Gwinnett Public Schools Expecting 1,691 New Students

GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia.

Find Out What You Can Buy Tax Free This Weekend

Still need some back-to-school items. Here are the guidelines on what is exempt from taxes.

Children Enjoy Last Day of Summer Vacation

New Lunch Menu Items at Gwinnett Schools This Year

School menu prices and other facts about GCPS student nutrition.

More Online Learning Tools Available For Students

Gwinnett students and teachers in 33 Gwinnett County Public Schools will have access to new eClass resources this year.

Backpack Basics: A Weighty Issue

Backpacks should not exceed 10 to 15 percent of a child's body weight.

How Would You Rate These Norcross Schools?

The community has a selection of both public and private schools. Here's your chance to rate your favorite one.

School Starts Aug. 7 For Norcross Public School Students

Teachers report to school July 31. Check here for student registration information and other back to school details.

Gwinnett School Cafeterias To Offer New Menu Items

Last school year, GCPS served 21,178,474 student lunches.

Are Georgia's Schools Improving?

State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge tackled the tough subject Wednesday at the Norcross Progressive Development Committee's weekly meeting.

Find Out How To Use Norcross Patch This School Year

Five things principals, educators, PTA members, parents and students need to know.

Remember The Stuff The Bus School Supply Drive

GIVE Center West Ready To Welcome Students

Some 250 students are expected to attend the new center when it opens Aug. 7.

Back to School: Start Date, Meal Prices, Tax-Free Weekend and More

Gwinnett County public school students go back to class on August 7. Are you and your children ready?

GAC Introduces New Teachers for 2013

State Education Officials Set Core Courses for New Career Pathways

Norcross Teacher Selected for Leadership Gwinnett's New Class

Jay Nebel also is Gwinnett County Public Schools' 2013 Teacher of the Year.

GCPS Wins EMMY for Televison Program

GCPS TV received the award for its "Love That Book!" series. It is the district's fourth EMMY overall.

Norcross Students Receive National Merit College-Sponsored Scholarships

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the winners on May 29.

Meadowcreek Students Earn Top Marks in Culinary Competition

Two students in the Norcross school's culinary arts program received the gold and silver medals in the NAACP High School Culinary Competition.

Share Your Graduation Photos with Norcross Patch

Parents and students can share their best graduation photos with the Norcross community in the gallery below.

Graduation Rates for Meadowcreek, Norcross Increase

The Georgia Department of Education released the 2012 graduation rates recently. Norcross High's rate increased by more than 5 percentage points while Meadowcreek's increased by 0.7 percent.

Norcross High Principal to Address Graduates

William Bishop will address graduating seniors of Norcross High on May 24. He is completing his first full school year as the principal there.

GCPS Anticipates Tax Millage Increase to Fund New Budget

Gwinnett County Board of Education adopts $1.763 billion FY2014 budget and tentatively adopts 1.30 mills increase in tax millage rate.

2013 Gwinnett Online Campus Valedictorian, Salutatorian

Hannah Middlebrooks and Allie Cummins have been named the Norcross school's top students.

Meet the Valedictorians and Salutatorians for Norcross and Meadowcreek

Allison Fisher and Robert Hensey have been named Norcross High School's top students and Yonnatan Manmektew and My Duyen Vo for Meadowcreek High.

Students Perform at Norcross Elementary's International Night

Love watching children sing? Then this one is for you.

Three Norcross HS Students to Receive Foundation Scholarships

Emma Reidy, Allison Fisher and Christina Valentini are among 15 students to be awarded scholarships from the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund.

Kroger to Donate Funds to Beaver Ridge Elementary

The Norcross school is among 79 other metro Atlanta schools that will benefit from the supermarket's 2012-2013 “Earning Plus Learning” program.

Norcross, Meadowcreek Score Below State Average in New Academic Performance System

The state Department of Education released the first results from the new Georgia College and Career Ready Performance Index on May 7.

Norcross High Makes Newsweek's Best Schools List

The school in Norcross ranked high among other Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Do You Have a Graduating Senior?

Before all the pomp and circumstance, celebrate your graduating senior's accomplishments!

Meadowcreek Student Named Gates Millennium Scholar

Yonnatan Manmektew, along with 11 other seniors in Gwinnett County Public Schools, will receive a scholarship to cover his entire college tuition.

Norcross, Meadowcreek Students Picked for Governor's Honors Program

Eleven students from the schools will spend four weeks on the campus of Valdosta State University, where they will be able to study subjects of their choosing.

GCPS Holds Fourth Annual 'I See a Cure" Event for Relay for Life

About 150 participated in the event on April 27.

Rotary Club Recognizes Norcross Elementary Student

Jeylin Jaimes-Ortiz was named the club's Student of the Month.

NHS Foundation Spring Gala Draws Hundreds

Three honorees were recognized at the Norcross High School Foundation for Excellence annual fundraising event.

Hopewell Christian Academy Plants New Garden for Earth Week

The Norcross baptist school celebrated the green week with all its students by planting a fourth season of vegetables and plants in its on-site community garden.

U.S. News Ranks Norcross, Meadowcreek Among Top High Schools in Georgia

U.S. News & World Report ranked Norcross at No. 8 and Meadowcreek at No. 19 for its 2013 best high schools list for the state. Read how the new rankings compare to last year.

Exchange Student at NHS Thanks Community, Host Family

Thea Nielsen from Denmark has spent the past year living with her host family in Peachtree Corners and attending Norcross High School.