MAY 2015
Volume 1, Issue 10
Who Will It Be? ‘SCHS Teacher of The Year’
Inside this issue:
New Magnet Coordinator
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SCHS gets national recognition
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‘March Madness’
comes to SC
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Baseball falls
short of playoffs
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Track to compete
for state
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Blood Drive on
May 9
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SCHS ‘Reality
Who?’
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From the eight nominations, the South Cobb 20142015 Teacher of The Year will
be one of three finalist: Victor
Burrell, Sheila Gilbert and
Greg Moultrie.
“When the votes are
counted, if no nominee receives more than 50% of
the votes, the 2 nominees
with the highest number of
votes will compete in a runoff election,” said assistant
principal Angela CoaxumYoung. “The runner up shall
be the Alternate.”
Ms. Coaxum-Young predicts a winner should be
announced early next
week.
Eight nominees:
Pauline Aikhele - is one of
the most dedicated teachers
that I have encountered in
quite some time. She goes
above and beyond the call of
duty while providing supplemental math instruction to
any child that seeks her expertise.
Cora Barragan – has a clear
understanding of the magnified challenges that English
Language Learners confront in
and out of school, and has
met the challenges ESL and
mainstream teachers must
face.
Victor Burrell- is always
willing to spend extra time
with and on behalf of a student in order to help that
young person attain his or her
goals.
Florence Cleveland - is an
outstanding teacher and an
example for her fellow teachers. Mrs. Cleveland is very
innovative when it comes to
instructing her students. She
knows how break academics
down so her students can
learn.
Jeanette Francis-Ferris - If
this school needs her, she is
there! If a student needs her,
she is there!! As a Parent of
one of her students, I appreci-
ated the time and care she
gave him.
Sheila Gilbert - There are
very few people in this building more dedicated to this
school, than Sheila. She gives
everything to her students,
her department and to this
school.
Lisa Gipson - she is the goto-person for many at the
school teachers and students
alike. Mrs. Gipson is the FBLA
sponsor, Chairperson for the
Young Women’s Conference
and this year she added to her
long list of duties Chick-fil-A
Leader Academy Team Leader.
Gregory Moultrie - works
tirelessly not only for his basketball players, but also students off the court. During his
four years at SCHS, he has
served as the head coach of
both boys basketball and boys
track. In addition to his sports
related activities and assists
Dr. Canady and Mr. Byrd with
the Man Up and Flying Aces.
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South Cobb Welcomes New Magnet Coordinator
Dr. Ericka Ijames stepped down as
the South Cobb Medical and Science
Magnet Coordinator after 6 years as
the coordinator.
This week the Eagles named the
new Magnet coordinator in Dr. Andrew Kutscher.
Dr. Kutscher has his B.S. in Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. in Behavioral
Neuroscience from the University of
Washington.
While in college and graduate
school, Dr. Kutscher was heavily involved in research on the biological
basis of sensory perception. For the
last eight years, Dr. Kutscher has been
a science teacher at Campbell Middle Level Teacher of the Year Award in
School in Smyrna, GA.
2014.
During his tenure at Campbell, he
served as the Science Coordinator,
Gifted Coordinator, Building Leadership Team member, and a School
Council Member.
He helped to develop and implement a brain and spinal cord injury
prevention unit in collaboration with
the Shepherd Center that is currently
being taught at a number of schools
throughout Cobb County.
Dr. Kutscher was recognized for his
work in the classroom and dedication
to his students with the Georgia State
Science Teacher Association Middle
14 Schools Marked as ‘Most Challenging’
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Campbell High School
Harrison High School
Hillgrove High School
Kell High School
Kennesaw Mountain
High School
Lassiter High School
McEachern High School
North Cobb High School
Pebblebrook High
School
Pope High School
South Cobb High School
Sprayberry High School
Walton High School
Wheeler High School
14 Cobb High Schools have been
named among the Most Challenging
High Schools in the United States.
“This is a validation of all the hard
work of the kids, teachers and parents,” South Cobb Principal Dr. Ashley Hosey
said in a statement.
“This is awesome!”
The
Washington
Post’s annual list ranks
high schools based on a
formula that calculates
the number of Advanced Placement (AP),
International Baccalaureate (IB), and Advanced
International Certificate of Education tests given each year at a
school.
That number is divided by the
number of graduating seniors in a
given year. There are 2,358 high
schools on the list and more than
20,000 high schools in the United
States.
Cobb County Schools gave a
‘Congratulations’ to all
those on the list who
give students the academically challenging
and rigorously engaging
educational foundation
advocated by Cobb
Schools.
Rankings are computed through an index
formula. This year, only
11 percent of the approximately 22,000 U.S. public high
schools were placed on this national
list.
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‘March Madness’ Theme for Senior Meeting
From the brainstorming efforts of dribbled in and shot individually,” Sus- for quite a while before shooting, in
the South Cobb counseling depart- ko said.
case you wondered. We just had so
ment, the Eagles held a senior
“I also spun the ball on my finger much fun trying to motivate them.”
meeting in April with the theme of,
‘March Madness’.
The department went all out in full
uniform to help inspire the group in a
fun way.
“We wanted to encourage the seniors to maintain their enthusiasm and
excitement for graduation,” said Jennifer Susko.
“We talked to them about the importance of staying focused on their
grades and final GPA.”
The urgent need is to complete
FAFSA (Financial Aid) applications,
registering for SAT/ACT if they haven't
already taken it, and getting in those
final college and career school applications by the deadlines.
“We even played the song,
‘Basketball,’ by Kurtis Blow and all
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Baseball Playoff Bid Comes Up Short
- Courtesy of mdjonline.com
The last time Campbell’s baseball
team made the state playoffs, none of
its players had been born, making
Thursday’s victory over South Cobb
that much sweeter.
The Spartans made a dramatic return to the postseason by rallying for
three runs with one out in the bottom
of the seventh inning, earning a 7-6
win at Lattanzi Field.
It was the final regular-season
game for both teams, with the winner
guaranteed the No. 4 seed out of Region 3AAAAAA.
Mike Lyons supplied the gamewinning RBI, sending a pitch to deep
left-center field, scoring David Glenndining from second and making the
Spartans playoff-bound for the first
time since 1992.
Campbell (12-8, 7-7) trailed 6-4 entering the seventh before Ben Kilpatrick’s leadoff single started the comeback. After a fly out to right, Chris
Suriel was hit by a pitch, putting runners on first and second. Glenndining
then singled to right to score Kilpatrick, with Suriel reaching third on the
play.
South Cobb (8-16, 6-8) attempted
to get Suriel out at third, but a throwing error allowed him to come home,
tying the game at 6-all, allowing
Glenndining to reach second and
setting up Lyons for the walk-off hit.
“My teammates got two runs to tie,
and I did what I was taught to do and
hit the ball hard, and it went into the
gap,” said Lyons, a junior.
For the Eagles, the once promising
season came out short of its first post-
season appears since 2011. South
Cobb held leads of 4-0, 6-2 and 6-4
heading into the bottom of the final
inning.
“We had our senior Kharam Khan
pitching well for two and a third innings,” said baseball coach Mark Collins.
“One error led to them having a lot
of momentum and it was tough to
overcome.”
Relay Team Looks to Impress in Sectionals
Saturday, May 2 is the day 9
student-athletes will compete for
a chance to race against some of
the fastest high school sprinters in
the state of Georgia.
In the region competition,
Khaleel Shaw, Tyler Green, Michael Laperolerie and Dijah White
finished 2nd at Westlake. That per-
formance was strong enough to
move to the 6-A sectionals held at
Mill Creek High School in Gwinnett
County.
“If they work, they could be a
very got 400-meter relay team,”
said track coach Michael Johnson.
“There will be a lot of good runners there this weekend.”
Volume 1, Issue 9
UPCOMING EVENTS
 May 7 - Coffee with The
Principal 8:30 am
 May 9 - SCHS Blood
Drive
 MAY 13 - CCSD Board
Meeting
 MAY 15 - FB Spring
Game
 MAY 21 - Last Day of
School
 MAY 23 - SCHS
Graduation at KSU
South Cobb High School
BLOOD DRIVE
Saturday, May 9, 2015
11:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Gymnasium
All presenting donors will receive a FREE
Regal Theater Movie Ticket!
There will be food in the canteen!
Please don’t forget to: Bring your picture I.D.
Eat and Drink well before donating
Get your 16 year old form signed
For more information or to schedule an appointment,
please see Mrs. Gipson in the Business Department or FBLA
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Eagles Spend a Day with
Georgia Highlands College
Ken Reaves, Dean of the Marietta
campus, graciously escorted our students around the campus and answered all of their questions.
Many of these students attended
one of the many information sessions held here at SCHS this school
year with GHC Admissions Rep, Rick
Watters.
Five of the students submitted
college applications today and two
others will submit their applications
next week.
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South Cobb Participates in Reality U
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COFFEE WITH THE
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MEMORIAL DAY
FBLA Places Top 5
International Festival
a Hit at South Cobb