Otwell Middle's Mike Sloop is Middle School Teacher of the Year

Otwell Middle School’s Mike Sloop, the 2006 Forsyth County Teacher of the Year, has also been named the 2006 Forsyth County Middle School Teacher of the Year...
May 10, 2006

Free SAT Prep Class Unveiled on May 1

Governor Sonny Perdue and Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox recently unveiled the state's new free online SAT prep class in Cobb County last week. The online class is available at no cost to all public high school students in Georgia...
May 8, 2006

Rising Star Luncheon Honors Elementary and Middle School Students

These students have been selected and awarded for having made major improvements over the school year in areas such as academics, behavior or attendance, or improvement in their English language skills...
May 5, 2006

Board of Education To Discuss 'SPLOST III' at May 18th Meeting

The Forsyth County Board of Education is considering holding a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) referendum to fund capital improvements sometime in the fall of 2006...
May 1, 2006

Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

The incident rate for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has steadily increased over the last 10 years. The level of awareness by the media and the general public has also been on the rise. Is it an epidemic, or are we just diagnosing it better?...
Apr 26, 2006

A.S.C.E.N.D.ER Meeting Welcomes Teen as Guest Speaker

Come learn more about autism as a teenager, his mother and his teacher join the group in sharing their respective experiences in relating to the issues and challenges involved with autism spectrum disorders...
Apr 26, 2006

Velicity Sports Performance Homeschool Fitness Class Schedule is Announced

Homeschool fitness classes kick off the week of May 1, 2006...
Apr 24, 2006

Back To School...For Adults

In today’s business environment many employees find that they are just not climbing the corporate ladder as they had expected. Some find that they have been passed over for promotion, not because they lack the skills to perform the job, but because they lack one important credential—a college degree...
Apr 18, 2006

Sawnee Elementary Brings Home State Social Science Fair Title

Cody Mixon, a fifth grade student at Sawnee Elementary, has won at school, county, regional and state levels in the Class One category in the area of Anthropology in the Social Science Fair...
Apr 12, 2006

Lanier Technical College Offering Summer Camp

Lanier Technical College is excited to be offering a Summer Career Camp for late elementary, middle school and high school students at their Oakwood, Dawson and Forsyth campuses...
Apr 10, 2006

Special Olympics T-shirts For Sale

Special Olympics T-shirts are being sold to the public, and 2006 marks the first year that the new Special Olympics Forsyth County logo will appear on these shirts...
Apr 5, 2006

School Board Announces Retirement of Safety Director and Assistant Principal Appointments

Ten new appointments and a retirement are announced by the School Board for the upcoming school year...
Apr 5, 2006

'Truth in Class Size' Initiative Passed This Week

This week, the State Legislature passed Governor Sonny Perdue’s “Truth in Class Size” initiative aimed at creating a more effective environment for educating our students...

The Governor’s plan reduces the number of maximum students in K-3rd grades by 2 students and the maximum number in 4th-8th grades by 4 students...

Mar 31, 2006

Sawnee Elementary 'Odyssey of the Mind' Team Going to State Competition

The Sawnee Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind team took fourth place in their division competition in the Georgia Odyssey of the Mind regional tournament, Saturday, March 25, 2006...
Mar 28, 2006

A.S.C.E.N.D.-ER Meeting Includes Seminar

A.S.C.E.N.D.-ER, Autism Spectrum Community Efforts and New Directions, next meeting will be Sat. April 15th from 11:00am-1:00pm at Parkway Presbyterian Church...
Mar 28, 2006