Former Falcon Tim Green Spotlights Reading, Goal Setting at JCES
Former NFL Atlanta Falcon’s player and children’s book author, Tim Green, visited Johns Creek Elementary students earlier this month.
Pinecrest Academy to Host Open House
Pinecrest Academy, a private, PreK–12, College-Preparatory Catholic School, is hosting an Open House on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, 1pm-3pm
Forsyth Schools Recognized for Culinary Arts
Two Forsyth high schools’ culinary arts programs have been recognized among the Elite 50 Hospitality Schools
NFHS Varsity Academic Team Wins Regional
The North Forsyth High School Varsity Academic Team won the region championship this past weekend. The competition took place at Flowery Branch High School on Saturday, Nov. 15. NFHS competed with 11 other teams as part of the Foothills RESA Region. They will now go on to compete in the state tournament on Feb. 7 […]
South Forsyth German Christmas Market Dec. 6
South Forsyth High School will hold this year’s German Christmas Market on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 9am to noon in the East Hall Cafeteria. This popular annual event has high school students teach younger kids seasonal arts and crafts. There will be about 20 arts and crafts stations where children and their families can decorate […]
Forsyth Schools Remove Make Up Snow Days; Implement Online Learning
Forsyth County Schools has announced a plan to recover instructional time lost due to school closures by utilizing asynchronous (not at the same time) online learning using itslearning, the district’s online learning management system. For the 2014-15 school year, two Inclement Weather Days were built into the calendar when it was approved in November, 2013. If both Inclement […]
Johns Creek Elementary Promotes Healthy Lifestyle
Ready, Set, Go! Johns Creek Elementary School has started this school year fast and strong promoting and encouraging a healthy lifestyle. The school and PTA kicked off their “Healthy Fall Fundraiser” with an all day Fun Run. The students were scheduled throughout the day by grade to participate in the run and they danced, hopped, […]
Johns Creek Elementary Honors Veterans
Johns Creek Elementary held its eighth annual Veterans Day Program last week. Each year the school takes time on this very special day to honor veterans in the community who have served in the Armed Forces. Veterans were invited to a special reception before the ceremony. A 30-foot American flag hung for all to […]
South Forsyth Land Acquired for High School
Forsyth County Schools closed Friday, Nov. 7 on a 118.45-acre tract for the county’s sixth high school, projected to open in 2018. The property is located off Fowler Road with frontage on both Fowler and Mullinax Roads. The purchase includes an exchange of 1.602 acres from Forsyth County Government for right-of-way against 1.278 acres acquired […]
Keep Forsyth County Beautiful Receives Grant to Plant Community Orchard
Visitors to Forsyth County’s Chattahoochee Pointe will soon be able to enjoy a community orchard. Keep Forsyth County Beautiful (KFCB) recently received a $2,000 grant to plant the orchard as part of the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation’s Community Orchard Project. The trees for the orchard will be planted on Nov. 15 during a community fall […]