of April.
Gwinnett County public school students officially have spring break April 8 - 12, but the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests are just around the corner.
The high school is hosting an event Friday with carnival games, food and music, in addition to a viewing of the movie "Rango."
Norcross Elementary transformed its kindergarten classrooms into a mock town so that the students could work as employees and shop at different stations based on actual businesses in Norcross.
District officials project they will need to hire about 250 special education teachers for the 2013-2014 school year. The school system also will host a job fair April 20.
Norcross Elementary students made bowls available for purchase Monday in the school's Empty Bowls Project event. The funds collected went to the Norcross Cooperative Ministry.
The students at the school in Norcross are among the highest performers. The writing test is given annually to eighth-grade students, and used to determine whether students move to the next grade.
Registration for kindergarten at Gwinnett County Public Schools is May 2. Be sure you're prepared for the big day.
Dr. Stanley “Stas” Preczewski will fill in after Dr. Daniel Kaufman's tenure as president of Georgia Gwinnett College ends in June.
In a unanimous vote, the Gwinnett County school board approved a $63.5 million contract that will bring another high school to the county.
Nicholas Poulos, a seventh grader at the Peachtree Corners private school, bested 19 other competitors at the recent competition.
Gwinnett County will have 63 projects in the middle and high school competition.
Kenya Jimenez-Ramirez was recognized by the Peachtree Corners' Rotary Club.
Fourth-grader Jonathan Martinez was named the Peachtree Rotary Club's Student of the Month.
District 3, which represents Norcross High, will meet March 26, and the meeting for District 5, which includes Meadowcreek High, is April 16.
The support group held its annual Winter Celebration of Excellence gathering designed as a drop in event to reflect on this year's successes and its future plans for the high school.
Thousands of Gwinnett County students will graduate this spring. See when your child will walk to "Pomp and Circumstance."
Georgia Gwinnett College President Dr. Daniel Kaufman made the announcement Thursday.
Mizuno Golf gave brand new golf bags to each team member on the Norcross High team.
The funds, which were awarded by Kaiser Permanente, will go toward financial literacy, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness programs at the schools. Nine schools in Norcross are in the Title 1 category.
The school is celebrating its 10th year participating in the Empty Bowls Project, an international effort to feed those in need.
Want to know just how troublesome your children are at school? See select disciplinary numbers from the district's second quarter.
Gwinnett County Public Schools will host its annual fair Saturday, March 16. It is done to help families of students with special needs transition into adulthood.
"How We Relay" is an original tribute to the fight against cancer that was composed and produced entirely by members of the Norcross High student body and Relay for Life team.
Jasmine Diaz-Roblero was named the Peachtree Corners Rotary Club's Student of the Month.
The Sage School, which is located in Suwanee, is looking to raise enrollments.
Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson, Police Chief Warren Summers, former Mayor Lillian Webb and 50 other volunteers stopped by the school Friday to read to the kids for Dr. Seuss' birthday.
Brian Jones won first place by competing with more than 175 students in Atlanta and will travel to New York to compete nationally for the title.
The school commemorated Black History Month with the Annual Black History Program last Friday, Feb. 22.
Gabriela Pantoja of Summerour Middle was named the Peachtree Corners Rotary Club's Student of the Month.