Magnet Program Important Dates

Magnet Program Descriptions

7th & 8th Open House Thursday

7^th/8^th Grades Open House

Thursday, August 20

Food Truck Dinner Option: 5:30 p.m. start

General Session: 6:30 p.m. in the gym

Homeroom/Classroom Sessions: 7:00 p.m. start

Student Study Hall: 7:00 p.m. start in the cafeteria 

8th Grade Magnet Program Assembly

Friday, September 4th, a representative from the Cobb Magnet High School programs will be speaking in an assembly to the entire 8th grade class.  While parents are welcome to attend, the same information being presented is available through the link below.  The assembly will be hosted during 4th period.

More information about the Open House dates for the  programs will be forwarded once they become available.

Cobb Magnet Programs

6th Grade Open House

6th Grade Open House

Tuesday, August 18

Food Truck Dinner Options: 5:30 p.m. start

General Session: 6:30 p.m. in the gym

Homeroom/Classroom Sessions: 7:00 p.m. start

Camp I Believe

Gentiva Hospice (including Hospice of Charleston) currently oversees the operation of twelve bereavement camps located across the country that provide a combination of therapeutic intervention and traditional camp activities to support grieving children.  Funding for the camps comes from the Gentiva Hospice Foundation, a nonprofit, 501 (c)(3) organization, with a commitment to providing compassionate assistance to those at the end of life’s journey.

All camps aim to equip children with coping skills to help them successfully navigate the grieving process. Camp activities and programs are designed to help campers identify and express their emotions, build self-confidence, foster a sense of community, and identify with other children that are experiencing similar struggles.  The overall operation and structure of each camp varies in areas such as staffing and scheduling.  Camps are organized and operated by skilled professionals such as social workers, bereavement and spiritual care coordinators, and trained volunteers.

  

Each camp has a different and unique approach to providing therapeutic interventions through a variety of modalities. Camp activities and programming focus on providing campers with opportunity to express feelings and tell their story in a safe environment.  Although all of the campers have been identified as grieving, not all of the programming is focused on grief and loss.  Many of the children who come to camp attend for the opportunity to have fun and to feel “normal” again.  All activities, whether directly or indirectly, help campers to establish a sense of community and provide teambuilding opportunities; activities place an emphasis on personal growth through creative expression and through establishing positive relationships with peers. 

Children between the ages of 7-17 (it varies based on program offering) that have experienced the death of a loved one in the past several years are eligible to participate in Camp I Believe.   

At Gentiva Hospice, we don’t believe that death is black and white so we do not place limitations on the nature of the relationship lost; campers may have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt/ uncle, friend, cousin, etc.   Less than 25% of campers that attend Camp I Believe had a loved on our hospice services; we find that the majority of campers that attend live in the local community and have experienced a sudden loss or trauma.  And because we recognize that many of the children and families that participate in Camp I Believe come from an at-risk or lower socioeconomic status, camp is offered at no charge.

Please email Dr. Deane at christopher.deane@cobbk12.org for an application if you are interested in participating.

Counselor's Purpose Statement & Activities

The counselor's office exists 

to help students overcome the obstacles and barriers 

that keep them from being successful in the classroom, 

and ultimately in life.

As adults all of us have clutter and distractions that are a normal part of life, yet we still have jobs and responsibilities to manage.  As counselors, we work with students to teach them the life skills that enable them to work through those issues without being tripped up.  Among others, topics covered during classroom guidance will include:

• Peer relationships
• School to work transitions
• Mapping an educational plan
• Career exploration
• Truancy/attendance
• Personal management/disciplines
• Decisions that derail goals
• Sexual harassment
• Bullying
• Conflict management