What a Year

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What a Year!

• Georgia Arts Council awards 44,000 to Fulton
  schools

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• North Springs High School FBLA team wins nationals

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• School Board successfully moves to paperless
  meetings

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• Creekside High School and Centennial High School
  earn certification for business education
  programs

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• Contracting Department wins 2005 Excellence in
  Procurement Award

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• SAT scores top 1056, highest of metro
  Atlanta large districts

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• Woodland Elementary, Spalding Drive Elementary,
  Holcomb Bridge Middle students published in
  Town Turtles book

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• Paul D. West Middle starts scholarship fund for
  students showing improvement

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• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relocate more than
  1,100 students to Fulton County schools

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• Schools collect thousands of dollars for
  hurricane relief

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• 549 Fulton bus drivers awarded for safe driving

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• Thirty-two schools receive Single Statewide
  Accountability System awards from GDOE and OSA

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• Groundbreakings held for new Renaissance
  Elementary and Woodland Middle replacement

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• Riverwood High School debuts Academic Integrity
  policy

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• Twenty-five teachers earn National Board
  Certification

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• Webb Bridge Middle School gains Lighthouse School
  status,
• Crabapple Middle is recertified

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• Tri-Cities High School named School of the Year
  by Junior Achievement of Georgia

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• Fulton awarded 812,000 for performing arts
  programs

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• 98 of 11th graders pass Georgia High School
  Graduation Writing Test

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• Webb Bridge Middle, Northview High win national
  online quiz bowls

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• S.L. Lewis Elementary School wins Atlanta Falcons
  Fitness Challenge

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• Centennial High School, Chattahoochee High
  School, and Milton High School bands and
  orchestra reap national honors

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• Twenty-five schools win Best Buy TE_at_CH
  Emergency Response grants to support hurricane
  victims

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• Bethune Elementary kindergartners publish book
  about Thanksgiving

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• New Georgia Tech partnership provides
  college-level calculus to high school students

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• Northview High School wins Governors Cup for
  SAT Achievement for second consecutive
  year

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• Microsofts BAM! Minority Student Day draws
  students from Banneker, Creekside, Tri-Cities,
  and Westlake high schools

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• Brother of Challenger astronaut visits namesake
  McNair Middle School

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• Fulton student Nandhini Sundaresan represents
  Georgia in National Spelling Bee

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• State Athletic Champions
• Centennial HS Girls Swim Team
• Northview HS Girls Volleyball, Boys Tennis

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• Milton HS Girls Lacrosse
• Westlake HS Boys Track Field

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• Autrey Mill Middle School named state PAGE
  Academic Bowl champions,
• Haynes Bridge Middle wins Fulton County Academic
  Bowl

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• New South Fulton High School design debuted

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• Northwestern Middle School named a 2006 Georgia
  School of Excellence

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• First Place State Winners
• Technology Fair.22
• Science Fair...9
• Social Studies Fair..2

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• Ridgeview celebrates 20 years as a middle school

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• Roswell High School students take honors at Japan
  Bowl

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• Teachers from Sandtown Middle, Sweet Apple
  Elementary, Findley Oaks Elementary, and State
  Bridge Crossing Elementary receive Braves awards

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• Eighth grade writing scores climb to 93 scoring
  On Target or Exceeding Target

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• Creekside High School dedicates new classroom
  addition

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• New Westlake High School design debuted

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What a Year!

• Love T. Nolans Chandra Lemons and Creek View
  Elementarys Tracy Trussell named Georgia PTA
  Outstanding Principals

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• Georgia DOE honors 24 Fulton schools as Title I
  Distinguished Schools

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• Governor Perdue signs Highly Qualified
  Principals legislation at Roswell High School

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• Conley Hills Elementary students publish
  biography of former Atlanta Thrashers player Dan
  Snyder

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• National Center for Educational Accountability
  identifies 14 schools as consistent high
  performers
• Brookview ES, Crabapple Crossing ES, Heards Ferry
  ES, High Point ES,

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• Hillside ES, Mountain Park ES,
• New Prospect ES, Northwood ES, Oak Knoll ES,
  Randolph ES,
• Roswell North ES, Stonewall Tell ES, Summit Hill
  ES, and Tubman ES

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• National PTA President visits Woodland Middle
  School

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• National Wildlife Federation certifies Dunwoody
  Springs Charter Schools outdoor classroom

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• Taylor Road Middle School chorus wins national
  competition in Williamsburg

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• 39 Fulton students named National Merit Scholars

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• Creek View Elementary teacher named National
  Cultural Educator of the Year by VIF

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• Teachers from Seaborn Lee Elementary School,
  Ridgeview Middle School, and New Prospect
  Elementary School named VIF honorees

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• Webb Bridge Middle School Principal Elizabeth
  Fogartie named Georgia VIF Principal of the Year

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• Seven high schools named Top Schools by
  Newsweek Magazine

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• Riverwood High ranked highest in Georgia on
  Newsweek list

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• 11th graders excel on High School Graduation
  Tests 4 increase of students passing all
  sections

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• 2006-07 Employees of the Year
• Nathifa Williams Carmichael, North Springs HS
  Overall Teacher of the Year

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What a Year!

• Karen Jones, Hembree Springs ES Elementary
  School TOTY
• Deborah Polk, Taylor Road MS Middle School TOTY
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What a Year!

• Suresh Srinivasan, Barnwell ES School
  Professional of the Year
• Michael Graham, Warehouse Support Professional
  of the Year
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What a Year!

• Successful passage of FY2007 736.9 million
  budget 8.5 increase over previous
  year
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What a Year!

• Thank you for everything youve done to make
  the year a success!
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