If you're a CCSD parent who loves to cook, please enter our third annual CCSD School Nutrition Parent Recipe Contest you could win a $100 Visa gift card and see your side-dish recipe featured on CCSD school lunch menus in October! The Cherokee County School District again has earned national honors for its School Nutrition summer meals program! The directory of registrars is online here; email addresses use the formatfirst.name@cherokeek12.net Please do not call today (Jan. 5) as registrars are working from home due to the districtwide Digital Learning Day. 0010b00002HJVrpAAH:Woodstock Middle FIXED. Yet, too often they areunsure of themselves and afraid to take the risk. CCSD's School Nutrition Program Earns National Honors, CCSD Students Excel at Tech Fair, Advancing to State, CCSD District Winners for PTA Reflections Contest Named, CCSD Congratulates Elementary and Middle School Reading Bowl Winners, CCSD School Choice Month and New Enrollment. It is listed as one of the original eight "Public . Students submitted videos to present their projects for judging. The January 2021 edition of the CCSD Connections monthly parent e-newsletter is now online at https://www.cherokeek12.net/Content2/newsletter and includes a message from the Superintendent about the continued temporary closure of schools due to COVID-19. #CCSDfam. CCSD Announces First-Ever Support Staff Employee of the Year Awards! He was born on June 29, 1937, in Pottstown, Pa., to Michael and Mary Anna Demcisak. GRADUATION UPDATE: Following a meeting this afternoon relative to graduation ceremony planning, we are pleased to announce that CCSD Class of 2021 graduating seniors will be allowed tickets for six guests to attend their ceremony next month at First Baptist Church of Woodstock. Meet a CCSD 2020 School Teacher of the Year: Jefferson Doyle of Woodstock MS! Express Gateway update portal,the online system for parents tochange phone, email or important information for students, is now available. The Cherokee County School Board during its May meeting, which was held this evening virtually and streamed online, heard school reopening plans and a budget update. Apply now by clicking Jobs@CCSD at www.CherokeeK12.net and selecting any of the School Nutrition Worker listings at various schools. Board Briefs: School Board Approves Budget, New Police Chief Sworn into Office. The CCSD graduation rate is an increase from 86.9% achieved by the Class of 2019, according to a new report from the Georgia Department of Education released today. CCSD middle schools will begin the county tournament schedule tonight to determine the county champion for boys and girls teams, 7th and 8th grade. The purpose of Child Find is to identify, locate, and evaluate children and youth, who are suspected of having or have a diagnosed disability or developmental delay, in order to provide free appropriate Special Education services. Teachers. Please sign up today by applying online for 2021-22 Substitute Teacher at https://bit.ly/JobsCCSD Questions? CCSD students in grades 6-12 are invited to create and enter by Oct. 1, 2019 a short public service announcement-style video that educates students about the health dangers of vaping. 22-23 6th Grade School Supply List. Subs can hand-pick how frequently they want to work as well as where they want to accept jobs. More information and the applications (look for Future Openings forms for each of these jobs) are online at https://bit.ly/JobsCCSD #CCSDfam #CCSDunited. Brian Kemp has extended his closure of all schools statewide through the close of the school year. Northwood Middle School. As part of national Sunshine Month, observed every March to highlight the importance of open government and transparency, the Cherokee County School District has updated its Open CCSD website. Thank you to this month's newsletter sponsor, Credit Union of Georgia! The Cherokee County School District this week congratulated the winners of its new Bus Driver of the Year Awards! The Cherokee County School Board at its Thursday, Oct. 21 work session, reviewed projects proposed for the Education Special Purpose Location Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) renewal up for a vote on Nov. 2, with Early Voting now underway. Cherokee County School District middle and high school students competed at the Georgia 4-H Northwest District Project Achievement Competition, with five earning first-place honors. The Cherokee County School Board on Thursday, April 15, approved school calendars for three more years and appointed several new leaders for next school year. CCSD Connections Back to School Newsletter Now Online, CCSD Digital Learning 2021-22 Program Update. Modified: 2/27/2023 4:55:02 PM. The District has been selected by the District Administration educational leadership organization as the Districts of Distinction award winner in the Educational Technology category. This post is design to provide the community with accurate information about the continuation of the existing penny sales tax. Woodstock Middle School "Educating the Emerging Generation" 2000 Towne Lake Hills South Drive | Woodstock, GA | 770.721.3060 CCSD About Administration Faculty/Staff School Council Woodstock Middle Schooltoggle menu Quick Links CCSD About Administration Faculty/Staff School Council Quick Links Woodstock Middle School News Go to google maps for directions. As community leaders, school board members serve as advocates for the children in local public schools and must study, evaluate and decide what actions are in the best interest of those students. CCSD is offering a special to-go free meal service for all students for Spring Break! Nearly 200 students from more than 20 CCSD schools put their technology skills to the test at the Piedmont Regional Technology Competition. Meet a CCSD 2022 Volunteer of the Year: Maria Salazar of Woodstock MS! Thanks to this month's sponsor, Credit Union of Georgia, a CCSD Partner. The Partner of the Year from every CCSD school is recognized at an annual ceremony sponsored by the Cherokee County Educational Foundation. Four days ago, we welcomed a new year and new hopes for an end to COVID-19. The Cherokee County School District is opening online registration for 2021-22 kindergarten students, as well as first graders new to CCSD, on Monday, February 8. Lunchroom Monitors work during school hours; ASP is offered at elementary schools until 6 p.m. Cherokee County School District students exceeded State averages on the Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade and End-of-Course tests for the sixth consecutive year, with expected decreases locally and statewide due to the pandemics impact on instruction. # 401-535 in Tennessee Middle Schools. If your student(s) is/are enrolled in Digital Learning or hybrid learning, we are pleased to offer to-go meal service for them! For those families who choose to attend Fridays celebratory parade that will travel through Fulton and Cobb Counties, we hope you have a safe and memorable experience and well see you back in class on Monday! 147 B-Route 169, Woodstock, CT 06281 | (860) 963-6575 | Website. The Cherokee County School District has earned national honors for its School Nutrition summer meals program! If you're a CCSD parent who loves to cook, please enter our second annual CCSD School Nutrition Parent Recipe Contest you could win a $100 Visa gift card and see your side-dish recipe featured on CCSD school lunch menus in October! Please check out the December edition of the CCSD Connections newsletter at https://bit.ly/CCSDconnections for the latest CCSD news including announcements and upcoming events. Please check out this video - http://bit.ly/stop4bus - to learn more. The curtain will rise this month for the Cherokee County School District's 2022-23 theatre season! Reminder: CCSD's Job Fair is a month away please join us from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 4, at River Ridge High School (400 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock 30188). This will not be a Digital Learning Day due to the likely event of expected widespread power outages throughout the morning. The Cherokee County School District has earned international recognition for excellence in education! The starting hourly rate has been increased to $12.59 an hour for School Nutrition Workers, as well as to $12 an hour for part-time School Nutrition workers and substitutes, and $10.50 an hour for lunchroom monitors. Seven Cherokee County School District students have been named to the State School Superintendents 2019-20 Student Advisory Council! Explore Explore . Please click on the following link for student class scheduling during Digital Learning Days. #CCSDfam #CCSDunited. He married Nancy Kazich on July 15, 1967. That is untrue. Meet the Police Officer: Keith McGaw of Woodstock MS! Extends Closure of Schools for Rest of School Year, 3/30/2020 Message from the Superintendent, Gov. Woodstock High School; Woodstock North High School; Clay Academy; Sign In. The Woodstock Academy is an independent, day and boarding, co-educational, college preparatory high school for grades 9-12 and postgraduates located in Woodstock, CT. CCSD is ready for the new school year with 500temporary substitute teachers signed up to serve but we've heard from morewho want to join us! Dear CCSD Families, This change will not impact students already enrolled in Digital Learning. All CCSD high schools, as well as select middle schools and the districtwide Academy Street Theatre Group program for elementary through high school students, will present shows throughout the school year. The statewide Georgia Student Technology Competition program includes 16 categories of competition for students in Grades 3-12. #CCSDfam. 2. Does your business or organization partner with a CCSD school? #CCSDfam #CCSDunited. Contact School Nutrition at cassandra.higgins@cherokeek12.net and 770.721.8419. On behalf of the Superintendent, please be advised that the Governor has mandated school closures through March 31, 2020. CCSD's online registration system for new student enrollment is back onlineafter maintenance earlier this week. NA. The Cherokee County School District congratulates the winners of the 2023 CCSD Reading Bowl! Please click on image or this link to have students take the Student Survey for our School Counseling Office. CCSD Announces Second Annual Recipe Contest! This includes curricular and extracurricular classes and activities. Congratulations to CCSD's 2020 School Teachers of the Year! As constitutional officers of Georgia, school board members are responsible for setting educational policies, employing school personnel, providing buildings and equipment, operating a transportation system and disbursing school funds. Dr. Debra Murdock, the former Principal of Cherokee High School and Georgia High School Principal of the Year, who has most recently served as the School Operations executive director overseeing middle and high schools, will take on the newly created role focused on developing new ways to better support students and employees emotional and mental health and well-being. See attached document for clubs and sponsors at WMS. Please Share Our New Job Listing: Facility Maintenance Director. Seventh-grader Winston Kang was named the Cherokee County overall winner by the Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority for his entry into its annual water essay contest. Roadrunner Announcements. The Back-to-School Gateway is a paperless, online registration system for students already enrolled in CCSD schools that replaces the dreaded stack of first-day forms with a quick digital check and update of students existing contact and emergency notification information in CCSDs records system. The reportis posted onlinehereand provides financial additional information to the community in advance of the School Boards public hearings and budget adoption. We hope you enjoy this slideshow of a few of the many outstanding activities. This message contains some very important information about locker clean-out and the return of WMS materials to school including textbooks, library books and laptops. #CCSDfam #CCSDunited, Today is National Educational Support Professionals Day thank you to all CCSD employees who support our teachers and students by keeping our schools safe, healthy and operating smoothly. Hundreds of athletes, peer helpers, CCSD staff and community volunteersparticipated in the annual CCSDAwareness Games on Friday, October 15, at River Ridge HS. Graduates will drive through a pick-up area for honor cords, medals and other special regalia and, as a gift to every senior from their Principal, each will receive an embroidered school patch to affix to their keepsake graduation robes. A Cherokee County School District student is a regional essay contest winner! Basketball season officially came to a close for CCSDs high school seniors last Tuesday night, as they played their final high school games together March 10 at Creekview High School in the Varsity Brands Senior Classic. The Cherokee County School District celebrated the important role of support staff at its Fifth Annual Support Staff Employees of the Year Awards on Thursday evening. Families of the Class of 2023 are invited to the upcoming parent information night on Thursday, January 17, 2019. Kindergarten Registration Opens February 8, CCSD Connections Newsletter for February 2021 Now Online, CCSD Announces Winners of Student Mask Usage PSA Contest, Sign Up Now: CCSD 2021 Job Fair a Virtual Event on March 6, 1/30/2021 CCSD Message: Weekly Grade Report Error, School Reassignment Request Window Opens February 1, 1/21/21 CCSD Message: Reopening of Schools on Jan. 25, CCSD Offers Virtual Program for Parents of Special Education Students, Board Business Briefs: School Board Hears Updates on COVID-19, State Funding, CCSD Connections Newsletter for January Now Online, CCSD Increasing Pay for Substitute Teachers, 1/14/21 CCSD Message: School Closures Extended. The Cherokee County School Districts School Nutrition program has added a Halal menu item. These treasures take many forms: the handmade cards with imperfect spelling and perfect love, the well-worn first best teacher mug turned pens holder and the shiny new one filled with coffee, the dried store-bought carnation and the dried playground dandelion. Meet a CCSD 2019 Volunteer of the Year: Cynthia Tunon of Woodstock MS! Louis XIV. Participants can visit tables of school leaders, who will be grouped by geographic area, to share coffee and conversation with them about partnership opportunities. As you know, schools are scheduled to be closed on Monday, Feb. 18, and Tuesday, Feb. 19 for student holidays. The 88-acre site is north of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Contact CCSD Recruiter Lindsay.Bowley@cherokeek12.net and 770.704.4256. The Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards celebrate schools, organizations and individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty to build school pride, student engagement and community spirit.. Please share our new job listing for CCSD School Nutrition culinary specialist! The event also will be livestreamed, as it has been in years past, to allow guests who cannot attend to watch the ceremony from home. CCSD this school year will begin using the ParentSquare messaging system for Principal communications. The statewide recognition program honors school boards that consistently meet standards of excellence and model best practices; it is a three-tiered program, and Exemplary is the highest level of achievement. It is not a Digital Learning Day. #SafeCherokee, We greatly value the outstanding support staff in our schools and central office divisions, which is why we recognize one here each week. Eleven projects by Cherokee County School District students are headed to the Regional Social Studies Fair! These positions offer excellent benefits (full-time benefits for part-time work, with at least four hours of pay per day guaranteed), a great work calendar and schedule, and a wonderful work environment and team. Regular Hours 7:45 am - 2:25 pm. We greatly value the outstanding support staff in our schools and central office divisions, which is why we recognize one here every week. News & Events. Listen. Please remember: a child must be present to receive a bag; do not come sick; do not stay at the site after picking up food. Click on the link below for additional information. Back-to-School Walk-Through/Open House Schedule Set! CCSD High Schools Named to "Best High Schools" List. These positions offer excellent benefits, a great work calendar and schedule, and a wonderful work environment and team. How do we decide? This is just a reminder that, if you have not already, please complete the CCSD return-to-school questionnaire by 5 p.m. Monday, June 29. The annual event for students in grades 4-12 is a timed competition designed by the Office of Curriculum & Instruction to encourage reading, develop reading comprehension skills and offer a fun extra-curricular academic opportunity. 22-23 8th Grade School Supply List. CCSDs Office of Curriculum & Instruction coordinates the campaign, which supports the statewide Get Georgia Reading initiative and CCSDs continued focus on improving literacy. #CCSDfam. Please use the hashtag #CCSD1stDay tomorrow to share your photos with us. Please see the following message to parents from Cherokee County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower: Today, we found silver linings in our rain clouds. Congratulations to the Cherokee County School Districts 2023School Teachers of the Year winners! UPDATE 5/23/22: Great news! Job details are posted at https://bit.ly/CCSDbusdriver. Please sign up today so we can invite you to a training session. Every March, CCSD celebrates literacy beginning with Read Across America Day, a nationwide reading event that coincides with renowned childrens book author and illustrator Dr. Seusss March 2 birthday. Save the date: The Georgia Probe College Fair will make its annual stop in Cherokee County from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 29 at Cherokee High School (Cherokee North Campus) at 930 Marietta Highway, Canton. Cherokee County School District high schools and middle schools will have early release days later this month, which will affect traffic in the surrounding areas. (https://bit.ly/CCSDmealpickup). At the start of every school year, each CCSD school is asked to select its own Teacher of the Year. CCSD students in grades 6-12 were invited to create and enter a short public service announcement-style video that educates students about the benefits of mask usage by students at school, and students in grades K-12 were invited to design and enter a poster promoting the same message. How many students are expected in CCSD schools this school year? The District earned a 4-star average on the 5-star scale in the Georgia Department of Educations annual ratings, which measure how a community views the quality of its schools culture and character; the highest possible rating is 5 stars. Head had brought the gun from home, the sheriff said. The Cherokee County School District is seeking school bus drivers! Im incredibly proud of the work that all of our employees do every day to provide the best possible education and care to each of our students.