Fulton County School students continue to perform as well or better than their statewide peers on the state’s annual assessment of student progress, but the number of students remaining below proficiency remains troubling.
The doors to 106 school buildings across the Fulton County School System open this week for the nearly 93,500 students expected to enroll for the 2019-20 school year. The district still stands as the fourth largest in the state, behind only Gwinnett, Cobb and DeKalb county school systems.
Personnel changes from retirements, promotions and other factors last spring mean 17 of the district’s 106 schools will start the year under new leadership. In North Fulton, five schools will have new principals in place, all veterans of the Fulton County School System.
MILTON, Ga. — Books can be informative and transformative, they can induce critical thought, transport us to other times and places or provide an escape from daily troubles and concerns. However, not everyone has access to books.
An innovative program to recruit and retain top teachers enters its second year with 71 teacher interns embedded in Fulton County schools for the 2019-20 school year.
ROSWELL, Ga. — The Queen of Angels Catholic School Odyssey of the Mind middle school team won the world championship this summer at the World Championship Finals in East Lansing, Mich.
Area students looking to pursue a science and career-focused curriculum in high school must now wait two years for Innovation Academy to open in downtown Alpharetta.
More than 50 recent graduates of area high schools were named National Merit Scholars for 2019, receiving scholarship funds to use for their college education. Fewer than 1 percent of graduating seniors across the nation received National Merit distinction.
MILTON, Ga. — Milton High School sophomore Aanika Eragam has been honored as a Georgia Poet Laureate’s Prize finalist.
Major renovations at Roswell and Centennial high schools are underway this summer with the long list of features and enhancements slated to be complete by the start of school in August 2021.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Local officials were on hand June 13 as Fulton Science Academy broke ground on a new 37,000-square-foot addition to its campus in Alpharetta.
Strong support and smooth sailing through the Georgia Legislature failed to save a key piece of school safety legislation from Gov. Brian Kemp’s veto.
Evidence of the state’s focus on education issues will be reflected in numerous ways come August when thousands of students return to the classroom. Most notable will be the first real increase in the state salary for teachers since Zell Miller was governor nearly three decades ago.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — At just 16 years old, the Kashlan triplets not only earned diplomas from West Forsyth High School, they were co-valedictorians.
ROSWELL, Ga. — The Swift School was recently selected by one of Leadership North Fulton’s project teams as recipient of an educational garden on the school’s campus.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The University of North Georgia’s Summer Food Service Program is turning its attention to Forsyth County where it hopes to serve meals to an estimated 400 underprivileged children this summer.
Students from Woodward North competed in the Cheetah Cup Math Competition held April 27.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. —Two Johns Creek High School lacrosse players have been selected to represent Georgia in a national tournament in Delaware.
If interest is any indication of success, the Innovation Academy opening next year in downtown Alpharetta is off to a strong start.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell High School was recently granted $2,500 by The Northside Hospital Foundation for the purchase of four cots for the Roswell High School health clinic. Clinic assistants Elizabeth Egan and Ann Goud had named cot replacement as the clinic’s top need for the 2018-19 academ…
CUMMING, Ga. — Forsyth County Schools is taking a closer look at school bus safety procedures as the school year winds down.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Forsyth County Schools celebrated the official groundbreaking for its seventh traditional high school May 21.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
More than 6,000 diplomas will be handed out this month to the Class of 2019 across the 17 high schools that make up the Fulton County School System.
ROSWELL, Ga. — At Mountain Park Elementary, design thinking is a part of the culture. Everyone, including students and staff, are encouraged to use design thinking as an empathetic problem-solving method.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. - Steel girders are going up and concrete is being poured as Innovation Academy high school takes structural shape in downtown Alpharetta where old Milton High School once stood.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Sanjeev Kumar, a senior at Northview High School, was recently selected to be a Distinguished Finalist for Georgia in the 2019 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
Parents looking for elementary school options for the child outside their zoned school will have lots of choices next year across North Fulton County.
CUMMING, Ga. — It is a bittersweet time for the West Forsyth High School community involved with the theater and chorus programs.
Tim Duncan, the longtime principal at Chattahoochee High School, has been appointed by the Fulton County Board of Education to be the first principal at the Innovation Academy.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. - Steel girders are going up and concrete is being poured as Innovation Academy high school takes structural shape in downtown Alpharetta where old Milton High School once stood.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Middle schoolers at River Trail Middle School will present “Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.” on April 30, May 3 and May 4.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek High School actors will give audiences a taste of the drama that goes on behind the scenes with their production of the farcical play “Noises Off” running May 9 through 11.
The Fulton School Board has approved the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2020, a spending plan that includes across-the-board raises for employees but few new items for program expansions at the school level.
CUMMING, Ga. — South Forsyth Middle School was recently listed as recipient of the Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch award as one of the state’s top middle schools.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Barnwell Elementary School has advanced to the state-level Science Olympiad competition.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Autrey Mill Middle School students hope to “Make ‘Em Laugh” with their production of “Singin’ in the Rain Jr.” on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek High School’s Parent Teacher Student Association hosted a booth April 12 to educated students about becoming a registered organ donor.
A former Superintendent of the Year in Tennessee will likely be tapped the next superintendent for the Fulton County School System pending the Board of Education’s final vote later this month.
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell North Elementary School is dedicated to instilling a sense of wonder in its students, said Principal Lydia Conway.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — On Feb. 23, a group of six Chattahoochee High School hosted a trash cleanup event on Taylor Road. The students worked with Taylor Road Junior Beta volunteers and a group of twenty-one Taylor Road students in order to clean up about twenty-five bags of trash from Taylor Roa…
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. —Autrey Mill Nature Preserve will be hosting their annual Wild Weekend Family Festival from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. April 20.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Barnwell Elementary School has advanced to the state-level Science Olympiad competition.
MILTON, Ga. — Residents got their first look at a proposed K-8 private school at a Community Zoning Information Meeting March 26. The applicant is seeking a use permit for the school located at the intersection of Freemanville Road and Redd Road.
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