The Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant will be used to benefit the Cherokee's Fine Arts Academies initiative.
This is the third annual Inspirations competition sponsored by Cherokee Charter Academy's Parent-Teacher Cooperative.
High school students in the school district also continue to exceed national and state averages on Advanced Placement exams.
The average score for the class of 2014 was 1,563, which was the fifth-highest score out of 180 school systems in Georgia.
Seniors from River Ridge, Etowah and Woodstock high schools were among 27 school district students named National Merit Commended Students.
The commission fined Dr. Frank Petruzielo for emails sent out in January that mention a political candidate by name.
Merry Willis was named the Museum of Aviation National STEM Academy’s STEM Teacher of the Year for 2014-2015.
Four students in the Cherokee County School District were named semifinalists in the 51st annual National Achievement Scholarship Program.
21st Century Leaders will select 20 students who have made a positive change in their communities.
Here's a round up of what's happening in schools throughout the Cherokee County School District.
Woodstock High School student William Penniman was given the opportunity to spend a week in Spain during the summer.
The district is now accepting applications for the part-time gig.
Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood plans to retire in 2015, and the university plans to choose a replacement in early February.
The 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program involves students competing for 7,600 scholarships worth $33 million.
Sequoyah High School students on Tuesday led a protest to support embattled history teacher John Osborne.
While no school is "critically overcrowded," the Cherokee County School District has 7 schools operating at more than 120 percent capacity.
The second annual round of IMPACT grants will be presented to winning applications on Feb. 13, 2015.
Debra Matulevicus works with as much passion at the staff.
Lead Speech Language Pathologist Dr. Patti Howard was honored.
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Keith Ball was with a group of 26 educators as part of EF Educational Tours’ Professional Development Scholarship program.
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More students from the Cherokee County School District's class of 2014 also took the ACT.
The James M. Boring Jr. and Syble E. Boring Scholarship Endowment will help students according to financial needs.
The school district's student body count grew to 40,394 on the 10th day of the 2014-15 school year, which was Friday.
This year's student advisor is Parth Patel of Woodstock High School, and he will serve in that capacity during the 2014-15 school year.
The Cherokee County School Board on Thursday voted to extend the superintendent's contract through Aug. 20, 2016.
SchoolMessenger allows the system to send district-level emergency and non-emergency messages to parents by email, text and phone calls.
Judi Haggerty was one of 40 teaches across the country who were exposed to new ways to help students gain appreciation for STEM concepts.
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Bascomb Elementary School teacher Kim Shotts won the On the Road with CCEF Contest with her trip to Australia to visit her daughter.
Aside from Friday afternoon's tornado warning, the first week of school went "very smoothly," the school district said.
Enrollment for the district reached 40,081 students on Wednesday, Aug. 6, the third day of the 2014-15 school year.
Second-day enrollment for the Cherokee County School District now sits at 39,927, an increase of 789 students at this time last year.
Over 39,000 students returned to classes on Monday, which was the first day of the new school year for the Cherokee County School District.
A new study by WalletHub ranks Georgia as the state with the highest dropout rate.
Jennifer McIntosh is one of 8 winners in the fourth round of the initiative, which is part of the state's participation in Race To The Top.
Reinhardt will host the Reverends Luis Carlos Marrero Chasbar and Daylins Rufin Pardo next week.
The Cherokee County School District has released its First Day Facts for the 2014-15 school year, which starts Monday, Aug. 4.
Students in the Cherokee County School District head back to school on Monday, Aug. 4