6th Grade Essay Writing Contest

Cobb Alcohol Task Force Youth Summit

The Cobb Alcohol Task Force Youth Summit is a great opportunity for ANY of your students who would like to become more involved with their community! The task force hopes to have EVERY middle and high school in CCSD represented at this year’s Youth Summit!  Anyone interested should complete the application below.

Too Good For Violence Conclusion

This week 6th grade students are completing the Too Good For Violence curriculum by the Mendez Foundation.  TGFV is a school-based violence prevention and character education program for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. It is designed to enhance prosocial behaviors and skills and improve protective factors related to conflict and violence. TGFV has a developmentally appropriate curriculum for each grade level through 8th grade.  The curricula for grades 6-8 each include lessons designed to incorporate and reinforce skills taught in the core curriculum through academic infusion in various subject areas.

Topics included approaches to conflict, ABCs of solving conflict, anger management, escalating verses de-escalating behaviors, communication styles, bullying, and dealing with racism, discrimination and stereotypes.

Pebblebrook Performance

Celebrate the Spirit of the Season . . .

The Jennie T. Anderson Theatre

Cobb County Civic Center

presents

Home for the Holidays

with performances by:

Pebblebrook/CCCEPA Chamber Choir

and ComPAny 2013

FEATURING Pebblebrook/CCCEPA alumni who are home for the holidays, including:

Vicki Abhalter, Julia Galasti, Joseph Lattanzi,

Kelly Methven, Paige McCormick, Deanna Morrow

Showtimes:

December 14 & 15, at 8pm

December 16, at 3pm

All Tickets $15

For tickets:

Box Office (770-528-8490) or www.ticketmaster.com

Jennie T. Anderson Theatre

Cobb County Civic Center

548 So. Marietta Pkwy.

Marietta, GA 30060

Magnet Application Deadline

High School Magnet Program

applications are due

by December 7th. 

Late applications will NOT

be considered

under any circumstances.

Click on the link below

for more information.

Magnet Program Website

What is Cyber Bullying?

The National Crime Prevention Council's definition of cyber-bullying is "when the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person.”  This is a growing problem on social media websites such as Facebook, You Tube, MySpace, Twitter, or Instagram.  Offenses from student to student, or student to adult committed electronically can have the same consequence as bullying done in person.

The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers

Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers tells the stories of a number of children at a suburban middle school in Columbia, Maryland.  Washington Post education reporter Linda Perlstein spent a year observing the lives both at home and at school of these eleven- to thirteen-year-olds, and manages to convey their rapidly changing thoughts and feelings.  Some of them come from two-parent families where they receive a great deal of encouragement along with pressure to succeed.  Other children come from homes with divorced parents and less consistent nurturing.  They live in a materialistic culture and they experience a wide variety of temptations and images, often making them want to behave like high school students.  It is common these days to hear of middle school students engaging in sexual activity, drinking, taking drugs, and even getting pregnant, and most adults find such reports disturbing.  So Perlstein's attempt to shed light on what leads these children to act so differently from middle school students of previous generations deserves attention. 

Reprinted from www.Mentalhelp.net