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

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

Upcoming Board of Education Meetings

Four Board of Education meetings are planned for the month of May...
Apr 17, 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

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

2006 Earth Day Poster Contest Winners Announced

Contestants who participated in the 2006 Earth Day Poster Contest were honored on Monday, March27, at C.T. Grinders in downtown Cumming...
Mar 28, 2006

Vickery Creek Middle School Does It Again!

For the fourth time in a six years, Vickery Creek Middle School Mathletes captured the 1st Place Team Title at this year's MathCounts Lanier Chapter academic competition at the University of Georgia on February 20th...
Mar 27, 2006

Notes from Thursday's Board of Education Shared by Parent in Attendance

A concerned Forsyth County parent attended last Thursday's Board of Education meeting where 123 grading was discussed, and he shares notes he took with other interested parents...
Mar 21, 2006

Fitness Opportunities For Homeschoolers

Velocity Sports Performance is looking to form classes for homeschoolers in the late morning and early afternoons. You can join classes on an individual basis, or you can also form "teams" and all come in together to work as a group...
Mar 20, 2006

Sawnee Elementary Students To Compete in Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition

Seven students from Sawnee Elementary School, in grades third and fourth, will compete in a Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition on Saturday, March 25, in Lilburn, Georgia...
Mar 17, 2006