The schools were named to the SHAPE Honor Roll, which recognizes their commitment to health and well-being through fitness and nutrition.
For the second year, Etowah High School will offer the classes through a U.S. Department of State-sponsored program.
The Cherokee County Educational Foundation will hold its second annual Golf Classic on Sept. 30 at Woodmont Golf & Country Club.
The state's sales tax holiday is great for back-to-school essentials. It runs through midnight on Saturday.
These assistant principals will greet Cherokee County School District students when classes begin on Monday, Aug. 4.
Cherokee high schools all showed improvement on Georgia End Of Course Tests, including across-the-board rising Coordinate Algebra scores.
The Cherokee County School District received a Safe Routes To School grant to build sidewalks and bike racks at several schools.
School Board Attorney Tom Roach also informed the board he received a check for $3,600 from former member Kelly Trim to cover her ethics fine.
More than 400 regular route, special education services and substitute buses were checked in preparation for the 2014-15 school year.
Kristen Brooks recently attended the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2014 Conference.
Whitney Nolan is the new principal of Hickory Flat Elementary School; and Paula Crumbley is the new principal of Carmel Elementary School.
The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a lower court's refusal to drop criminal charges brought against former teacher Kristin May for failing to report suspected child abuse.
The graduation ceremony was held on June 27 at Woodstock High School, and 14 of the 22 graduates participated in the ceremony.
The Cherokee County School District has released the results of the 2014 Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Tests.
The district only received one proposal for the project, which exceeded the system's projected amount.
Woodstock resident Rebecca Bryson was one of roughly 60 students who participated in Chattahoochee Tech's Adult Education Recognition ceremony last week.
The first reading of the proposed fiscal year 2015 budget for the Cherokee County School District will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19.
A group of English for Speakers of Other Languages teachers last week participated in a two-day seminar designed to give them tools they can use in the classroom.
The 80-hour course is the Reinhardt's Public Safety Institute’s inaugural Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council approved Instructor Training Course.
Madison Adams is one of five from Woodstock High School who have been awarded National Merit Scholarships this year.
The students are the first in the country to earn industry certification through the Diamond Council of America.
How did Georgia's two competitors fare in the first two rounds of the National Spelling Bee? Look for live coverage this week on ESPN channels.
The Cherokee County School District will hold graduation ceremonies Thursday, Friday and Saturday at First Baptist Church of Woodstock.
Before coming to Etowah, Dover was the assistant varsity coach at Mill Creek High School.
The students will be honored at the 14th annual Scholar Recognition Banquet on Wednesday.
A kindergarten student at the school in Woodstock won first place for her grade in the statewide Give Wildlife a Chance poster contest.
The board will consider a process that would call for residents interested in serving in the District 1 seat to submit applications by 5 p.m. June 5.
The Cherokee County School District is accepting applications to hire more bus drivers for the 2014-15 school year.
Merry Willis of Carmel Elementary School has been named Pitsco’s Teacher of the Year.
Parth Patel, a junior at Woodstock High School, will attend the Henry Clay Statesmanship Student Congress this summer.
Christopher “Chris” Taylor will represent Georgia at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest in June at the University of Maryland.
The district will offer credit recovery options at all high schools and initial credit opportunities at the Polaris Evening School/Woodstock High School campus.
Samuel J. Mixon is one of only 2,500 winners of the highly competitive scholarship nationwide.
Herring, along with other Cherokee County educators, took home top awards during the Georgia PTA District 13 annual awards ceremony.
Board Chair Janet Read made the request to receive an update to the district's Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax program.
The Cherokee County School Board will hold a special election to fill the District 1 seat, as Marlow's term expires on Dec. 31, 2016.
Cherokee school board attorney Tom Roach is researching state and local laws to determine how to fill the District 1 seat.