Pebblebrook Magnet Presents 12 Angry Jurors

CCCEPA’s production of 12 ANGRY JURORS is this weekend

in the Wilson Studio Theatre at Pebblebrook High School.

Tickets ($10/general admission) are available online. 

http://www.cccepa.com/CCCEPA-Box-Office.html

Kennesaw Magnet Open House is Rescheduled

The Kennesaw Mountain High School 

Magnet Showcase 

for prospective students is 

rescheduled for 

October 10th

6:30 pm. 

The original date 

was October 11th.

Pebblebrook Vocal Concert

The Cobb County Center for

Excellence in the Performing Arts 

presents 

STILL I RISE

A Fall Vocal Concert

featuring a wide variety of music by

female composers and arrangers

Thursday, September 15

7:30 PM

Reece Performing Arts Theatre

Pebblebrook High School

Tickets ($10) are available online:

http://www.cccepa.com/CCCEPA-Box-Office.html

Washington Post Article

The article link below is from the September 6th edition of the Washington Post.  It is a real life story about a 7th grade girl who naively sent a picture to a boy never thinking anything like this could ever happen to her.  I share the article because Awtrey has students experimenting with this without understanding the risks they are taking.

This topic was discussed in 8th grade classroom guidance last week, but the situation is so serious students need to hear the warnings from multiple sources.  Parents are strongly encouraged to read and discuss the article with their students.

Washington Post Sexting Article

7th Grade CoGat Testing

Next week seventh grade students will be taking the COGAT test.  According to the test publisher, “The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) measures students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most linked to academic success in school: Verbal, Quantitative and Nonverbal. Although its primary goal is to assess students’ reasoning abilities, CogAT can also provide predicted achievement scores when administered with The Iowa Tests.

“While CogAT is well-suited to help educators make important student placement decisions, such as selecting students for Gifted and Talented programs, exclusive features such as the Ability Profile Score can be used to expand the educational opportunities of all students.

 “Reasoning abilities have substantial correlations with learning and problem solving, both in and out of school. CogAT’s measurement of three different content domains ensures that educators receive a balanced view of the child. Each level of CogAT offers three test batteries:

Verbal

Quantitative

Nonverbal

“CogAT is constructed with overlapping sets of items throughout the series. The overlap of items from level to level provides the user with a continuous, ascending scale of difficulty, which is the foundation of CogAT's superior score scale from Kindergarten through grade 12.”

Information taken from http://www.riverpub.com/products/cogAt/details.html