There’s a lot to consider when you and your child are deciding on which colleges they should apply to. Does the college offer the major your child’s most interested in? What’s the campus culture like? How far is it from home? How much does it cost? Helping your child find a college that fits them […]

Source:  Dunwoody School Daze The Georgia Department of Education has released the 2018 Graduation Rates.  Below are the graduation rates for the 3 high schools in Region 1. Dunwoody High School 2018 Graduation Rate = 86.4 2018 Graduation class size = 470 students.  2018 Total Students Graduated = 406 The Dunwoody HS Graduation Rate has […]

Brookhaven’s Kittredge Magnet School has been named a Blue Ribbon School from the U.S. Department of Education. Kittredge is one of 349 schools nationwide to win a the award, and one of award from the U.S. Department of Education this year. Now in its 36th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has highlighted more […]

The DeKalb County School District has provided their annual October enrollment data.  The data can be found at the following link:  http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/planning/.    Continue at Dunwoody School Daze

The semester-long program is paid, gives your teen job experience, and even counts for college credit. Here’s what you need to know.   Continue at Grown and Flown

“College is one of the most expensive purchases a family will make in their lifetimes” according to Jeff Levy, a Certified Educational Planner with over a decade of experience as an educational consultant.  Levy shares the mistakes families make that can have serious consequences for their teen’s ability to maximize merit and financial aid.   Continue at […]

Colleges want you to focus on getting in, we as parents should want the end goal – setting our students up for happiness and success in life by helping them understand great career pathways that fit them.  Stephen Covey was right with famous Habit 2 in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Begin with the […]

Financial aid season is a few weeks away, and we’ve handled many questions about the subject over last ten years. To make things easy, here are our eleven most frequently-asked questions about financial aid.

It’s FAFSA® time again and starting October 1st, 2018, new seniors in high school can file their FAFSA® forms for the 2019-2020 college year using their 2017 IRS 1040 data. Although both the student’s and parents’ income reported on the FAFSA must be taken from tax forms from two years prior (2017), assets are still […]

The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) invites all community stakeholders to provide input on the district’s 2019-2024 Strategic Plan on Oct. 9, Oct. 15, Oct. 16 and Oct. 30.   DCSD will host SEVEN upcoming community engagement sessions discussing the district’s future, including plans for student achievement, outlines for measurable success, and routes for employee […]

Note from Audra:  I do not know any details about this story at all.   Many have forwarded to me and asked.   Both of my kids attended PCMS.  The headline not only disturbs me, but also surprises me. Two teachers and a coach at the same school facing different allegations – and two were […]