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Cherokee County students earned regional and state honors through the annual Georgia Student Technology Competition. (Shutterstock)
CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA Cherokee County students earned regional and state honors through the annual Georgia Student Technology Competition.
The statewide competition offers students in grades 3-12 the opportunity to showcase their skills through 16 categories and vie for honors at regional and state fairs.
Nearly 90 Cherokee County students put their technology skills to the test at the Piedmont Regional Technology Competition. The regional event was organized and led by Shannon Carroll, the district s supervisor of instructional technology, and Jeff Pence, the district s instructional technology specialist.
MHS gym renovation moving forward
By Angela Shepherd - For The Times-Gazette
Monday evening marked the groundbreaking for the McClain High School gym renovation/expansion project. Pictured (l-r) are district maintenance supervisor Jeff Pence; superintendent Quincey Gray; board members Eric Zint, Eric Wise, Charley Roman, Marilyn Mitchell and Sandy Free; district treasurer Joe Smith; and WAI Construction Group representatives Carlos Stapleton and David Stewart.
Photo by Angela Shepherd
Student athletes from spring sports were recognized at Monday’s GEVSD School Board meeting. Pictured (l-r) are Braden Wright; board members Charley Roman and Eric Wise; Lily Barnes; board member Sandy Free; Luca Matesic, Iva Easter, Josie Crabtree, Kaitlyn Jett, Brianna Weller, Ryan Butterbaugh and Kerigan Pollard; board members Marilyn Mitchel and Eric Zint; and athletic director Tim Bolender.
McClain partners with Harvard
By Angela Shepherd - For The Times-Gazette
McClain High School will collaborate with Harvard University to research and improve student attendance and college and career readiness, McClain Principal Matt Shelton reported at the Greenfield Exempted Village School District (GEVSD) Board of Education’s last regular meeting of the year.
The collaboration will begin in January.
The Harvard program, National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN), is a partnership with McClain High School for the next four years to provide specific interventions that address student attendance and college and career readiness.
The collaboration came about when one of Shelton’s doctorate program classmates began conducting rural education research for Harvard University.