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Marie Jackson-Dunovant (second from left) with student golfers Aaron Macham, Miles Bizzle and Hollye Weekes. Sugar Creek youth golfers compete in Bahamas invitational tourney
Three student golfers got to test the greens in the Bahamas over the recent Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Sugar Creek junior golfers Aaron Macham, a Columbia High School sophomore; Miles Bizzle,...
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St. Peter Claver beat St. Brigid Catholic School 55-28 to win the championship and cap an undefeated season. St. Peter Claver wins league title
St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School is the Catholic Metro League of Atlanta champions. The school on Tilson Road in Decatur beat St. Brigid Catholic School in Alpharetta 55-28 to take the ch...
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Principal Patricia May (center); shoe drive coordinator Louise McNeely-Cobham; Martin Kumi, president of Barnabas International; Tammie Flag, vice president of Barnabas International; and students show off shoes similar to ones that will be collected during their shoe drive. Students donate shoes to children in Ghana
A thousand children in Ghana soon will have shoes for their feet through the generosity of students at Lithonia Middle School. Since Jan. 29, the students have been collecting new and gently used ...
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Plan to present job cuts delayed
Prior to his surprise temporary departure on Thursday, DeKalb Schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis had planned to present the 148 central office positions he intended to cut to the DeKalb School ...
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Youth Leadership DeKalb accepting applications
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Rising 10th- and 11th-graders can apply for the Youth Leadership DeKalb training program Class of 2011. About 40 students will be picked for the 10-month leadership training program. The deadline...
Input sought on student code
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Parents and other DeKalb residents can offer comments and suggestions on the DeKalb School System’s Code of Student Conduct for the 2010-2011 school year through May 1. A copy of the current Code...
Love of reading spurs donation of books to shelter
by Lee Williams
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Seventeen-year-old Shamaal Blair of Lithonia loves to read so much, she wants everyone else to have the pleasure. In November, the Miller Grove High School senior founded Book Buddies, a group th...
Free workshop offers math tips
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Parents can get tips on the state-mandated math curriculum at the “Let’s Talk About K-12 Mathematics, A Morning With Parents” workshop on Feb. 27 at Miller Grove High School in Lithonia. The free ...
Youth to compete in Black History competition
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Members of DeKalb 100 Black Men Leadership Academy finally get to show off their knowledge of black history in the African-American History scholastic contest at Macy’s at Stonecrest on Feb. 27. T...
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