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Speakers at DeKalb County high school graduations include (top row, from left) Gov. Nathan Deal, Mark Elgart, Thurbert Baker, (bottom row, from left) George Andrews, Carlton Brown and Dar'shun Kendrick.
High-profile speakers to address 2013 class
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and AdvancED CEO Mark Elgart are among several high-profile leaders who will speak to DeKalb’s 2013 graduating class of more tan 5,000 at ceremonies getting under way this ...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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English, math teaching contest
Resourceful math and English teachers can enter the Innovation in Teaching Competition for the chance to win a $5,000 grant for their school and a $2,000 stipend. The deadline to apply for the comp...
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Wadsworth Magnet Middle a top scorer in new rating system
Wadsworth Magnet Middle is the state’s top middle school scorer in a new system for rating the quality in Georgia public schools. The Decatur school scored 101.4 on the Georgia College and Career R...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shiloh Middle School students competed in the April 17-20 Vex Robotics World Championship in Anaheim, Calif., and ranked 72nd. The team earned an award for its willingness to help others.
Shiloh Middle robotics team wins Community Award for helping hand
The 2013 Vex Robotics global Community Award division winner is a group of 15 students from Shiloh Middle School in Snellville. The seventh- and eighth-grade students competed in the April 17-20 Ve...
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Former Little Leaguers at Browns Mill Park to play baseball in college
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Four baseball players from DeKalb County who began in Little League at Browns Mill Park in Lithonia have signed to play in college. Joseph “Jo Jo” Holmes of Stephenson High is headed to Clark Atlan...
Southwest DeKalb High athlete lands school’s first lacrosse scholarship
by Ken Watts
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Southwest DeKalb High senior Najarri Whitehead sat calmly at a long table in the school’s library on April 24 as his accomplishment sank in. At his side were his mother, Tamieka Fullilove, and tea...
Five regional Teachers of Year named, district title next
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Two of the DeKalb School System’s five top teachers are changing lives in classrooms right here in South DeKalb. Tanya Arrington, who teaches fourth grade at Murphey Candler Elementary, and Mario M...
Top teacher gives back to school that molded her
by Jessica Smith
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The halls of Chapel Hill Elementary School are very familiar to second-grade teacher Kristina Thomas, and not just because she has been volunteering and working at the school for 17 years. Thomas’ ...
4 seniors win 4th District scholarships
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Miller Grove High senior Donna Colby is the winner of a $10,000 scholarship to the Art Institute of Atlanta in Rep. Hank Johnson’s 2013 Congressional Arts Competition. She is one of four seniors wh...
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