The North Metro Academy of Performing Arts and the Oakland Meadow School got new principals on Thursday night.
Gwinnett County's school board put off making a decision on Gwinnett County Public Schools' proposed new health and sex education curriculum on Thursday amid ongoing pushback from parents and after Georgia's top education official raised concerns about it.
Georgia Gwinnett College will host its final in-person Preview Day for the spring semester from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on March 25.
PCOM Georgia is accepting applications for the PCOM Georgia Opportunities Academy, sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Community Partnerships.
To stand out in a crowd of thousands of students is no easy feat, but Gwinnett Technical College student Ryan Moore has done just that.
ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate passed legislation Monday that will require Georgia public schools to conduct active-shooter drills by Oct. 1 of each year. Gov. Brian Kemp’s “Safe Schools Act” also creates a school-safety and anti-gang certification for teachers and other school employees who complete a school safety and gang-deterrence training program. “This modernizes school […]
ATLANTA – Education bills are getting a mixed reception in the General Assembly this year. Measures to protect teacher’s time and amp up the state’s literacy rates have received nearly unanimous approval, while private-school vouchers have drawn fierce opposition. “The teachers I know don’t want to walk away … but too many teachers I know […]
Sixteen Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine students and faculty members exchanged their Christmas holidays for a mission trip to Guatemala where they impacted the lives of almost 1,000 patients.
At the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber’s First Friday breakfast for March the organization honored Norcross High School’s Corbin Blum with its monthly Character Award.
Last week Georgia Gwinnett College counselors traveled to Collins Hill High School to offer seniors at the school a unique opportunity — an instant decision on admission.
Georgia Gwinnett College counselors traveled to Collins Hill High School on March 2 to offer Instant Decision Day to seniors a the school.
The Shiloh High School cheerleading program will host The Black Table Talk — Finding Balance: How To Control My Thoughts On Social Media, Relationships, Work and School — on March 15.
ATLANTA – The state Senate Monday approved a bill that would provide Georgia students residing in low-performing school districts $6,000 to spend on private school tuition. “This is a money-follows-the-child bill,” said Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, who sponsored the “Georgia Promise Scholarship Act.” “[It] levels the playing field for parents who want to get their […]
Students at Jordan Middle School in Lawrenceville had a career day last week, with more than 60 professionals from all walks of life coming to classrooms to present, inspire and intrigue their young minds, school officials said.
Students at Jordan Middle School in Lawrenceville put down their Chromebooks on March 2 when over 60 professionals from all walks of life took over classrooms to present, inspire and intrigue their young minds.
Liberty University sophomore Jadin Skye Rafus, a Buford resident, has been honored by The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Families choose private schools for a variety of reasons, one of which is the parents themselves attended an independent school and wanted their children to have a similar experience.
Gwinnett Technical College is set to open a gleaming new facility, and the three-story building — dedicated to computer information systems, cybersecurity and emerging technologies training — will be complemented by other renovations and improvements on campus.
A Gwinnett County Public Schools bus driver quit his job just over two weeks before police arrested him on child molestation and public indecency.
On March 18, Gwinnett County Public Schools will host the 2023 Transition Fair for students with disabilities, their families and educators.
Sixteen students from the eighth grade fundamentals of engineering class from Duluth's Coleman Middle School were recently given a very unique experience.
The Georgia Department of Education recently released the list of AP Honors Schools — with 23 Gwinnett County public high schools making one or more of the lists.
Lanier High School has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A.
In September 2014, under the director of former principal William Bo Ford Jr., Brookwood High School initiated the March to One Million campaign with the schools’ student government association, with a plan to raise $1 million in 10 years for charitable causes.
McKendree Elementary School media specialist Nicole Duque has been selected as GCPS' 2023 Library Media Specialist of the Year.
With the rising demand for workers in STEM-related fields, a Georgia Gwinnett College program is working to attract younger generations to STEM careers.
The Lanier High School community is mourning the death of one of its students who was killed in an automobile accident over the weekend.
ATLANTA – The state House of Representatives handily passed a bill Monday aimed at bolstering school safety in Georgia. The “Safe Schools Act,” which has the strong support of Gov. Brian Kemp, passed on a 148-20 vote. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Will Wade, R-Dawsonville, one of Kemp’s floor leaders in the House, would require […]
Several Gwinnett County Public Schools parents are speaking out against plans to replace the district's current sex education curriculum with one that they say will de-emphasize abstinence.
Two Gwinnett elementary schools get new principals, district gets new instructional technology chief
Gwinnett County Public Schools appointed two elementary school principals and a new district-wide instructional technology and innovation chief on Thursday night.
The Gwinnett County Board of Education's leadership will remain unchanged this year after a majority for the board members chose to keep Steve Knudsen as their vice-chairman for this year.
For high school seniors seeking opportunities to continue their musical education in college, the next several weeks are known as “the audition season.”
Sasha Tarassenko, a senior at Paul Duke STEM High School, is one of only three students to win this year’s 2022-23 concerto competition with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Jamarius Strong-Williams has dreams of working in healthcare. The 19-year-old Georgia Gwinnett College majors in biology with a concentration in biochemistry in the hope of someday becoming a surgeon.
Georgia Gwinnett College’s expanded outreach to Georgia high school students and the offer of in-state tuition to students in bordering states has paid off with increased enrollment numbers, school officials said.
The life-affirming song “I Hope You Dance” accompanied the traditional academic procession and recession of the Class of 2024 during their White Coat Ceremony, dubbed “the most unique White Coat Ceremony in the history of PCOM” by class chair Andrew Wilson (PharmD ’24).
Eight students from Gwinnett County will have the honor of having their work displayed at the All-State Art Symposium and Art Throwdown .
Six Berkmar High School students were chosen to display their ceramic artwork at this year’s 2023 Georgia High School Ceramic Arts Awards and Symposium.
North Gwinnett Middle School orchestra teacher Sarah Ball has been honored with the 2023 Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award.
ATLANTA – The General Assembly is unlikely to change Georgia’s education funding formula this session, legislators have told Capitol Beat. A state Senate study committee chaired by Sen. Mike Dugan, R-Carrollton, met several times last fall to consider changes to the state’s complicated education funding method, which was established in 1985. The formula provides funds […]
In commemorating National School Counseling Week, Gwinnett County Public Schools held an awards program on Feb. 7 to recognize its top counseling award winners for 2023.
The establishment of outdoor classroom settings isn’t a new educational initiative by any means, but two schools in Norcross are utilizing their spaces to help teach and nurture students in a variety of ways.
When the seniors at North Gwinnett High School gathered in August for the first day of school, it’s likely Samantha Fraser topped them all with her “what I did over the summer” stories.
Gwinnett County Public Schools is inviting parents and community members to apply for the district’s Instructional Resources Review Committee (IRRC), a group charged with evaluating print and digital instructional resources.
At its Februrary First Friday breakfast meeting on Feb. 3, the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber presented its monthly Character Award to Evelyn Logan of Greater Atlanta Christian.
In all cultures, food is a way to connect with others when it is shared. The meal is a staple feature that encourages understanding, cooperation and togetherness.
In all cultures, food is a way to connect with others when it is shared. The meal is a staple feature that encourages understanding, cooperation and togetherness.
Gwinnett Technical College recently named Amber Walden, Humanities Program Director, the school’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year.
Students from South Gwinnett High School brought home a national championship in late January after winning the SuitUp Capgemini business competition.
Georgia Gwinnett College has introduced an after-school program for historically underserved elementary school students that it hopes will serve as a model for similar programs across Georgia, school officials said.
Georgia Gwinnett College has introduced an after-school program for historically underserved elementary school students that will serve as a model for similar programs across Georgia, school officials said.
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