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 Daniell
Student Leaders to Attend County
Commissioner's Meeting
Daniell Middle
School’s student leaders recently sent a
"Thank You" card and photograph to Cobb
Commissioner Joann Birrell to thank her
for making sure that our school had new
sidewalks installed leading to our
campus. Ms. Birrell
was so touched by the expression of
gratitude that she plans to post this
photograph on her website and has asked
our student leaders to make a formal
presentation of the card to the sidewalk
team at the Board of Commissioners
meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March
25. The Commission meets at
100 Cherokee Street, Marietta.
Enrollment in AC Classes Continues to
Grow for 4th Year
Twice a year the
state takes a snapshot in time to check
the enrollment status of each student.
The state applies weights to each course
a student is enrolled and they provide
funding to school districts based upon
the results. This process is
called FTE (Full Time Equivalent).
Good news! Daniell has experienced
significant gains over the past four
years in “gifted” FTE. In the fall
of the 2010-2011 school year Daniell
reported 421 gifted segments. This
spring Daniell reported 674 gifted
segments. This is a 37.54% gain!
Over the past four years Daniell has
made a concerted effort to identify and
support highly motivated and highly
achieving students in our school.
We serve them along with the already
identified gifted students in Advanced
Content (AC) and high school level
courses. Since middle school is
the last true opportunity for a student
to earn the gifted designation, we work
hard to reach as many students as
possible. Teachers Rick Parker and
Melinda Atkinson oversee this process.
In addition to identifying newly gifted
students, Assistant Principal Javella
Simmons strategically schedules gifted
students into classes to maximize FTE.
This increase in gifted segments is
another great example of our commitment
to our students and their academic
excellence.
Students Perceive Academic Habits as
Helping Them
Daniell Middle School offers a support class for all sixth
and seventh graders called Academic Habits. Students take
this class everyday in addition to their four content classes and their two
connections classes. The purpose of this class is to offer
enrichment, remediation, and a preview of upcoming content to students in the
areas of math, language arts, science, and social studies. Every
week students in Academic Habits go to a computer lab to work on online
resources such as USA Test Prep or Study Island to reinforce the material in
that subject area that they will need to know for the CRCT.
Each quarter the students’ Academic Habits class changes so
that by the end of the year, students have taken an Academic Habits class in all
four content areas. 95% of students agree that this class
supported them in their content class.
97% of students say that they learned new
academic vocabulary in Academic Habits that helped them in the content class.
Read more.
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concern. Click below and type in your
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find out what bus your child rides.
Bus Routes
 Stay
in School,
Stay off Drugs - Professional Basketball
School Assembly
The HARLEM AMBASSADORS professional
comedy basketball team, were at Daniell
Monday,
February 10 with their
"Stay in School,
Stay off Drugs" message.
The Ambassadors encouraged your
students to make positive choices in and
out of the classroom, focus on their
education, and avoid drugs, alcohol, and
other negative influences such as peer
pressure and bullying.
Guiding the program
was Lade Majic
Prophete, the "Queen of Show
Basketball." In addition to
being a world-class basketball star and
a world-class comedienne, she has a
master's degree in counseling and has
spent her career working with at-risk
youth. The Harlem Ambassadors have all
played college basketball and have their
college degrees. During the 40-45
minute assembly, the players
performed a few minutes of ball-handling
tricks. Then they concentrated
on the core content of the program:
the message to stay substance-free and
focus on education. The
Ambassadors encouraged your students
to work diligently on academics, listen
to teachers and parents, respect
themselves and others, choose their
friends wisely, and avoid drugs,
alcohol, and other negative influences.
The students got involved, interacted
with the players and were challenged
with questions about making positive
choices.
Spring Pictures February 12
Spring picture
day is, Wednesday, February 12.
Pictures will
be taken during the student’s connection
time.
Any students
purchasing spring pictures must have
payment at the time the photograph is
taken. Please complete the order form
that was sent home and bring it to
school on the 12 or you can go to
www.GCIportraits.com to print an
order form or pre-pay online. There are
many great packages to choose from and
GCI offers our school a wide range of
backgrounds and customized product to
give you more for your money.
All 8 grade
students will have a picture taken
regardless of purchase. They too are
encouraged to purchase a spring picture
package to capture memories of their
last year of middle school.
Thank you for
supporting your school!
Raising Highly Capable KIDS
Beginning
March 4, 2014, Bells Ferry Elementary
will host a 13-week course created to
help build stronger families by giving
parents the confidence, tools, and
skills you need to raise healthy,
caring, and responsible children. These
sessions will take place every Tuesday
from 6:30-8:00 PM at Bells Ferry
Elementary School from March 4 to Jun 3,
2014.For more information go to
CapableKids.com or contact Alissa
Rickman to reserve your seat at
678-594-8950.
Raising Highly Capable KIDS Flyer
(English)
Raising Highly Capable KIDS Flyer
(Spanish)
New Immunization Requirement for
2014-2015
The Georgia
Department of Public Health has released
new immunization requirements for
Georgia students. In addition to
the immunizations currently required,
all students born on or after January 1,
2002 who are entering 7 grade, and new
entrants to Georgia schools in grades
8-12 will be required to have the Tdap
(Tetnus, Diptheria and Pertussis) and
meningococcal conjugate vaccines before
entering school for the 2014-2015 school
year.
More information
will be sent home with the March 19
report cards and the final report cards
for all 6 graders. Please be aware that
the vast majority (those born after
January 1, 2002) of rising 7 graders
will now be required to have an updated
Form 3231.
7th Grade Immunization Requirements
(English)
7th Grade Immunization Requirements
(Spanish)
4-H Club Begins Donations for Animal
Shelter
Winter is
here…help 4-H support local animal
shelters and donate gently used towels
to help keep homeless pets warm and
comfortable. Students can bring in
gently used towels to homeroom between
now and Wednesday, February 12. The
homeroom that donates the most towels
will win a donut and juice party.
Join 4-H today and help us deliver
a little comfort to homeless animals in
Cobb County. For more information email
Mrs. Brownell at
stacie.brownell@cobbk12.org . Don’t
forget to bring in gently used towels
for homeless pets!
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Note from Principal Nelson: Thank You
I would like to thank our bus drivers, parent
volunteers, faculty, and staff of our
school for doing a great job of
coordinating the dismissal of our 1,000
students on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
As of 1:00pm on January 29, all our
faculty and staff were also able to
leave the school.
I would also like to thank all our
parents for being so supportive and
patient as we checked identification and
tracked who students left with and how
they got home. We had hundreds of phone
calls and check outs during bus and
parent pick-up as well. Meanwhile, we
had staff and volunteers preparing
dinner for about 250 students and
adults. We posted updates on our
website as buses left our campus and
posted information for parents to learn
what their child's bus number was if
they did not know.We feed students hot
tomato soup, a grilled cheese sandwich,
an apple, and some potato chips. In
addition, we also provided students with
a Pepperidge Farm snack as they loaded
buses if they did not get to eat dinner
with us.
By around 11:00pm all our students had
been picked up for the day. We had nine
faculty and staff members who had to
stay at the school overnight. Without
the help of our staff who stayed so late
and our parents who helped, we could not
have done everything we did. In fact, we
even had parents calling us and
residents from our surrounding
neighborhood walk to our school to check
to see if they could help in any way.
Daniell is a great place to be because
our parents, our staff, and our
community truly care about our students.
In addition, Daniell is a great place to
because our students are so awesome.
Without students who listen, show
respect, and have pride in their school,
we could not have had such a day.
Please be sure to let your child's bus
driver know how much you appreciate
them. Our bus drivers did an incredible
job of driving in such conditions. They
were patient, careful, and diligent in
getting our students home. They got
hundreds of students home in bad weather
conditions. I appreciate their
commitment to our students.
The neighborhoods around Daniell Middle
School are a great place to live becuase
they are filled with great people. Thank
you for supporting your neighborhood by
supporting your school and investing in
your children.
Rescheduled Night Activities for January
28, 2014
Recognizing that
many families need to make advance
preparations and knowing that there may
be anticipated winter weather conditions
this Tuesday, the following activities
will be postponed.
1) The Sprayberry
Advanced Learning Night for tomorrow
night, January 28, has been postponed
until Monday, February 3 at
6:30.
2) The Daniell PTSA International
Festival for tomorrow night, January 28,
has been postponed until Tuesday,
February 11 at 6:30.
Seventh Graders Show Gains on National
Assessment for Second Consecutive Year
Daniell seventh
graders performed above the national
average on the new Iowa Assessments, a
set of norm-referenced tests that
compare students’ performance to that of
their peers across the United States.
Replacing the former Iowa Tests of Basic
Skills (ITBS), the Iowa Assessments rank
student performance according to
percentiles. The complete composite for
Daniell seventh graders was at the 61
percentile. This is Daniell's
consecutive year to see an increase in
our students' performance when compared
to students across the country.
Community Gears Up to Support Daniell's
Career Day
We are excited
to announce that the Daniell Middle
School Counseling Department will be
hosting a Career Day for all 8 grade
students on Wednesday, January 29. Mrs.
McAfee, Daniell counselor, stated, "The
goal is to get Daniell students thinking
about and preparing for post-secondary
success. Along with that, Career Day
supports our goal of Career Exploration
in middle school and builds off of
career activities the students have
completed throughout their time at
Daniell."
Roughly 30
community members will be on campus to
speak to our 8th graders
about their education, career choice and
job responsibilities. Some of the
speakers include: Cobb County District
Attorney, CCPD, teacher, pilot, hair
stylist, business owners, and many more.
We look forward to welcoming our
distinguished guest to our campus and
hearing their stories!
International Night Coming This Month
Join us for a fun trip around the
world at Daniell Middle School's
International Night on Tuesday, January
28 at 6:30 p.m. If you would like to
share items, food, traditional clothing,
language, and culture from your native
country we would love to have your help!
Families can:
-Create a poster with the national bird,
animal, country map, flag, etc.
-Share ethnic food & unique facts or
items from their country.
-Demonstrate handwriting from their
native country.
-Share traditional music and/or put
together a dance in their native
costumes.
-Be as creative as you wish.
We will have tables ready for you and
will create a trivia game where kids who
visit your station can find answers,
enter a drawing, and have their
passports stamped. Please join us in
creating a spectacular evening for our
children to share with their families
and enjoy a taste of the world! Visit
our PTSA website for more information.
Girls on Track Spring Registration Now
Open
Girls on the Run
is an organization determined to educate
and prepare girls for a life time of
self-respect and healthy living. The
program consists of training for a 5K
race while incorporating character
building and self esteem enhancing
activities. Participants gain a better
understanding of how to make healthy
decisions, resolve conflict, maintain a
positive attitude, and build strong and
supportive relationships. The Girls on
the Run program:
Takes place over 12 weeks and consists
of groups of 8-15 girls.
The program
starts the week of Feb. 10.
Meets Monday and & Wednesday from
4:15-5:45
Girls
on Track
registration is currently open and will
close on Sunday, February 16. To
register your daughter please use the
following link
www.girlsontherunatlanta.org.
Space is limited so register early. For
more information please e-mail Lauren
McAfee at
lauren.mcafee@cobbk12.org.
School Choice - Limited Number of Seats
Available
Daniell Middle
School will have a limited number of
openings for the 2014-2015 school year
available for students who reside in
another Cobb County school zone.
Please let your friends know about this
wonderful opportunity to enroll at
Daniell.
The Cobb County
School District is offering School
Choice (HB 251 and SB10) transfers for
the 2014-2015 school year. Applications
will be available beginning February 10,
2014. For more information, please see
the Cobb County
2014-15 School Choice website.
A complete list of school/class space
will be posted on the Cobb County
website on Feb. 3, 2014.
Applications will be available through
the website on Feb. 10, 2014 and close
at Feb. 28, 2014.
 Mrs.
Madison and Choral Department Bring
Cinderella to Daniell
"Impossible
things are happening every day!" sings
the Godmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's
musical fairy tale CINDERELLA,
and impossible things will happen when
Daniell grade chorus members bring
this timeless tale to life on April 10
and 11 at 7pm.
We are
thrilled at the prospects of bringing
live theater to the Daniell community
once again and look forward to creating
and sharing magical moments with you.
Parents, if
you’d like to help with
props/costume/set design, please let Ms.
Madison know. She can be bestreached via
email at
selina.madison@cobbk12.org
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Learn Real-World Applications from Guest
Speaker
Our new
programs of SolidWorks engineering, 3D
printing, and Lego EV3 Robots are giving
students the higher order level of
thinking and practical career skills at
J. J. Daniell. We were privileged
to have as a guest speaker in Becky
Forbes’ Technology class, Mrs. Renee
Dothard, of the Microsoft Corporation.
She is also the mother of one of our
eighth graders.
Mrs. Dothard
works with an international team of
professionals whose mission is to
develop more efficient software for
corporations around the world. She
spoke to the class about her recent
travels to Argentina and Antarctica
where her team from Brazil and she tried
to resolve why a cell phone
manufacturing corporation had lost
$80,000,000 of parts due to inefficient
inventory software and theft from its
own employees. Their next mission
was to develop a piece of software which
will better inventory products and will
be launched in October, 2014.
In addition to
what her team’s mission was, she was
instrumental in correlating her specific
job to our engineering design program,
manufacturing (which her team observed),
and also explained how business is
conducted with various cultures.
She did an amazing job of explaining
with her career the importance of
Geography, History, Language Arts, Math,
and Engineering. She represented
the epitome of our Common Core,
C.C.R.P.I., and all of Career Tech’s
Pathways with our students. The
students were fascinated and well
engaged.
Help Rate Our School for the 2013-2014
CCRPI
The Georgia
Department of Education is administering
a parent survey. This is the first year
it is being administered. The results of
the survey will be used to help
determine part of our school's state
ratings. Specifically, your responses
will help calculate the School Climate
Star Rating within the College and
Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI)
for Daniell Middle School.
The Georgia Parent
Survey is currently open and will remain
open through Friday, January 31, 2014.
General information
about the parent survey:
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The Georgia
Parent Survey is administered
electronically. Parents may
use personal computers, smartphones
or iPads.
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The Georgia
Parent Survey has 20 questions and
it should take no more than 5 - 10
minutes to complete it.
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Survey
responses are anonymous and will be
submitted directly to the Georgia
Department of Education for
analysis. Data results from the
Georgia Parent Survey will not be
available to the public and will not
be posted online.
The link to the
Georgia Parent Survey is posted below:
http://admin.doe.k12.ga.us/gadoe/sla/gaparents.nsf/Survey.xsp
After you click on
the link, a drop-down menu will appear.
Use the drop-down menu to select our
school district and our school. If you
have questions about this year's survey,
please don't hesitate to contact us at
678-594-8048. Just ask for me or
Assistant Principal, Mrs. Amy Stump. You
can email us at
amy.stump@cobbk12.org or
david.nelson@cobbk12.org .
Thank you for
continuing to make our school "A Great
Place to Be!"
Daniell 8th Graders Exceed National
Benchmark for College and Career
Readiness
Daniell 8th graders outperformed their
peers on the Fall 2013 Readistep
assessment. According to the 2013
results, 34.3% of Daniell 8th graders
are on track to be college and career
ready compared to only 29.1% nationwide.
The Readistep College and Career
Readiness Benchmark for 8th grade is the
score that 8th grade students should
meet or exceed to be considered to be on
track to be college ready.
ReadiStep is the first step on the
College Board’s College Readiness
Pathway — an integrated series of
assessments that includes the PSAT/NMSQT
and the SAT. Together, these assessments
measure a progression of skills and help
schools and districts make targeted
interventions at critical points in a
student’s career.
Like the PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT, ReadiStep
measures the skills students need to be
on track for success in college and
careers. The College Board’s College
Readiness Pathway assessments are
equally or more aligned to the Common
Core than any other large-scale
assessment available today.
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Initiative Underway for Daniell Students
Solid Works
professional engineering software is now
being used by our students in their
technology courses taught by Mrs.
Forbes. This softward is part of our
STEM initiative (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics). With this
new software students can design parts,
assemblies, and mechanical drawings.
This is the same type of technology used
on products such as Orange County
Choppers designs, prosthetics, and even
NASA's Mars rover. Students also have
available in their technology courses 10
Lego EV3 Robot Kits and the Lego Robotic
software with simple click and drag
programming. Only seven schools in Cobb
have the honor of utilizing these
amazing state of the art technologies
this school year.
The technology
course reinforces critical math skills,
physics, science, and even benefits
language arts skills. For example,
students on Mr. Hawk’s robotics’ team
can now manufacture new parts for their
competitions. Ms. Forbes is also
working in conjunction with Mrs. Maddox,
Mr. Hawlk, and Mrs. Hebb to design
interdisciplinary lessons to be taught
in the academic classrooms.
For more
information, feel free to email J.J.
Daniell’s Technology teacher, Becky
Forbes, at
becky.forbes@cobbk12.org.
Vision 2026 - A Community Conversation
About the Future of Your School District
and Your Schools
Did
you know current kindergarten students
will graduate in the year 2026! What
will our schools look like then? Will
schools have the same structure that
they do now? Will parents play a larger
role in their local schools? What about
class sizes, finances, and school
culture? All of these are considerations
as the Cobb County School District looks
at future options. Please join us for a
community conversation to talk about the
future of our schools and our school
district at one of four upcoming Vision
2026 public forums.
The
first forum will be held at Campbell
High School in Smyrna on November 18th,
followed by South Cobb High School on
November 21st, Kennesaw Mountain High
School on December 3rd, and Lassiter
High School on December 5th. All public
forums will begin at 6.30 p.m. and will
take place in the school theaters. We
hope to see you there! Your input is
critical to this process. For more
information, please visit the school
district web site at
www.cobbk12.org.
http://www.cobbk12.org/vision2026/
Daniell
Students Working with Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra
11 members of
the Daniell Band have been invited to
take part in the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra's Middle School Band Day on
November 2. These students will receive
coaching and instruction from members of
the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the
day will culminate with a concert of
music selections the students have
worked on throughout the day. Daniell
Band is proud to be a part of this
exciting new event.
Performing Arts Alive and Well for Daniell
Students
TheThe Grimm
Lives of the Inbetweens
by the Alliance Theater came to Daniell
students the week of October 14.
Daniell students explored
the Grimm lives of middle schoolers! A
fairytale-middle school mash up of knights
on bicycles, princesses with braces, bullies
and jocks, and so much more. Building on the
interactive history of the middle school
series, this year’s installment collides
fairy tales with the experience of Real
Tweenagers. Using digital storytelling,
interactive theatre techniques, and quirky
renditions of classic tales, this show will
bring to life a contemporary middle school
experience. This show is
No Place for Hate
endorsed.
Our school's second Performing Arts Series
was held January 21, 2014,
during Connections. It is part of the
Atlanta Opera Studio Tour called
En Mis Parabras.
A bilingual
(Spanish and English) opera, En Mis Palabras
is an opera that every student, no matter
his or her cultural background, can relate
to. Ana Maria struggles with the adolescent
dilemma of finding her own voice and
figuring out who she is, while her father
struggles with the adult dilemma of knowing
when and how much to let go so that this
young adult may safely develop that sense of
self. En Mis Palabras features four singers,
guitarist and pianist. Educational
prep materials correspond directly with
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards
for English Language Arts, Literacy in
History/Social Studies, Modern Languages,
Music and Theater.
Daniell Out Performs the State Middle School
Scores on the CCRPI
Daniell Middle School
scored an 85.2 on the new CCRPI. This beats
the state middle school performance of 81.4.
The results look very
different from previous years as schools are
now being measured under a new instrument
called the College and Career Readiness
Performance Index (CCRPI) as opposed to
adequate yearly progress (AYP). With CCRPI
each school gets one overall score which is
made up of many assessments.
Knowing that our
students have been taking the 2013 CRCT the
past two weeks, please be sure not to
confuse the results just released this week
with any of the tests which our students
have taken this school year.
Click here for more information.
 Ramos
Selected for Center for Disease Control
Detective Camp
Michaelle Ramos
was selected from more than 200 middle
school applicants from across the country to attend the CDC Detective
Camp this summer. Her application consisted
of written
responses to several essay-type questions
and on the recommendation from Mr. Parker,
one of her Daniell MS teachers. She was one
of 18 children to attend the July session.
For three days she
had a behind-the-scenes look at the CDC
exploring different public health careers
and learning about infectious diseases. She
had the opportunity to work on a mock
outbreak investigation and present the
findings to the group. All campers visited
the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, which is
open to the public. The camp is for rising
7th and 8th graders and the application
process will open up again next Spring.
For more
information about this program visit the
following link.
http://www.cdc.gov/museum/camp/junior/index.htm
Daniell Middle School Test Scores Surpass
State, Metro RESA, and CCSD
Recently released 2013
results show 87 percent of Cobb County
eighth graders wrote at or above standards
on the state Eighth Grade Writing
Assessment, a one percent improvement over
2012 results. Cobb continues to have a
higher percentage of students writing at a
level that meets or exceeds expectations,
compared to the averages of neighboring
metro Atlanta school systems (86 percent)
and schools throughout the state (82
percent) (see Table I). The District’s scale
score dipped to 218, mirroring a
single-point decline in metro Atlanta (218)
and statewide (215) mean scores.
At nine schools, 90
percent or more students met or exceeded
standards on the writing test. Those schools
include Barber,
Daniell, Dickerson,
Dodgen, Durham, Hightower Trail, Mabry,
McCleskey and Simpson middle schools.
As one of four grade
level-specific writing tests administered
statewide, the Eighth Grade Writing
Assessment gauges middle school students'
writing performance, helping students,
teachers, and parents identify areas of
strength and weakness in written composition
before students enter high school. Student
essays are scored on a scale of 1 to 5,
assessing the qualities of effective
writing: ideas, organization, style, and
convention. The writing test taken during a
student’s 11th grade year (as part of the
Georgia High School Graduation Test) is an
important requirement for graduation.
Daniell
Receives ADL Recognition
Daniell has earned the
‘No Place For Hate’ designation from the
Anti-Defamation League.
Daniell was the first Cobb middle school in
2012 to be a No Place for Hate certified school!
The school is currently finishing activities to
achieve the ADL recognition for two years
running.
To aschieve this
recognition students and teachers completed
the five steps required to demonstrate the
school’s efforts in combatting bullying
behaviors and educating students on
diversity and acceptance.
The No Place for Hate
initiative provides educators and students
with the resources to ensure that anti-bias
and diversity education are an integral part
of the school curriculum.
No Place for Hate also
helps to create and sustain inclusive school
environments where all students feel valued
and have the opportunity to succeed by
promoting respect for individual difference
while challenging bigotry and prejudice.
For more information on the No
Place for Hate program at Daniell, contact
DaniellPTSA@hotmail.com. For help with talking to kids about
bullying, visit
www.ADL.org/CombatBullying and
CCSD's bullying
resources.
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About Us
Opening in 1965, J.J. Daniell Middle School is named
for Judge James Jordan Daniell (1877-1973), a Cobb County
Commissioner who taught in a one-room schoolhouse before the
turn of the century. Judge Jordan was instrumental in bringing
development to Cobb County during the post-depression era and
for instilling a cohesive sense of community pride. This strong
community tradition is evident today. Following his lead, J.J.
Daniell Middle School continues to promote an appreciation for
the roots of hometown life while preparing its students to
branch out into the larger world. We are a family. Many of our
parents and teachers attended middle school at J.J. Daniell and
have remained in this area to see their children attend the same
school. Today the school serves approximately 1,000 students in
the 6, 7, and 8 grades
and consistently demonstrates itself as providing a strong
academic education for the students of Cobb County.
About Our Learning Community
Mission:
At Daniell Middle School our mission is to help students
become prepared to be successful for their high school
experience.
Vision:
Our vision is to create a
safe, collaborative environment that results in students
successfully meeting high standards, respecting differences, and
initiating creative problem solving to establish a foundation
for high school success.
Beliefs:
To be successful in a high school setting, we
believe:
- Students should learn to their full potential
- Students should be actively participating in their learning
- Students should demonstrate responsibility by constructively resolving conflicts
- Students should develop technology skills
- Students should participate in a variety of learning experiences that promote high expectations through varied instructional strategies
- Students should develop problem-solving skills
- Students should thrive in a safe environment
- Students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community
should work together collaboratively
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One of the highest performing, most diverse middle
schools in Cobb County.
33 Countries - 22 Languages
33% of Our Students Are Enrolled in Advanced Content
Courses
Over 600 Students Recognized for Honor Roll Each
Quarter
Did You Know?
90.7% of Our Parents and 93.7% of
Our Students Believe Their School Has High and Clear
Expectations for Their Children
90.2% of Our Parents and 90.3% of Our Students Believe
Their Children Have Clear, Challenging, and Aligned
Learning Goals
92.5% of Our Parents Believe the School's Rules,
Policies, and Procedures Are Clearly Articulated
94.3% of Our Parents Believe Our Campus Is Maintained
and Up-to-Date
95.4% of Our Parents and Community Members Felt They Are
Welcomed onto the Daniell Campus
95.8% of Our Parents Believe the School's Administration
Demonstrates the Role of Lead Learners
91% of Our Parents Believe Our School Culture Supports
Academic Acheivement of the Students
Proud to be a 100% Feeder School to
Sprayberry High School Ranked Among the Best
High Schools by US News and Work Report in
2013
Campus Awards
2013 ECCC PTA Spectacular Eight Award
2013 District Oak Tree Award
2013 Visionary Award
2013 Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers Oak Tree
Award
2012 Georgia State PTSA Best Outstanding Local
Unit 3rd Place
2013 Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers Community
Partnership Award
Advanced Placement Certified School
Safe Routes to School
Clean Air School
Reality University Site
2012 Georgia First Lego League Super Regional
Innovation and Strategy First Place Award
2012 Georgia First Lego League Championship
Tournament Competitors
2012 PTSA Oak Tree Membership Award
2012 PTSA Visionary Award
2012 PTSA Plus 2 Membership Award
2013 Participant of the National Assessment of
Educational Progress
Family Dollar Gr8
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Place for Hate Certified
ADVISEMENT DATES
September 13
November 1
November 20
January 10
February 19
March 19
April 25
During advisement, students meet with their teacher
advisor (7th period teacher) to set academic goals for the
year and monitor and chart their progress to achieving their
goals.
PROGRESS
REPORT DATES
September 13
November 20
February 19
April 25
Progress reports are sent home with students during the
middle of each nine week grading period.
REPORT CARD
DATES
Parent/Teacher Conference Week
October 21-25 (given out at conferences)
January 10
March 19
May 30 (will be mailed home)
Accredited by
A Georgia School of Excellence
School Dances
March 20th - Student Forum Dance
4:15-5:30
May 9th - 23nd Annual 8th Grade Dance
6:00-9:00
6:00-6:30 8th Grade Parent Reception
Teacher of the Year
Mrs. Rita Mohrmann
Classified Employee of the Year
Mrs. Darlene Chamberlin
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