2013 East Cobb Graduation Schedule

The big days at Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler high schools start Thursday and end Saturday.

East Cobb Graduations Scheduled

Mark your calendars now for the big days at Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler high schools.

Six months may seem like a long time from now, unless you're a high school senior or the parent of one. Or a school system trying to schedule 16 high school commencement exercises. The Cobb County School District released the 2013 graduation schedule in December, and once again it's a tight one. The dates are from May 22-25, and here's when, and where, the six East Cobb-area schools will be awarding diplomas and honoring their senior classes:

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East Cobb's Top Seniors Moving On

See where the Pope, Walton and Wheeler Class of 2012 valedictorians and salutatorians will be attending college in the fall.

Pope High School | Walton High School | Wheeler High School

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East Cobb Take Five

Enough Already

Here's what you need to know to start your day May 25.

1. On this day when Oprah Winfrey finally says enough to her daytime talk show, the weather will be more of the same for us, just a couple of degrees warmer, according to the National Weather Service. That means it will be sunny and dry with a high of about 91 degrees and an overnight low of 66. The wind will pick up and gust as high as 20 mph in the afternoon. 2. Unfortunately, the weather isn't changing much in the Midwest either, and this horrible tornado season is likely to keep battering the center of the country over the next month, the Weather Channel's experts said Tuesday night. Nothing matches tornadoes for the terrifying combination of power and randomness. And to see storms barreling down on Joplin, MO, after a tornado killed …

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