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 […]
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 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 […]
Pinecrest Academy seniors Gabby Elias, Wendy Oshinski and Andy Rodriguez, have been named Commended Students in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition by taking the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
For the second year Forsyth County Schools’ students have topped the state for graduation rates among Georgia’s 20 largest school districts with 90.3%. This is a 0.8% increase from the district’s 2013 graduation rate. The state’s 2014 graduation rate is 72.5%. “We are excited to see our overall graduation rate increase to above 90%,” stated Jeff […]
Siemens Industry, an international company with a location in Alpharetta, has a long-standing tradition of working with Forsyth County Schools. Recently, Siemens partnered with Lambert High School by donating an all-electric van to the school. This van will benefit the engineering, robotics, and science departments. Through Siemens’ donation, students involved in the Engineering Pathway and […]
Congratulations to the North Forsyth High School Raider Marching Band for outstanding performances in competitions on Saturday, Oct.11 and Saturday, Oct. 18. At the Blue Ridge Mountain Marching Festival (October 11) the group earned the following awards: Superior Rating for Band Excellent Rating for Guard Superior Rating for Percussion Superior Rating for Drum Majors 2nd […]
Forsyth County Schools recognizes the following achievements: Golden Radish Award – Sharon Elementary Georgia Best Practice Award/USDA SE Regional Award – Sharon Elementary & FCSS Georgia Music Educators Association Middle School Exemplary Performance Award – South Forsyth Middle School National Yearbook Program of Excellence Award – South Forsyth Middle School Employee of the Month Award […]
Pinecrest Academy, a private PreK3-12 grade Catholic School in Cumming, GA, will host the University of Notre Dame’s Band of the Fighting Irish this Friday, Oct.17, as they stop in Cumming on their way to the Notre Dame/Florida State football game on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. After a private […]
Forsyth County Schools is seeking online input of the 2015-16 calendar. FCS is accepting online input until Nov. 3. The final calendar will be approved by the Board of Educatiaon on Nov. 20.CLICK HERE 2015-16 Draft Calendar. CLICK HERE to provide input on the 2015-16 draft calendar. Notes about the 2015-16 draft calendar: School beginning Thursday, […]
