Friday, April 12, 2013
The Fulton County Board of Education voted to terminate the public school's charter, and that decision is on appeal with the state school board.
Fulton Science Academy High School has asked the Georgia Board of Education to hold off in making a ruling on its charter termination appeal until it has a chance to find out if it can get a state charter instead. Rocco E. Testni of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, the law firm representing the school, sent a letter dated April 9 to the state board asking for the deferral. The Fulton County School System voted to terminate the public school's charter earlier this year, saying the school had the same lack of management and fiscal problems as Fulton Science Academy Middle School had before it lost its charter renewal bid. An audit report by a consultant for the school system said low enrollment contributed to the school’s inability to …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety has zero tolerance for underage drinking or the vandalism often associated with those "Junior-Senior wars."
Alpharetta has zero tolerance for underage drinking, so the city's Public Safety Department is warning teens and their parents that prom parties are no reason to break those laws. The city is sending a serious message to teens, their parents, and other adults concerning underage drinking and other prom night antics. First and foremost, minors should not be allowed to drink alcohol, period. “Young people who have consumed alcohol are far more likely to do things they would not normally do,” warned Alpharetta Public Safety Director Gary George in a news release. “Beyond the threat of alcohol related car crashes, they are far more likely to get involved in dangerous situations or engage in sexual activity when alcohol is involved.” Police …
Monday, February 4, 2013
The local public charter school had 10 first place finishers, who qualified for the statewide technology fair.
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Monday, February 4
Students representing Fulton Science Academy High School took top honors at the Fulton County Regional Technology Fair Competition for the fifth straight year, the school reported today. First place finishers will face off against more than 400 of their peers from across the state at the annual Georgia Educational Technology Fair at Macon State College. In March, students will compete in categories ranging from digital video production, individual and team programming challenge, Web 2.0 Internet applications, animated graphic design to 3D modeling. The high school's team claimed 10 first place, 11 second place and 4 third place honors at the regional competition. FIRST PLACE WINNERS
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The public charter school's own board can request a hearing to be held Dec. 18, but the ultimate decision on the charter rests with the Georgia Department of Education.
CORRECTION: Through an editor's error, the original headline on this article named the school incorrectly. Fulton Science Academy High is the charter school affected, as the story stated. The Fulton County Board of Education today, Dec. 11, approved a recommendation to start the process to close Fulton Science Academy High School at the end of the school year. Superintendent Robert Avossa first made the recommendation to terminate the school's charter at a school board work session on Dec. 4. Avossa based his recommendation on what staff reports call "a history of insufficient governance capacity and poor decision-making on the part of the school’s governance board." An independent audit released to the school board on Dec. 4 was said to …
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Seniors Annie Kelly and Nathan Riech lead Eagles with runner-up finishes.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The Milton High School Cross Country teams concluded their 2012 campaign at the GHSA State Cross Country Championships in Carrollton, GA with the best combined (boy’s & girls) team finish in school history. Varsity Girls Fourth Place Finish Equals Best The Lady Eagles came into the state meet ranked 3rd and finished an agonizing 4th place, out of 32 schools (147 pts) as they concluded their very successful season. In one of the upsets of the meet, Brookwood (1st-65 pts) took advantage of Walton’s loss of one runner in the race to take the state championship. Walton (2nd-99 pts) was the 2-time defending state champions. The Lady Lions of Peachtree Ridge (3rd-144 pts) edged Milton (as they had done earlier in the season). For the Lady Eagles…
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Senior Annie Kelly breaks school record by one minute, while Nate Riech broke an Eagles' record by 30 seconds.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
The Eagles of Milton began their 2012 campaign with a trip to Clinton Farms Nature Preserve in Douglasville for the Bob Blastow/Early Bird Invitational and came away with four team victories and a pair of new school records. Varsity Girls Dominant in Victory Milton entered the meet as the pre-season No. 4 ranked All-Class and No. 2 ranked AAAAAA team, proving their mettle by easily dispatching 14 schools on the way to victory. The Lady Eagles (64 points) beat back No. 5 ranked All-Class Landmark Christian (No. 1 ranked A-Private, Fairburn) by 39 points. Cross-town rival Centennial finished a distant third (151 points). Senior tri-captain Annie Kelly led the way in big-time fashion. Her overall win in 17:55 was a new school record by one …
Friday, May 25, 2012
Students, parents and school supporters such as John Smoltz gathered at the school campus off Bethany Bend.
King's Ridge Christian School blessed the ground today, May 25, at the spot on the Alpharetta campus where its new high school will be built. Students, faculty, parents and local officials came to the campus at the corner of Bethany Bend and Cogburn Road–across the road from the new Cambridge High and next door to North Park–for the ceremony. The Rev. Dr. Michael T. McQueen, senior pastor of St. James United Methodist Church, led the ground blessing, part of which can be heard in the accompanying video. Shortly after the Ground Blessing event, construction will begin on the 45,162-square-foot Craftsman-style architecture classroom building that fits into the master plan of the 70-acre campus. The building contains 17 classrooms, 2 science …
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North Park
13450 Cogburn Rd, Alpharetta, GA
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Colleges are sponsoring these students' National Merit scholarships.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced today that 23 recent Fulton County graduates have been named National Merit Scholars. In addition to the prestigious National Merit Scholar distinction, these 2012 seniors earned National Merit scholarships from participating colleges. College-sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners: Alpharetta High School Navya R. Nadimpalli Kyle R. Seebohm Chattahoochee High School Brandon M. Danzig Allison M. Riley Milton High School Srinidhi Chaganty Samuel M. Hepburn
Sunday, April 8, 2012
The Knights were led by pitcher Spencer Orr, who got the win and struck out 11 Lions batters.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
The St. Francis Knights baseball team beat Lakeview Academy Saturday 4-1. The Knights got a strong pitching performance from Spencer Orr, who got the victory on the mound, according to head Coach Jeff Nichols. He struck out 11 Lions batters in 6 innings of work. Jonah Huff retired Lakeview in the final inning to record the save. Offensively St. Francis High was led by Mark Schulte who went 3 for 4 had 2 RBI and also added 2 stolen bases. Spencer Orr, Matt Klein, and Joey Roche also added two hits on the day. The Knights return to action Thursday afternoon at Mt. Pisgah.
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The high school students return from Spring break needing to jump right in to rehearsals.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
UPDATED, CORRECTED: Three categories were missing, including Supporting Actress nomination, and one was mislabled in an earlier version of this article. Milton High School students get back from spring break this week and need to immediately go into rehearsals to celebrate their production of "The Drowsy Chaperone," which is a nominee for several Shuler Hensley Awards. Georgia high school musical theater will light up the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre stage on April 17 for the 2012 Shuler Hensley Awards – the official Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards, celebrating excellence in high school musical theater, according to news release. Milton High has nominees and honorable mentions for its production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" …
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MarkMunoz
11:06 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
When tax money is involved there should be no segregation by groups, both should be allowed to have a group. IMO if this "group" is trying to promote tolerance, dialogue, intercultural studies I would call it ASIT, American Students Interscholastic Tournament. Then they would truly be working together and not seperating by religion, race, aptitute or anything else. This should be turned over to … more ›