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Cherokee County students are advancing to the state level of the Young Georgia Authors Writing Competition. (Shutterstock)
CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA Cherokee County School District students are advancing to the state level of the Young Georgia Authors Writing Competition.
The annual writing contest is open to students in grades kindergarten through 12 and provides an opportunity for schools to encourage writing in a variety of genres. Each Cherokee County school submits a top entry for each grade level to compete at the district level. The district winners then advance to regional competition for the opportunity to compete statewide.
The five Cherokee County students who won first-place in the regional competition and move on to state are:
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The Cherokee County School Board approved several appointments for Cherokee County school leadership roles for the next school year. (Shutterstock)
CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA The Cherokee County School Board approved on Feb. 11 several appointments for Cherokee County school leadership roles for next school year.
As part of the monthly personnel report, the school board accepted the retirements of many longtime educators throughout Cherokee County including Bascomb Elementary School Principal Kathleen Chandler.
Over the course of her 36-year career as an educator, Chandler has led Bascomb Elementary for the past six years following five years as principal of Johnston Elementary School and assistant principal service at Boston and Knox elementary schools, as well as classroom teacher and administrator roles in other metro Atlanta school systems. Under her leadership at Bascomb Elementary, the school has earned four Governor s Awards for exceptional performance as well as the Ge