As reported in Newsweek’s annual ranking of the top High Schools in the nation, South Forsyth High School ranked 199, just behind two other north Atlanta High Schools Walton and North Gwinnett . There are 19 Georgia high schools in the top 500, with 13 of them being located in North Atlanta. I’ve highlighted those schools below among the list [...]
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You may have read recently that the Georgia DOT awarded Forsyth County a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Grant of $500,000. This will fund the design and construction of a trail system for Vickery Creek Elementary and Vickery Creek Middle school campuses.
The Safe Routes to School programs enable community leaders, schools and parents across [...]
Just a few weeks ago the Forsyth County School Board approved the iAchieve, which is a learning enviromnet for middle and high school students. The school sees it as an expansion of what they are already doing, but I see it as another step in giving their students the tools to succeed.
Forsyth County Schools have [...]
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We’ve all been reading about the massive budget cuts for many of the Metro Atlanta school systems. The State of Georgia has cut $1 billion, yes billion, from education over the past year and a half. It’s in all the papers and on the news channels. Fulton County School System just approved a $60 million [...]
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When Jo-Anne Jackson’s 6th grade art class was featured on a local new station recently, it came as no surprise to me. Ms. Jackson uses a “make your own test” website called Qwizzy’s World. It allows students to better prepare for tests, quizzes and CRTC testing, which is done annually.
South Forsyth Middle School took an [...]
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Recently the AJC reported that Forsyth County high school seniors helped put their county on the top of the list for the college entrance exam, ACT. The ACT is a curriculum based test, as opposed to the SAT which is an aptitude test.
Out of a possible 36, the national average was 21.1, the average for [...]
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As excited parents everywhere start thinking about back to school, potential newcomers considering moving to the area wonder which schools they should consider for their children. Forsyth County Schools ranked among the highest in the state for CRTC scores (Criterion Referenced Competency Test). The CRTC test measures competency in English/language arts, reading, math, science and [...]
As reported in Newsweeks annual ranking of the top 1500 High SChools in the nation, South Forsyth High School ranked number 332, an improvement over last years ranking of 371. That puts South Forsyth High School in the top 500 and ranked number 5 in North Atlanta. There are 54 Georgia high schools that made [...]
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I attended a meeting this evening at Milton High School held by Katie Reeves who is the Fulton County School Board Member for District 2. Most of the meeting covered items regarding charter petitions for schools in South Fulton, board member recognition and other policy items.
However, the first part of the meeting covered SPLOST III [...]
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