Dunwoody School Daze

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:54:00 +0000

Dunwoody High School Named

Advanced Placement Honor School

MEDIA CONTACT: Matt Cardoza, GaDOE Communications Office, (404) 651-7358, mcardoza@gadoe.org

State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge today named 367 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools.

Georgia has much to be proud of when it comes to the success of Advanced Placement," Superintendent Barge said. "Much of this success can be attributed to the dedication to rigor and excellence at each of our AP Honor Schools."

Advanced Placement (AP) classes and exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP classes offer rigorous college-level learning options to students in high school. Students who receive a 3, 4 or 5 on AP exams may receive college credit.

Dunwoody High School was awarded:

AP STEM SCHOOL: Schools with students testing in at least two (2) AP math courses and two (2) AP science courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science).

AP MERIT SCHOOL: Schools with at least 20% of the student population taking AP exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning scores of three (3) or higher.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Calling all Patriots!

Peachtree Charter MS Basketball Play-Offs

Both the girls' and boys' teams won over the weekend! Come out and support our boys' and girls' basketball teams as they play in the Tournament of Champions.

The Tournament of Champions for Basketball begins this Wednesday, February 8th. The Girl Patriots will be playing Cedar Grove at Druid Hills Middle. The game will begin at 5:00pm. The Boy Patriots will be playing Cedar Grove at Miller Grove Middle. The game will begin at 6:20pm.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000

**Updated: Dunwoody High School Wins

“Discover Languages Campaign” Video Contest***

From Dunwoody High School's Sra. Adams-Fletcher: I'm very happy to let you know that Dunwoody won the popular contest with our video Learn and Discover Languages. Please thank everyone for their support and for helping us to promote language education in the Dunwoody cluster!!

This student video podcast is part of the Discover Languages Campaign which begins in the month of February. Former students have highlighted what they have done with their language study since graduating from Dunwoody. It is important to raise awareness in the Dunwoody community of the importance of early language learning. The Dunwoody cluster is the only cluster without an elementary school program and yet it still maintains a strong high school program. Just imagine if we started younger!! For further information on the Discover Languages Campaign please go to http://www.discoverlanguages.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4216 and for more information on The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages go to http://www.actfl.org/.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:04:00 +0000

1st Annual DeKalb County

VEX League Robotics Championship

Cross Keys High School will host the 1st Annual DeKalb County VEX League Robotics Championship on February 11, 2012. League play finished this week with Dunwoody Team B ranked #1, Cross Keys Team A ranked #2, and Cross Keys Team B ranked #3.

The Tournament occurs the same day as the Cross Keys Career Technology Open House that will provide an opportunity to see the Nursing, Dentistry, Manufacturing and other high tech programs being offered at the school. These programs are open to students of other DCSS schools, including Dunwoody. The Open House is scheduled from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Cross Keys High School is located 1626 N. Druid Hills Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30319.

So come by in the morning to enjoy the Tourney and stay to tour the new facilities! Both events are family friendly and open to the public. Here's the Tourney schedule:

7:30am	Pits Open
7:30 – 9:30am	Inspection/open practice
8:30 – 9:30am	Practice matches (3 per team)
8:30 – 11:30am	Skills challenge
9:30 – 9:45am	Drivers’ Meeting
9:30 – 9:45am	Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 11:30am	Elimination Matches
11:30 – 12:00	Awards & Recognition

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:03:00 +0000

DHS Presents College Lacrosse Game

Florida State vs Boston College

The Dunwoody High School Lacrosse Stix Club is hosting a matchup between two top 10 Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) teams. The sixth-ranked Boston College Eagles will travel south to faceoff against the eighth ranked Florida State Seminoles on Sunday, February 12 at 1pm in an early season non-conference game at North DeKalb Stadium.

Tickets are only $5 for students and $10 for adults with all proceeds benefitting Dunwoody High School Boys Lacrosse in our first season of GHSA varsity competition. There will be a raffle with prizes from Dunwoody merchants and each game ticket is a coupon for 10% off of purchases at Play It Again Sports stores in Buckhead, Roswell, Decatur and Kennesaw.

Tickets are available for purchase online and at North DeKalb Stadium on game day. Additional information can be found here. North DeKalb Stadium is located behind Chamblee High School at 3688 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Chamblee, Georgia 30341. Follow I-285 to Peachtree-Industrial Boulevard, go 2 miles to Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, turn right. The 2nd Street on the left is Stadium Drive, turn Left, 1 block to the stadium. Additional parking is available behind the school near the baseball field.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:42:00 +0000

Community Announcement for Dunwoody High School

Dunwoody High School's governing School Council will meet Tuesday, February 14 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the school's Media Center. The School Council includes parent, teacher, and community members as well as the school's principal and administrative staff. Monthly meetings provide input and decisions on behalf of the school's stakeholders (parents, teachers, students, and community).

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:19:00 +0000

DeKalb Grand Jury Report - November/December 2011

I was out of town when the AJC reported that a Grand Jury had suggested a investigation into DCSS Board of Education. Here is the Grand Jury Report the AJC is referring to. There is not much in the report that differs from the AJC report or what has been reported on DeKalb School Watch, but thought some might find it interesting to read this rainy weekend. The discussions with Dr. Atkinson and Ms. Tyson begin on Page 6.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Urgent Legislative Reapportionment Update

Board of Education Districts

From BOE Rep Nancy Jester

Click here to read.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:49:00 +0000

Dance Your Family’s Way to Healthy Bodies and Happy Hearts

By: Cami Nail, Primrose School of Dunwoody
www.PrimroseDunwoody.com
cnail@primrosedunwoody.com

With the invention of computers, video games and electronic toys children have become increasingly less active. Childhood obesity and the need for more physical activity are increasingly critical issues in America . One way you can encourage your children to become more physically active is by dancing!

The American Heart Association recommends that children ages two and older participate in at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day. Dance is a simple activity that doesn’t require complicated equipment and can be done just about anywhere.

“I recommend dance as a fun physical activity for the whole family because it doesn’t require a lot of time, money or resources,” said Dr. Mary Zurn, vice president of education for Primrose Schools. “Dancing is a creative form of self-expression that helps build self-confidence. Plus, it provides time well spent with your family.”

Dr. Zurn and Dr. Steve Sanders, a fitness expert and Director of the School of Physical Education & Exercise Science at the University of South Florida as well as a member of the Primrose Education Advisory Board, recommend these tips to encourage your family to start dancing:

Step 1: Select appropriate music. You aren’t just looking for age-appropriate lyrics. It is also important to find music with an eight-count beat that isn’t too fast or too slow, so children can successfully develop movements in time with the music.

Step 2: Create a dance routine with your child. Together, decide how your dance will begin, what movements will go in the middle and how it will end. Children naturally respond to music with movement, which they can then turn into a dance. They love to pretend and don’t have any difficulty responding if they are asked to “be” the wind moving in the trees or even a dog searching for a place to bury a bone. Their imaginations don’t need much encouragement to get moving.

Step 3: Focus on developing your child’s key motor skills. Freestyle dancing is great for getting the heart rate up, but dancing can also be beneficial to your child’s motor and coordination development. Dancing will enable them to practice fundamental skills like jumping, landing, leaping, sliding, galloping, moving forward and backwards, and learning how to imitate moves.

Step 4: Check your child’s heart rate. Teach your child to connect physical activity with maintaining a healthy heart by measuring his or her heart rate. Show your child how to feel and count his or her heart beats.

For more tips from Dr. Z and a variety of activity suggestions, visit www.DrZandMe.com.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:54:00 +0000

Dunwoody Elementary Teacher of the Year

Mr. James Unger

Mr. James Unger comes up with unique ways to relate topics to his fourth grade students. His creative side spills into his classroom daily, and that serves to motivate the students. Using wacky voices, having students do a self-created “Ones, Tens, Hundreds” dance, turning the room into an outer space adventure to make learning geometry exciting, and using mnemonic devices are just some of his tricks. Mr. Unger says, "I strive to make learning come alive, and I find that I can do that by connecting with my students through humor and imagination. My teaching is often a form of entertainment for my students, for we all know you will pay attention to things you enjoy." He is enthusiastic about the subject matter that he teaching, and that rubs off! "I explain it this way, my goal is to have fun while teaching students to make learning fun!"

Mr. Unger’s coworker, Adrienne Thornton, says: James Unger is an extraordinary teacher. Every day he thinks of new ways to teach and engage the students in his class. He concentrates on making learning both easy and fun by having a hands-on approach to teaching. In math, he teaches the students in his class to not only understand the steps to problems, but to understand the why behind them as well. In science, he is constantly giving kids life experiences to tie learning to; from sending smoke into the air to sending light bouncing around the classroom. James has high expectations for his kids, and they rise to the challenge. Students say that he is a tough teacher, but that they learn a lot. Kids leave his classroom with a greater understanding of the concepts and a desire to learn more.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:55:00 +0000

Have a Student Interested in Engineering?

Auburn University's Annual E-Day

Auburn University (Dunwoody Mom’s alma mater – War Eagle!) is hosting the annual Auburn University Engineering Day (E-Day). This year's event is scheduled for Friday, February 24 from 8:00 am till noon, CST. E-Day is an excellent opportunity for high school and middle school students to explore the wide variety of engineering disciplines. Students can visit exhibits, talk with faculty representatives, and meet with AU students who know first-hand what it is like to study engineering. Students can pre-register for E-Day at www.eng.auburn.edu/eday. Check-in will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. To take full advantage of the activities, please arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. If you have questions about E-Day, please contact Bob Karcher, Assistant Dean of Engineering Student Services at karcher@auburn.edu.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Dunwoody High School Football
Signing Day 2012 Ceremony

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

8:30am in the DHS Auditorium

Click here for Dunwoody Patch article.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Dunwoody Cluster School "Report Cards"

The Georgia Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) has updated the Report Cards for each school for the 2010-2011 school years. Click on the school name to review the Report Cards for Dunwoody Cluster schools. The “Accountability” Tab of the report contains the summary of the school’s performance based on those pesky standardized test scores. For some reason, there is no report card for Dunwoody Elementary.

School	% of Students Meeting/Exceeding Standards
Austin ES	97.54
Chesnut ES	85.33
Dunwoody ES	Not Available
Hightower ES	77.4
Kingsley	83.18
Vanderlyn	98.64
Peachtree Charter MS	85.14
Dunwoody HS	92.64

Notes:

With all of the Elementary Schools in Dunwoody back to K-5, the 2011-2012 performance results should take better shape and are more suited for comparison to the other schools in DCSS. For Austin, Vanderlyn, Chesnut, 2010-2011 Performance scores reflect 3rd Grade only. For Hightower and Kingsley scores reflect 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade.

Austin ES was awarded a Gold Award for its Performance
Vanderlyn was awarded a Platinum Award for its Performance.
PCMS had the 2nd Highest Meets + Exceeds Performance of any traditional Middle School. Henderson MS had a score of 87.27. Only magnet programs scored higher than PCMS and HMS: Chamblee MS (89.3), and Champion Theme (88.41)
Dunwoody High School had the Highest Meets + Exceeds Performance of any traditional high school in DCSS. Only the Magnet Schools of Arabia Mountain (94.2) and DSA (98.24) scored higher.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:56:00 +0000

Uh, Oh....Dr. Walker Strikes Again..

This time in the person of Steen Miles

"Just when we thought things were on the uptick with the election of Dr. Eugene Walker as chairman of the school board, more highly publicized dunderhead activities on the part of the new school superintendent come to light.

One can only hope with Dr. Walker’s years of leadership, education experience and political acumen, that he will tutor Atkinson and help her make a passing grade."

If this statement and the entire article were not so pathetic, I could laugh. Dr. Walker is among the TOP reasons this school system is failing. I believe, and so do many others, that Dr. Atkinson is on the right track. There must be a lot of people in the Central Office running scared......

Here is the entire article...

Monday, January 30, 2012 11:44 PM

School Superintendent Progress Report: failing

by Steen Miles for the Champion News
If one had to assess the overall performance of new DeKalb School Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson to date she’d have to get a failing grade. Just when we thought things were on the uptick with the election of Dr. Eugene Walker as chairman of the school board, more highly publicized dunderhead activities on the part of the new school superintendent come to light.

One can only hope with Dr. Walker’s years of leadership, education experience and political acumen, that he will tutor Atkinson and help her make a passing grade. If not, her tenure here should be short-lived. As one parent so aptly put it, Atkinson is “clearly over her head.”

Perhaps one shouldn’t hold over the dear lady’s head the fact that she came from a 7,500-student system in Ohio to a system more than 10 times larger at some 95,000, but something has to be said of the need for comparable experience of which she is sorely lacking. It’s akin to allowing someone with crop duster experience at Uncle Ned’s farm to take a Boeing on a transatlantic flight. Atkinson’s recent actions of shifting and reassigning key personnel before her expensive audit and the band debacle give rise to serious questions about her management ability. Four lessons and no more:

No. 1. Put the children’s interest ahead of ego. Take time to learn the lay of the land before making wholesale changes. If you’re going to spend tens of thousands of our tax dollars for expensive personnel audits, why not wait for the audit findings before making wholesale changes that call into question the integrity and competencies of people being shifted? Good managers don’t leave blood on the carpet. Executions are swift. Torture is just not good form. To quote published reports from your spokesperson, drafts of the audit have guided some of your staffing changes. If we’re top heavy by 1,400 plus people and you plan to cut perhaps 300 you’ve got 1,400— not 300—people wondering if the ax will fall on them.How’s that working for you in boosting morale? It seems no good deed goes unpunished under this new regime. Good, dedicated, competent people in operations and technology,the deputy superintendent for teaching and learning instruction, chief of curriculum, purchasing, the nationally recognized, award-winning, “I told you so” CFO have all been side-lined. Why? Because you wanted to bring in your own people? Fine. We realize a new broom sweeps clean. But an old broom knows the corners. Know the lay of the land. Sometimes cuts are too deep. Brain drains and the lack of institutional knowledge have been the bane of many organizations that have found themselves having to rehire the very people they let go.

No. 2. Take time to learn the“culture” of the system. Band as an extra-curricular is to DeKalb what football is to the University of Georgia. You better have some awfully good reasons to suspend those activities and for goodness sake, don’t do it piecemeal. Opined in this space before, suspending band activities at 21 schools around the county to investigate “inappropriate” activity was foolhardy. This followed the hazing death of Florida A&M band member Robert Champion, a former DeKalb County student. To add insult to injury the announcement is made that the investigation is continuing into a number of adults including volunteers and former students. Are not these band members continuing to interact with the people under investigation? She took off like a bull in a china cabinet on that one. Oy!

No. 3. Talk to your board and key stakeholders before making major decisions. Get buy-in. No good manager works in isolation and should not have the appearance of same. The power of consensus is inclusion. Morale is said to be at an all-time low and speaking about the problems to anyone including board members could be a “career decision.” Fear is never a good motivator of people. President Eisenhower said people are sometimes like strings. You can pull them along almost anywhere, but you can’t get very far trying to push them.

No. 4. Don’t allow a “spokes-person” to speak for you on major issues. Don’t let your constituents hear about major changes from the media before you give them the courtesy of sharing your decisions with them. Own your decisions if you are confident about them. The time-tested PTA slogan might apply: “The school cannot live apart from the community.”

Our hard-working staff and teachers (no matter who they’re related to) need to be appreciated not deprecated so as to give the best to our children. How well does our new superintendent know the people she is bringing in? I’d dare say quite well. Careful, someone might call that cronyism. Atkinson might yet hold out some promise if she gets some badly needed counseling and a crash course in managing a large school system. It has to be noted that she cuts a striking figure as a parade grand marshal. Someone wondered out loud whether she exempted the parade from the ban on band activities so that the boys and girls could trumpet her ride down Main Street.

Steen Miles, The Newslady, is a retired journalist and former Georgia state senator. Contact Steen Milies at Steen@dekalbchamp.com.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:59:00 +0000

Dunwoody Cluster All-State Orchestra News

Congratulations to Peachtree Charter Middle School’s Joy Hsieh and Dunwoody High’s Julianna Fritts for their placements within the GMEA All-State Orchestra.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:03:00 +0000

Dunwoody High Boys and Girls Swim/Dive Team

Take 2nd at DCSS Swimming Championships

In one of the most exciting and emotionally exhausting meets I have ever seen in my 10+ years as a “Swim Mom”, the Dunwoody High “Wet Wildcats” were runners-up to Lakeside High School in this past Saturday’s DCSS Swimming Championships. Both the Dunwoody Boys and Girls teams were tied for 1st with Lakeside going into the final event – the 400 Free Relay. The Chamblee boys team took 1st, Lakeside 2nd and the Dunwoody boys 3rd. The boy’s team missed the championship title by 2 points!!! In a repeat of last year’s championship, the winner of the girl’s 400 Free Relay would take the title. The Lakeside girl’s relay team took first edging the Dunwoody Team which gave Lakeside the girl’s championship by 6 points.

Throughout the meet and even after the disappointing end, these Dunwoody High student/athletes displayed amazing class and sportsmanship. To watch the team lineup at the end of the pool to cheer on their relay teammates was an awesome and moving sight. They are a credit to their parents, Dunwoody High School and the Dunwoody Community.

Some information about the Dunwoody High Swim and Dive Team: Swimming is not a major sport and gets very little attention and acknowledgment from DCSS (3 pools for the entire county, really???), despite the fact that many DCSS swimmers have gone on to earn swimming and/or academic scholarships. There are no big televised signing days or articles in the AJC and that is disappointing in my view. Swimmers and Divers are among the brightest and best DCSS has to offer. I have been told that the DHS Swim/Dive Team has the highest GPA of any of the sports teams at Dunwoody. There are almost 100 members of the Dunwoody High Swim and Dive Team!! The team practices 4 to 5 days a week beginning at the end of October (many of these students having just completed softball or Cross Country), through the end of January. A few weeks ago this team participated in 3 Swim Meets in the span of 7 days – an exhausting schedule for the team and the coaches!!! Not only does the DHS team compete against the other top DCSS swim programs, Lakeside, Chamblee, Druid Hills, the team also competed against St. Pius and Wesleyan – two of the top private school programs. These students and coaches give their all and should be commended for another great Swim and Dive Season.

If you come across a member of the Wet Wildcats or Coach Rae Colley, Coach Corky Gibbons or Dive Coach Chris Wilson, give them a shout-out for a job well-done!!

photo courtesy of Lea Wulff

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Congrats to the Dunwoody High Quiz Bowl Team

Congratulations to the Dunwwody Quiz Bowl Team on its performance at the Challenge in the Grove at Locust Grove High School over the weekend. The varsity team, consisting of captain Erin Thomas, Sahima Godkhindi, Thomas Dellaert and Jared Goldman took second place overall. The JV team of captain Varsha Narendra, Hannah Benaroch and Gerardo Romero also performed really well, making it to the semifinal round.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:03:00 +0000

Dunwoody High’s Becca Briggs Brings Home the Gold!!

Information courtesy of DHS Swim Coach Colley…

Dunwoody High’s Becca Briggs was the Gold Medalist at Thursday’s DCSS Diving Championships held at the Chamblee High Pool. Becca performed a beautiful 11-dive program to take the championship, followed by Lakeside in 2nd and Druid Hills in 3rd. Dunwoody was set up to go 1-2, but an unfortunate technicality on her dive sheet cost Natasha Briggs the medal she so deserved on the very last dive. Becca was last year's bronze medalist, and she used that experience to her advantage in bringing home the County Championship! Way to go, Becca!

Dunwoody’s male divers performed exceptionally well also in a ridiculously tough field. Adam Julian earned a State-Qualifying score to finish 4th and Bret Davis finished just behind in 6th.

Good job Coach Wilson and the dive team!!

Now the swimmers take over. The 500 Freestyle prelims were also held Thursday night. All 4 of Dunwoody’s entrants, Jay St. Onge, Chas Wildner, Lindsay Caldarella, and Rebecca Friedman, qualified for the 500 Free Finals. The DCSS Swimming Championships will be held at the Dynamo swim facility in Chamblee this Saturday (1/28), beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Good luck Wet Wildcats!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:18:00 +0000

Soccer and Baseball Equipment Needed for Eagle Scout Project

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:58:00 +0000

Dunwoody High School Debate Team News

Congratulations to Ty Flynn and Corey Oliver of the Debate Team for their big win this weekend. Ty & Corey were co-champions of the Milton High School Debate Tournament, losing only one round the entire weekend. The varsity debate team of Robert Galerstein and Haley Hopkins are continuing their successful season. The duo have a total of four bids for the Tournament Of Champions (Wake Forest, Glenbrooks, St. Mark's, and Ohio Valley). They have been invited to two of the most prestigious round robins at Pace Academy and Harvard. The team will be competing at Barkley Forum (Emory) this weekend.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Austin Elementary and Vanderlyn Elementary

Awarded SSAS for Highest Performance of Meeting & Exceeding Standards

The Georgia Office of Student Achievement has announced the 2011 SSAS (Single Statewide Accountability System) Award Winning Schools. Austin Elementary earned the Gold Award while Vanderlyn Elementary earned the Platinum Award.

Criteria	Platinum Schools	Gold Schools
AYP Status	AYP for 3 Consecutive Years	AYP for 2 Consecutive Years
Exceeds Standards	> 35% of students exceed standards	> 30% of students exceed standards
Meets + Exceeds Gains	98% or more meet & exceed standards	97% ir more meet & exceed standards

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Register for Summer Camp at The Alefbet Preschool

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:00 +0000

Dunwoody High School

Governor’s Honors Program Semi-finalists

The Georgia Governor's Honors Program (GHP) is a six-week summer residential instructional program (four weeks in 2012) designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners. The Georgia Governor's Honors Program is fully-funded by the Georgia General Assembly, and operates at no cost to the participant.

Good luck to the following DHS students as they prepare for their upcoming GHP interviews:


Megan Alexander	Visual Arts
Ellen Bertschi	German
Graham Boling	Spanish
Sara Cronan	Spanish
Hardika Dhir	Mathematics
Michael Greenstein	Technology
Giang Ha	Mathematics
David Heavern	Mathematics
Brighton Kamen	Spanish
Aasees Kaur	Communicative Arts
Chen Kirshenbaum	Visual Arts
William Koval	Spanish
Caroline Melton	Social Studies
Marissa Nolan	Spanish
Rachel Noto	Visual Arts
Leah Shedrow	Spanish
Rebecca Shoenthal	Communicative Arts
Mariant Tercero	Music/Strings(Cello)
Jamie Traner	German

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:58:00 +0000

Update: PCMS Academic Quiz Bowl Takes 1st Place!!

Update: Congratulations to the PCMS Academic Quiz Bowl team for their 3rd place win at the PAGE Regional Academic Quiz Bowl Tournament held on January 7th. This is the 1st time in Peachtree Middle's History that we have placed in the top four! Way to go team!! Good job Patriots!!!

Congratulations to Peachtree Charter Middle School's Academic Quiz Bowl Team for their 1st place win at the DeKalb County Quiz Bowl Tournament which was held on Saturday, December 3rd! The PCMS Team won with 830 points over the favored Chamblee Middle School team that came in 2nd with 740 points.

Captain Ryan Polk, along with teammates Raizan Boghani, Matthew Eitel, Matt Hopkins, Jacob Starks, Rohan Narendra, and Patrick Clinch did an outstanding job along with Coach Carole Dunn. Good luck to the PCMS Team as they head to the PAGE Regional Competition which will be held at the Mt. Carmel Christian School, Saturday, January 7, 2012.

noreply@blogger.com (Dunwoody Mom) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Primrose School of Dunwoody Private Pre-K and Kindergarten Pre-Registration Tours

General information presentations will be held on January 18^th at 9:30am and 10:30am. A group classroom tour will follow.

Please indicate which presentation (9:30am or 10:30am) you will attend as well as the birth date(s) of your child(ren) with your RSVP.

This event is for parents, so please make child care arrangements for your family.

RSVP by Tuesday, January 17^th
office@primrosedunwoody.com
770.396.8266

Additional tours will be held every Wednesday in January and February.