New building brings new opportunities for protecting Whitefield Academy’s youngest pupils. By Cory Sekine-Pettite On Aug. 17, 2020, the new school year began here in Cobb County under the ire of the worst national health crisis this country has seen since the flu pandemic of 1918. While there has been much public debate and private […]
By Katherine Michalak Early this spring, COVID-19 news reports waylaid the entire country as various statistics trickled into the public domain. The onslaught of data soon alerted school systems about the severity of the illness and the potential for spreading amongst students. At first, the threat of a coronavirus outbreak seemed somewhat nebulous with serious […]
Communities in Schools Teaches Students About Personal Finance with In-School Field Trip By Amy Meadows When students walk through the door to take part in Reality U, a financial literacy experience presented by Communities in Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb County (CISMCC), they are no longer teenagers. Suddenly, they’re 26 years old. They have jobs, […]
Cobb’s local business leaders are partnering with Campbell High School to make a difference in the skillsets of our future workforce. By Jennifer Morrell It’s no secret that the best path to understanding the business landscape is to be immersed in it, gaining experience that can only be found on the job. In 2018, in […]
Whitefield Academy becomes Cobb County’s first private school to sponsor a Habitat Home. By Amy Meadows Jessica Gill had her work cut out for her. As the new CEO of NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, she was searching for a sponsor for a home that needed to be built in 2019. It would be […]
Supporting local schools for nearly a decade By Cory Sekine-Pettite It’s an old story that America’s public schools often struggle to find funding for all of the educational programs and experiences they want to provide students. Some schools struggle with just keeping the lights on and the doors open. And people have argued ad nauseum […]
Chattahoochee Tech & A.G. Rhodes team up for needed nursing home experience. By Haisten Willis Job security isn’t an issue for certified nursing assistants, better known as CNAs. The job is in high demand for anyone up to the task, so leaders at Chattahoochee Technical College are hard at work getting students ready to pursue […]
New program aims to put books in the hands of Cobb’s low-income children. By Haisten Willis According to educational research group IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), 61 percent of low-income families have no books for children inside the home. While that may seem hard to believe, it’s a fact for households […]