STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
SAT Scores Highest Ever at 1047
The Board of Education is proud to announce the 2005 Cobb County School District graduating class has again lifted the ceiling on the SAT by posting an average score of 1047, the highest score in District history. The 7-point increase continues a five-year upward trend in SAT scores, widening the gap between Cobb students and their peers across the nation and in Georgia. Cobb students’ SAT scores were 19 points higher than the national average and 54 points higher than their Georgia peers. One school, Kell High School, posted an increase of 56 points. More information is available at www.cobbk12.org.
SPLOST:
The SPLOST II program approved by voters in 2003 is well under way and is bringing great improvements to Cobb County schools. Three new facilities opened on the first day of school: Barber Middle School and McCall Primary School in Acworth; and Riverside Primary School in Mableton. A fourth new school, Austell Primary School, is set to open following winter break. Several major classroom additions also are ongoing, including projects at North Cobb, Walton, Osborne and Pebblebrook high schools, and Mabry, Floyd and Dickerson middle schools. By the end of 2008, SPLOST II will add nine new schools and more than 350 new classrooms to existing Cobb County schools. Best of all, the entire program is currently $35 million under budget. This efficient management should prove helpful as the District copes with rising construction costs related to higher fuel and resource costs.
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NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOLS:
Sedalia Park & Healthy Kids Challenge
Sedalia Park Elementary has been designated one of 23 Showcase Schools nationwide for the CIGNA Health Care Healthy Kids Challenge, a national effort to fight childhood obesity. The school will work with the Healthy Kids Challenge to actively promote healthy lifestyle choices, both in school and at home.
Cobb Students Help Hurricane Victims
A number of Cobb schools will be participating in local relief drives for victims of Hurricane Katrina in the coming weeks.
DISTRICT NEWS:
District Honored by SACS
Cobb of 73 districts in Georgia to be dubbed a “2004-2005 Super System for Quality Schools.” A designation given by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), this recognition is reserved for districts that have all eligible elementary, middle and secondary schools accredited by the organization.
Citizenship Training for Cobb Teachers
Teachers throughout the county will participate in the free “We the People...the Citizen and the Constitution” workshop on Sept. 19 and 20 in Smyrna. Fourth and fifth grade teachers will be trained using citizenship materials from the Center for Civic Education, a program funded by Congress since 1987. Teachers can participate at no charge and will receive a complimentary class set of materials for use at their schools.
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