A Cherokee County School District Class of 2025 graduate has earned a $5,000 scholarship from a school district partner! River Ridge High School Class of 2025 graduate Chaselynn Higgins has earned this year’s Waste Management/Pine Bluff Landfill Scholarship.
A Cherokee County School District teacher has been named the state's top new career education teacher! Etowah High School aerospace science instructor U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. (Ret.) Ciarra Malto today was named the winner of the Georgia New Teacher of the Year award. It's presented by the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Educators to one teacher from all Career Pathway programs.
The Cherokee County School Board, Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis and her senior staff met this evening for whole board training focused on ensuring consistency in governance team communication protocols.
Twenty-six Cherokee County School District high school rising juniors and seniors are spending this summer as student researchers through a partnership with Georgia’s National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center! Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, a CCSD Partner, made the student research positions available through its role as the Georgia Science Education Initiative’s National Cancer Institute GA YES (Youth Enjoy Science) Program site.
The Cherokee County School Board at its regular meeting and work session on Thursday, June 12, 2025, heard a report on efforts to further improve teaching and learning for next school year and appointed new school and district leaders.
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