Etowah Students, Teachers Compete To Raise Money For STEM Classrooms
The Academic Brain Drain Bowl competition between Etowah students and teachers will raise money to convert classrooms into high-tech STEM classrooms.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Etowah Students, Teachers Compete To Raise Money For STEM Classrooms
The Academic Brain Drain Bowl competition between Etowah students and teachers will raise money to convert classrooms into high-tech STEM classrooms.
Some of Etowah High School's brightest students will battle against their teachers outside the classroom to raise money to bring STEM classes to their campus. The Etowah High School Foundation will host its Academic Brain Drain Bowl at 6:30 p.m. Friday March 1 at Etowah High School's auditorium. The team will face off against the teachers in the competition, which will field questions on academic subjects and other areas such as trivia, pop culture and current events. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. The event is open for the public to attend. The proceeds will be used to fund the conversion of several classrooms at Chapman Intermediate School to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or …
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
Cherokee Educational Foundation Starts Fundraising Campaign
Money raised will be donated to the Cherokee County School District and its schools for classroom innovation, helping students pay for credit recovery courses and funding for various initiatives.
The Cherokee County Educational Foundation has launched a campaign to bring dollars directly to the classroom. The For the Love of Education campaign wants Cherokee residents and businesses to make monetary contributions to the foundation, which was established late last year to support the Cherokee County School District and its teachers and students. Money raised by the organization will be distributed to the district and its schools through grants for classroom innovation, student scholarships for credit recovery classes and funding for initiatives such as the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academies, the proposed Technical High School Academy and the Bring Your Learning Device (BYLD) program. "A high-quality …
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Cherokee School Board to Legislators: Fix Education Funding
The Cherokee County School Board sat down last week with most of the Cherokee legislative delegation to discuss the board's legislative priorities.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Cherokee School Board To Legislators: Fix Education Funding
The Cherokee County School Board sat down last week with most of the Cherokee legislative delegation to discuss the board's legislative priorities.
Members of the Cherokee County legislative delegation and the Cherokee County School Board came together late last week to discuss the school board's 2013 legislative priorities as well as to discuss what the state's plans were to shore up education funding. With the exception of Michael Geist, the entire school board attended last week's meeting with the delegation. Both State Rep. John Carson (R-Marietta) and State Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell), both of whom represent the southeastern corner of the county, also did not attend the meeting. The priorities, which were approved by the board last month, are: School board members asked members of the delegation if they would commit to ensuring each of the four points would be addressed during…
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Barge Tours Woodstock Schools
The state school superintendent lauded the Cherokee County School System for its implementation of STEM Academies at the elementary school leve.
State School Superintendent John Barge on Tuesday called the Cherokee County School District "visionary" to implement a science, technology, engineering and math academy at the elementary school level. "The minds of children, they're like sponges at this age," Barge said. "The more you can introduce them to, the more you can keep them in." Barge toured the system's first STEM school, Clark Creek Elementary, observing the STEM lab, where students work engineering projects; the math lab; and the global lab, where classes can video chat with students in other countries. On Tuesday, Clark Creek students chatted with children in Ghana, Africa, watching a presentation the African students had put together and asking questions about the weather …
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Cherokee to Showcase Academies
The expos will start on Sept. 10 and conclude on Nov. 8.
Curious to learn more about Cherokee's new academies for fine arts, science, technology, engineering and mathematics? The Cherokee County School District has announced the schedule for a series of expos intended to showcase the work of the students enrolled in the system's six Cherokee Academies. The district launched the first phase of the initiative this school year. "In an effort to raise awareness among parents/guardians and the community relative to the ongoing activities and student accomplishments associated with our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academies and Fine Arts Academies, each of our Academies is launching bi-annual Expos to be presented at each Academy every fall and spring semester," …
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