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Cobb Schools Tank grant winners include Lassiter and Keheley teachers

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Cobb schools tank grant winners

Thanks to the Cobb County School District for the photos and info about its “Tank” grant competition that took place recently, and featured several teachers and students from East Cobb schools.

They took part in the “Cobb Tank” competition, which encourages teachers to come up with classroom learning ideas that are evaluated by a selected panel of judges.

The format is based on the “Shark Tank” TV program, and at the end of the event teachers from two East Cobb schools were named grant recipients.

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Lassiter teacher Teresa West

Two Lassiter teachers advocated for for $8,255 to support a sensory and calming room at the school. At Keheley Elementary School, teacher Michelle Yoo pitched for $3,000 for a video production classroom. Keheley teachers also were granted funds for a sensory garden.

Their winning requests were part of $74,000 given out across the school district.

“Through the Cobb Tank grant competition, we were able to provide much-needed funding to support the dreams of dedicated educators who are passionate about going above and beyond for their students,” said Sally Creel, the STEM and Innovation supervisor for Cobb schools.

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Javan Campbell, McCleskey Middle School student, and Tank judge

Among the judges were Fred Veeder of Dodgen Middle School, the 2018 Cobb teacher of the year, and Javan Campbell, a sixth-grade student at McCleskey Middle School.

Other grant recipients come from Baker, Kemp, Teasley and Varner elementary schools, Lost Mountain Middle School and Pebblebrook High School.

Among their projects are an outdoor life lab to teach about animals, encourage creative ways to inspire writing, and the introduction of a “T.E.A.M. Player” classroom.

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Lutzie 43 Road Race returns to Lassiter High School Aug. 4

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Lutzie 43 Road Race
Mike and Mary Lutzenkirchen, the parents of Philip Lutzenkirchen, at the 2017 Lutzie 43 Road Race at Lassiter High School (East Cobb News file photo).

The Lutzie 43 Foundation is once again holding the Lutzie 43 Road Race at Lassiter High School (here’s last year’s East Cobb News coverage).

The event honors the memory of Philip Lutzenkirchen, the former Lassiter and Auburn football star who died at the age of 23 in a 2014 drunken driving crash.

Both he and the driver of a truck that crashed near LaGrange on June 30, 2014 were intoxicated.

The foundation, headed by his father Mike Lutzenkirchen, raises funds and awareness to help young people with character development and making good decisions. He speaks often to youth groups around the South, including college athletic teams.

The Lutzie 43 Road Race is presented by Jim Ellis Kia of Kennesaw, and here’s what the foundation wants you to know about the event. The race proceeds benefit the foundation and the East Cobb Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter:

Our race features a 5K race and one-mile kids’ fun run. The race starts and finishes at Lassiter High School’s Lutzie Field in Marietta, GA.

This race is for everyone! Bring your whole family, friends, dogs, and anyone who wants to have fun! Every runner gets an official race t-shirt!

Prices:
July 5-August 4
Students – $30
Adults – $43

Here’s more about how to sign up for the Lutzie 43 Road Race that includes a “virtual race” option for those who can’t make it in person, and a link to a t-shirt sale that’s raising funds for the foundation.

Here’s more about the Lutzenkirchen family and how they’ve used Philip’s death to help young people.

 

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PHOTOS: 32nd annual Lassiter Craft Fair

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Lassiter Craft Fair

More than 100 vendors selling holiday gifts, ornaments and decorations and a wide variety of crafts were spread out in the gymnasium and cafeteria Saturday for the first day of the 32nd annual Lassiter Craft Show.

It’s among the first of the many local gift and craft shows during the holiday season; check our holiday-related calendar listings for more (Send your holiday items to: calendar@eastcobbnews.com).

Lassiter Craft Fair
Lamps made of beer and wine bottles. East Cobb News photos by Wendy Parker

The fair, which continues at the school (2601 Shallowford Road) Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., is a fundraiser for the Lassiter Band programs. In addition to Christmas-oriented items, local vendors were selling novelties, handbags, toys, clothing, gift items, handbags, jewelry, quilted materials, towels and kitchenwares, soaps and candles and more.

Admission is free, and there also are concessions and a bake sale, as well as Lassiter Band and other gear for purchase, with proceeds also going to the band programs.

 

 

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Lassiter HS launches ‘Sources of ‘Strength’ suicide prevention support program

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On Friday Lassiter High School (2601 Shallowford Road) will embark upon a new effort to provide information to and support for students regarding issues about suicide prevention.Sources of Strength, Lassiter suicide prevention support program

That program, “Sources of Strength,” begins at 7:30 a.m., with teachers and staff offering support with signs bearing positive messages and handing out purple-colored doughnuts to students as they arrive for the school day.

Sources of Strength is a nationwide non-profit organization providing support and education for youth and teen suicide prevention and awareness efforts.

Purple is the official color of organizations devoted to suicide prevention and on Friday night, the awareness campaign continues at Lassiter’s home football game against Roswell. The Trojans will kick off against the Hornets at 7:30 p.m., and Lassiter officials have invited their Roswell counterparts to join in a show of support for the program.

A total of 45 Lassiter students, teachers, administrators, counselors and other staff underwent training in the Sources of Strength program to learn help-seeking behaviors and promote connections between peers and caring adults.

Last month a 16-year-old Roswell High School student was found unconscious near the school ground and later died in a suspected suicide.

Lassiter is also observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, and is asking fans attending the football game to wear pink clothing in a “Pink Out.” Staff will toss out pink and purple confetti at the game.

East Cobb SAT scores: Walton, Lassiter, Pope, Wheeler among best in Georgia

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Walton High School, East Cobb SAT scores
East Cobb News file photo of Walton High School

The results of the 2017 Scholastic Aptitude Test, one of the major guideposts for college admissions, were released on Tuesday. East Cobb SAT scores were among the highest in Georgia.

Walton High School’s mean score of 1,242 was second in all of Georgia, trailing only the Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology (1,315). But three other East Cobb schools also placed high in the statewide mean scores as well: Lassiter was 7th at 1,189; Pope was 15th at 1,164; and Wheeler was 22nd at 1,153.

Kell finished just above the Cobb County School District mean of 1,088 with a score of 1,091, while Sprayberry’s mean score is 1,049.

The SAT is administered by the College Board, and tests students in two cluster subject areas: Math and ERW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing). The score grading is from 400 to 1,600.

This is a change that was made in the last year, with the previous maximum score 2,400. The redesigned test includes questions about history, science and social studies (more comparable to the ACT); whereas the previous test focused on math and English.

Three Walton students earned perfect scores of 1,600 in the 2017 testing period.

“Our teachers are doing a great job focusing on literacy in the classroom. This focus has had a positive impact on all of the state and national measurements,” Walton principal Judy McNeill said in a statement issued by the Cobb County School District. “We thank the faculty, students, and community for making Walton such a positive learning environment. We have students that really want to do well.”

The Georgia Department of Education offered this summary of the statewide results, which also include links to district and school-level databases. Here are the six East Cobb high school scores, as well as the Cobb, Georgia and national results.

# Test Takers Overall Mean ERW Mean Math Mean
Kell 176 1,091 555 536
Lassiter 341 1,189 598 591
Pope 232 1,164 587 577
Sprayberry 260 1,049 536 512
Walton 351 1,242 621 621
Wheeler 236 1,153 579 574
Cobb 4,707 1,088 554 534
Georgia 63,805 1,050 535 515
National 1,715,481 1,060 533 527

East Cobb students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

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UPDATED, 10:16 a.m. Friday: The CCSD has provided the names of an additional 12 students from Wheeler to its original release that were initially omitted. The figures in the story reflect those changes. — WP

A total of 71 East Cobb students have been named semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarships, the Cobb County School District announced today (a per-school list follows below).

Of the East Cobb students named semifinalists, 33 come from Walton High School, and 19 more are students at Wheeler High School. According to the CCSD, Walton has the second-highest number of semifinalists for any school in Georgia. Kell, Lassiter and Pope all had semifinalists, and Cobb schools overall had 82 semifinalists.

A CCSD release explains the program and process from here:National Merit Scholarships, East Cobb students

“These academically-talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $32 million that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.”

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Here are the East Cobb students named as semifinalists, listed by school:

Kell High School

Mitchell Q. Gacuzana

Lassiter High School

Radhesh D. Amin, Christopher L. Butcher, Christopher W. Clark, Justin Q. Coleman, Jerry J. Harrison, Virginia J. Langmaid, Seth A. Nye, Anastasia A. Onyango, Oliver J. Park, Samuel R. Quiroz, Brenna Salkin, Kyle T. Waldner, Seo Y. Yoo

Pope High School

Francesca Burke, Ellie R. Coe, Caleigh A. Cullinan, Suzanna A. Jiwani, David A. Reingold

Walton High School

Kento M. Arendt, Jiwoo Bae, Harper S. Barbaree, Eli M. Burstiner, Carlson L. Chiles, Daniel Cho, Andrew H. Chyong, Clayton J. Eshleman, Catherine Fan, Kaylynn L. Hiller, Daniel C. Hudadoff, John C. Hults, Elaine S. Hwang, Bita Jadali, Tiffany N. Jeng, Gina J. Kang, Laura K. Key, Hyunjin A. Kim, Lucas Y. Kuan, Jayanth Kumar, Luke H. Lavin, Eileen W. Law, Cecelia I. Lu, Harsimran Minhas, Jacob H. Moore, Robert A. Morgan, Siddharth J. Natham, Wesley D. Nourachi, Adarshini Raja, Akshat V. Sistla, Wendy Yao, Wooju R. Yim, Grace K. Zhou

 Wheeler High School

Andrew R. Benecchi, Shawn M. Doss, Chibuzor I. Eduzor, Kevin Fan, Rohan R. George, Nikhil I. Jindia, Dhananjay Khazanchi, Jeet Kothari, Erin Z. Leydon, Alexander Madison, Melam Master, Colin T. McMillen, Anusha Moudgal, Arvin T. Poddar, Suyash Rajesh, Amithav B. Reddy, Michael A. Shible, Sofiya Vyshnya, Charles A. Wood

PHOTOS: Lutzie 43 Road Race at Lassiter High School

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Lutzie 43 Road Race
Runners take off at the start of the Lutzie 43 Road Race Saturday morning at Lassiter High School. (East Cobb News photos and slideshow by Wendy Parker)

The East Cobb chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Lutzie 43 Foundation were the beneficiaries of the 3rd annual Lutzie 43 Road Race Saturday morning.

The race is named in the memory of Philip Lutzenkirchen, the former Lassiter and Auburn football star killed at the age of 23 in a 2014 car accident. His family started the foundation to help educate young people with a focus on developing leadership, community service and character-building skills.

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The race began and ended at Lutzie Field, which Lassiter renamed in Lutzenkirchen’s honor in 2015.

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The overall female champion was Danielle Delgado, who’s only 11 years old.
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Overall men’s winner Brian Duhe with Ann, Amy and Abby Lutzenkirchen, the sisters of Philip Lutzenkirchen.
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Mike Lutzenkirchen, executive director of the Lutzie 43 Foundation, and Mary Lutzenkirchen, Philip’s parents, cheer those receiving medals after the run, which was sponsored by Cobb County Kia. View the winners below, followed by more photos.

Lutzie 43 Age-Group Winners

WOMEN

  • 10-under: Gracie Petroff
  • 11-14: Allison Brown
  • 15-19: Julia Balot
  • 20-24: Avery Sechrest
  • 25-29: Shelby Madison
  • 30-34: Gabrella Klas
  • 35-39: Jenny Baker
  • 40-44: Denise Hoying
  • 45-49: Jennifer Christensen
  • 50-54: Jill Sechrest
  • 55-59: Kathy Carlson
  • 60-64: Kathy Webster
  • 65-69: Kathie Coleman
  • Masters: Tracy Morgan
  • Grand Masters: Mary Shortt

MEN

  • 10-under: Collin Crossk
  • 11-14: Trenton Nolen
  • 15-19: Jacob Balot
  • 20-24: Cody Corden
  • 25-29: Yibram Maldonado
  • 30-34: Michael McGreevey
  • 35-39: Jeff Goin
  • 40-44: Jim Hoying
  • 45-49: Frank McManus
  • 50-54: Donny Neal
  • 55-59: Kurt Handler
  • 60-64: John Tramontanis
  • 65-69: Bill Shaughnessy
  • Masters: Thomas Bourne
  • Grand Masters: Scott Vogel

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