Report Cards – Cobb County Middle Schools operate on the semester system.  Each semester is eighteen weeks long.  Progress reports are issued each 4 ½ weeks and report cards are issued every nine weeks.  With the exception of the connections grades, nine-week grades are not final.  Nine-week report card determines honor roll, promotion and retention. Concerns about grades should be directed to your child’s teacher or counselor.

Schedule – Each individual student is given a schedule of classes.  Schools may utilize a traditional school day or may use block scheduling.  Depending on the individual school, students may have up to eight academic classes each day.  Each student schedule is unique depending upon the needs of the individual.

Gifted/Talented/Advanced Learning – This is the program for identified academically gifted students in Cobb County.   Students currently enrolled in a Cobb County elementary gifted/talented class will be placed in a middle school gifted/talented program. In middle school, gifted/talented classes meet each day for one or more class periods.  Students are screened annually for advanced learning based on standardized test scores. 

Team/Pod –  Each student in a middle school is assigned to a team.  There are usually two to five teams at each grade level.  The team consists of a group of students and teachers who work together throughout the year.  Typically, teams consist of three to five teachers.  The team concept allows students to have a close student-teacher relationship while still having the opportunity to work with a variety of teachers.  The team concept also allows teachers to work together to help each student develop to the best of his/her ability.  Teams are often identified by the grade and a letter (i.e., 6A, 6B, etc.).  The make-up of each pod includes students of all ability levels.  A middle school team/pod teacher teaches 90-150 students each day.

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