2013 East Cobb Graduation Schedule
The big days at Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler high schools start Thursday and end Saturday.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
East Cobb Football Stars Sign With NFL
Walton's Chase Thomas and three others weren't drafted, but were added as free agents Saturday.
Four former football stars from East Cobb high schools have signed National Football League contracts. None were selected in the seven-round NFL draft that concluded Saturday afternoon, but they quickly latched on with teams as free agents. Former Walton High School star Chase Thomas signed with the New Orleans Saints after being a surprising omission in the draft, then updated his Twitter account: "everything happens for a reason #teamSaints #whoDatNation lets get to work" He later Tweeted: "#whoDatNation isnt ready for the #partyinthebackfield but i am" According to The San Francisco Chronicle, Thomas was "p---ed off" about not getting drafted. Thomas, an outside linebacker, ended his illustrious Stanford career with a Rose Bowl victory …
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
NE Cobb Egg Drop is Saturday
The fourth annual event will take place once again at Sprayberry High School.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Sprayberry to Hold SPLOST Open House
Tuesday's meeting will cover information on the March 19 sales tax referendum.
Citizens can learn more about the upcoming SPLOST IV education referendum at an open house at Sprayberry High School. The forum will take place in the school theater from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The school is located at 2525 Sandy Plains Road at Piedmont Road. In November the Cobb Board of Education approved a $717 million project list of school construction and maintenance projects that would be funded, if the referendum is approved by voters. The tax would be an extension of the current SPLOST III period that ends at the end of this year and would be collected from 2014-2018. For more details on the project list of schools in the Sprayberry district, please see the attached PDF.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wheeler Advances in State Tourney
The Wildcats will play host to Meadowcreek Saturday; Walton, Sprayberry and Pope boys ousted.
Eight East Cobb-area high school basketball teams qualified for the state tournament. Only one has survived the first round. The Wheeler High School boys had little trouble with Dacula Wednesday, winning 71-56 at home to set up a second-round Class AAAAAA game Saturday against Meadowcreek. Tipoff time has not been announced. The Walton High School boys took to the road at Shiloh, and had a 43-33 lead after three quarters. But the Raiders were clipped in the final seconds, losing 54-52 in another Class AAAAAA game. In the Class AAAAA tournament, both local boys teamed were eliminated in the first round. Sprayberry was coming off its first region championship in 23 years, but could not take advantage of its home court in a 56-40 loss to …
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
East Cobb Teams Advance to State
The Wheeler, Pope, Sprayberry and Kell girls have qualified in basketball regional tournaments.
East Cobb will be well-represented in the girls portion of the state high school basketball tournament. Wheeler advanced to the Georgia High School Association Class AAAAAA playoffs with a 61-57 win over Walton Tuesday in the Region 5-AAAAAA tournament at Roswell. The state tournament appearance is the second in a row for the Lady Wildcats, who will play Woodstock in the region semifinals Thursday. The Lassiter girls also were eliminated in a 63-51 loss to Etowah. In Region 7-AAAAAA, Kell, Pope and Sprayberry all won their quarterfinal games Tuesday, meaning they're headed to the Class AAAAA state tournament. Kell, the top seed, beat Riverwood 43-34. On Friday, the Lady Longhorns will play Pope in the region semifinals. Host Sprayberry …
Saturday, February 9, 2013
NE Cobb Egg Drop Returns March 30
The fourth annual event will take place once again at Sprayberry High School.
The Easter season isn't far away, which means for the fourth year running the Northeast Cobb Community Egg Drop is also on the horizon. Here's the release we just received about it: Bring the whole family out for the 4th Annual Northeast Cobb Community Egg Drop presented by Piedmont Church, Superior Plumbing and Cobb County Schools and get ready as more than 90,000 eggs and pieces of candy are spread out and dropped from a helicopter at the football fields at Sprayberry High School March 30, 2013! The event begins at 10 a.m., and in addition to gathering up all the eggs, there will be candy, face painting and the Three-13 Salon, Spa and Boutique Kids Zone with inflatable slides and bounce houses for the toddlers and the older thrill …
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Sprayberry Principal Must OK Paper Content
After the controversy that resulted from an April Fool's edition of "The Stinger," the Cobb County School District has taken action against further incidents.
In a move stemming from the publication of an April Fool's edition of a student-run newspaper that called President Barack Obama "a Nazi," the Cobb County School District has ordered that all journalistic content must be approved by the school's principal. Sprayberry High School's newspaper "The Stinger" became a lightning rod for controversy in April, when it published an article listing 20 reasons why President Obama should not be re-elected. Some of the reasons were, "because his dog is ugly," "he's a Nazi," and, "he's black." The Marietta Daily Journal quoted a letter school superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa wrote to the Cobb County NAACP outlining his decision. “We don’t want to censor (the journalism students) but we want to make …
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M. Stone
12:20 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
"Does the subordination of the student-run newspaper to the school principal amount to censorship?" No, it amounts to education. The students remain free to publish whatever they want outside of the school setting. What they publish in the school setting reflects on the school and the school district. They should be subject to adult oversight--it is part of their education in producing the … more ›
Friday, July 20, 2012
Sprayberry Principal Appointed at Kell
The Cobb Board of Education made a number of personnel appointments on Thursday night.
The Cobb Board of Education on Thursday voted to appoint Sprayberry High School principal Ed Wagner to the same position at Kell High School. Wagner has been principal at Sprayberry for the last two years and has been in the administration there for the last eight years. He succeeds Trudie Donovan, who retired abruptly in June, and was charged last month with violating state law by not reporting an allegation of child abuse within 24 hours. A former Kell social studies teacher, James Chadwick Brigham, is facing charges of battery and sexual battery following complaints by two students near the end of the school year in May. Wagner begins at Kell on Monday. The school board also made the following appointments Thursday across the Cobb …
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Ex-Sprayberry Star Suspended 50 Games
Marlon Byrd has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug, according to Major League Baseball.
Former Sprayberry High School baseball star and current Major League Baseball free agent Marlon Byrd has been suspended 50 games by the league for testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. Byrd, a 1995 graduate of Sprayberry, won all-state honors in baseball and football in his high school career. He also was a member of the 1995 state championship baseball team. After a collegiate career at Georgia Tech and Georgia Perimeter College, Byrd began his major league career in 2002 with the Philadelphia Phillies. Since then, Byrd has been a serviceable outfielder for five major league teams. In a statement released by Major League Baseball, it was announced that Byrd tested positive for Tamoxifen, which is sold in the United States as …
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M.G.
10:33 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013
Hey, hey; there's at least one more. Walton and Vanderbilt's super punter, Richard Kent, who signed with the San Diego Chargers this week. Too bad he'll have to work in that awful weather - NOT! Congrats to all these East Cobb guys. more ›