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Graduation rates: Fulton County

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, October 30th, 2014, 9:48am

(WXIA) -- Georgia's 2014 high school graduation rates were released Thursday.

This year's statewide average is 72.5 percent, up slightly from last year's 71.5 percent. It's also the third consecutive increase in the percentage of seniors who graduate from the state's public high schools.

MORE | Ga. graduation rates up this year

Fulton County's 2014 graduation rate is 78.7 percent. At 96.6 percent, Cambridge High School in Milton has the county's highest graduation rate.

Other graduation rates in Fulton County include:

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Students invited to Pizza Farm 2014

Submitted by AprilMajors on Tuesday, October 21st, 11:59 am

FOREST PARK, Ga. -- How do you expose urban youth to Georgia’s agriculture? You open a Pizza Farm!

Fourth and fifth grade students from the Atlanta metropolitan area will learn about Georgia agriculture by making, and eating, pizza at the second annual Pizza Farm event.

County agents with the Cooperative Extension Metro Collaborative of Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties will lead the event set for Oct. 21-23 at the Georgia State Farmers Market in Forest Park, Ga. The students will learn how dairy, vegetables, grains and meats come together to make the pizza.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, October 9th, 2014, 12:04pm

(WXIA) -- More Georgia high school students are taking -- and passing -- Advanced Placement exams.

Last school year, 89,806 Georgia students took 154,176 AP exams. That's an 8 percent increase in the number of participants and almost a 9 percent increase in the number of tests.

AP exams are graded on a scale of 1 to 5. Passing scores of 3, 4 or 5 often allow the test-takers to earn college credit.

Georgia's seniors earned 86,075 passing scores on their AP exams in 2014, a 9.6 percent increase over 2013.

English Language and Composition was the state's most popular AP exam, followed by U.S. History and World History.

In Fulton County, 9,043 students took 17,523 AP exams in 2014, and 11,664 of those exams earned passing scores.

Here are the AP exam breakdowns for each Fulton County public high school:

Alpharetta HS
965 students took 2,150 exams
1,740 passing scores

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, 8:38am

(WXIA) -- Georgia's 2014 SAT scores were released Tuesday morning.

About 77 percent of the state's high school seniors took the test in 2014. Mean scores include:

State of Georgia
Critical Reading: 488
Math: 485
Writing: 472

In Fulton County, 4,996 students took the SAT in 2014. Mean scores include:

Fulton County
Critical Reading: 520
Math: 530
Writing: 517

Here are the SAT breakdowns for each Fulton County public high school:

Alpharetta HS
447 test-takers
Critical Reading: 562
Math: 580
Writing: 562

Banneker HS
83 test-takers
Critical Reading: 398
Math: 396
Writing: 384

Cambridge HS
197 test-takers
Critical Reading: 530
Math: 539
Writing: 518

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014, 10:37am

(WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Education has released its list of 2014 Reward Schools.

Such schools are identified under the state's waiver from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. They are Title I schools that fall into one of two categories.

Fulton County's 2014 Reward Schools include:

Highest Performing -- Among the top 5 percent of Georgia's Title I schools; have highest absolute performance from all student groups for at least three years
* Hembree Springs Elementary School
* KIPP South Fulton Academy

Highest Progress -- Among the top 10 percent of Georgia's Title I schools; make the most progress in improving performance from all student groups for at least three years
* Heritage Elementary School
* Ison Springs Elementary School
* Oak Knoll Elementary School

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, September 15th, 2014, 9:57am

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- The popular PROBE College Fair will stop in north Fulton County next week, giving high school students an opportunity to speak directly to representatives from their favorite colleges and universities.

The fair will be Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at North Point Mall in Alpharetta.

A number of schools in several states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas, will be represented. See a complete list of participating colleges.

Learn more and register to attend the fair at gaprobe.org.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, September 1st, 2014, 4:30am

Free digital textbooks available to Ga. students

(WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Education has made free interactive digital textbooks available on its website.

Students, parents and educators are welcome to use the books, which feature games, discussion questions, quizzes and other study elements.

They are available for middle and high school courses in such subjects as language arts, math, science, social studies, electives and several world languages -- Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish.

State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said students who have used the digital textbook have had much classroom success with them.

Visit gavirtuallearning.org to access the textbook materials.

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