Monday, June 11, 2012
Proceeds from the race will benefit the Kennesaw Teen Center.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
The Kennesaw Dream Foundation announced it will host the inaugural Dream Dash 5k this Father's Day weekend to benefit the Kennesaw Teen Center. Founded in February 2011 by Councilman Bill Thrash, the not-for-profit center has served more than 75 students in its first year. Thrash was honored as Kennesaw Patch's Greatest Person of the Month earlier this year for his commitment to the community initiative, which provides a safe after-school environment where teens can study, receive mentorship and pursue their goals. According to a release from the Kennesaw Dream Foundation, the partnership between local schools, businesses, government, and faith-based organizations hopes to serve additional students waiting to be accepted. Proceeds from the…
Friday, June 1, 2012
The concept for the workshops was developed by Kutz4Kids founder and Kennesaw State grad Justin Tutt.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
The Cobb County Public Library System is partnering with Kutz4Kids Incorporated, a nonprofit organization, to offer a series of art workshops for children designed to help them discover their own heroes. These inspirational events will be offered during the months of June and July at various library locations, and the resulting art gallery will be on display at the End of Summer Reading Celebration on Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Central Library. The concept of the workshops, developed by Kutz4Kids founder Justin Tutt, is to empower children to see that their own hero lies within themselves. Tutt, a recent Kennesaw State University graduate, was inspired to create the event when he saw the opportunity to help children in his own community. He …
Friday, April 27, 2012
The Cobb Alcohol Taskforce recognized Ethan Thompson on Thursday night.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Harrison High School student Ethan Thompson took first place in the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce's annual contest to create an anti-alcohol public service announcement. Thompson's two-minute video focuses on having someone to talk to as a source of strength that provides an alternative to alcohol. Harrison's Facebook page says he had some help from his video production classmates. Thompson was recognized during the task force's live-streaming public forum at the Cobb County government building. The win earned Thompson $300.
Friday, April 20, 2012
More than 700 Cadets from nearly all Cobb County and Marietta high schools participated in the ceremony.
More than 300 people from throughout Cobb County attended a Junior ROTC Pass in Review ceremony Thursday at Campbell High School. More than 700 Cadets from nearly all Cobb County and Marietta high schools participated in the ceremony. Maj. Larry Moyers, the host school’s JROTC instructor, explained that the purpose of a pass in review is to honor the accomplishments of the cadets and the military itself. “It’s a ceremony that’s used to recognize individuals for accomplishments or for a guest commander to review the troops and see what they look like,” he said. “So it’s kind of a combination in honors.” Two students from each school were honored with either the Superintendent’s Award or the Military Officers Association Award. Cobb County …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Nicole Gilreath is among about 1,000 students nationwide to receive the corporate-sponsored award.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Kennesaw Mountain High School student Nicole Gilreath has been named a corporate-sponsored National Merit scholarship winner by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Gilreath is among approximately 1,000 high school seniors nationwide to win the award, which is financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations. About 1.5 million juniors in some 22,000 high schools entered the competition when they took the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech teamed up to honor kids with special needs.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Kennesaw State University student athletes helped honor special needs children this month during the annual Lexi's Night presentation. The Kennesaw State softball team and in-state rival Georgia Tech teamed up for the April 4 event, in which a special needs child received a bicycle through the Alexis Kaiser Foundation. Eight-year old Alexis Kaiser, the granddaughter of Georgia Tech basketball All-American Roger Kaiser, has been battling Cerebral Palsy since birth. “The Alexis Kaiser Foundation is kind of a neat thing. It’s not real big; it’s not a huge thing. It doesn’t have corporate involvement or anything like that,” Owls head coach Scott Whitlock said. “The Foundation isn’t just trying to do things to help and enhance Lexi’s life, but …
The students will compete against teams from other states and countries this May.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Bullard Elementary School's Odyssey of the Mind team is heading to the World Finals where the students will match their wit and creativity against teams from other states and countries. The team has been working all year to prepare for the competition, a creative thinking program which serves kids from kindergarten through college in the United States and in 25 other countries. The students are required to develop their own theme, script, characters and props to solve one of six problems in eight minutes or less. Bullard's team chose to compete in the Ooh-Motional Vehicle category, which requires students to design, build and drive a vehicle that must travel a course and encounter three different situations. The vehicle must display a …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Author Haley Kilpatrick will lead a discussion on the ups and downs of middle school.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Kennesaw State University alum and author Haley Kilpatrick will visit her former campus on Monday to lead a discussion on the ups and downs of middle school. Kilpatrick, who graduated from Kennesaw State in 2007, is the founder of Girl Talk, a nonprofit peer mentoring organization that helps middle school girls deal with the early teen years. Girl Talk currently reaches 35,000 girls in 43 states and six countries. Kilpatrick also recently released her first book, The Drama Years: Real Girls Talk about Surviving Middle School — Bullies, Brands, Body Image, and More. Parents and their daughters, ages nine to 18, are invited to KSU for an evening of discussion about friendship, bullying, and other issues that affect girls. A meet and greet …
Tassy Kirbas will perform among 36 acts from 41 different schools.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Lost Mountain Middle School student Tassy Kirbas is a finalist in Show Stoppers, an Atlanta-area talent competition part of ArtSSprings, an annual celebration of the arts in Sandy Springs. The sixth grader will compete among 36 acts from 41 different schools on April 21 before some of the best known names in Atlanta entertainment. Judges include Jan Smith, vocal coach for Justin Bieber, Usher, The Band Perry and more; Lisa Rosmond, vocal coach to young Broadway and Disney artists; Jody Feldman, Associate Producer and casting director for the Alliance Theatre; Jaspar Cameron, songwriter and producer for artists such as Christina Aguilera and Ciara; and Joseph Sikora, senior executive at Plumbline Music Group. The Show Stoppers finals will …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Senior Preston Moore will represent Georgia in Indianapolis this weekend.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Mount Paran Christian School senior Preston Moore will represent the state of Georgia this Saturday during the National High School Oratorical Scholarship Contest. Moore's winning speech at the American Legion Department of Georgia contest on March 10 earned him $1300 and the chance to represent North Cobb Post 304, District Five, and the Department of Georgia at the national level. This weekend, 52 high school students from across the country will convene in Indianapolis at the University Place Conference Center and Hotel to compete in The American Legion’s 75th annual event, A Constitutional Speech Contest. The contest will commence Saturday with quarterfinals at 9:45 a.m., followed by the semifinals at 2:45 p.m. During both sessions, …
