Do You Want to Keep Up With Chamblee Charter High School? The Blue and Gold is your source!!

When I was a student at Chamblee High School, many, many, many years ago, we all looked forward to the weekly publication of The Blue and Gold Newspaper.  There were times the CHS administration was not so thrilled with some of the articles that appeared in the newspaper. Yes, even back in the 70's, the student staff of The Blue and Gold was not shy about delving into controversial topics -  administration miscues, men's hair length, war, smoking in the bathrooms, smoking in the courtyard, streakers and so on and so on.  But, as far as I know,  there was never an attempt to silence the student writers.

Today, The Blue and Gold remains a quality student-run newspaper.  You can access the current issue of The Blue and Gold at the following link:  https://chambleeblueandgold.com/

I especially enjoyed reading about the introduction of the new STAR period.

Welcoming STAR Period to the Chamblee Schedule

Chamblee Charter High School is known for being stressful. Students take hard courses and involve themselves with as many extracurriculars as possible, leaving little time for homework and relaxation. This year, however, Chamblee hopes to alleviate some of the stress by creating STAR period, a 20-minute study hall between third and fourth period.

Georgia DOE - New Rule Proposal - Allow Students to Waive EOC in Lieu of AP and/or IP Tests

At the August 22, 2019 State of Georgia Board of Education Meeting, the State BOE voted to allow the State School Superintendent to initiate a rule change as to amend State Board of Education Rule 160-3-1-.07 Testing Programs - Student Assessment

This policy would allow students who pass an Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaurate (IB) course, along with its accompanying test, to be exempt from the EOC Test. 

This new policy does not exempt students from the 9th Grade Literature, Algebra 1, Coordinate Algebra and Biology EOC tests as these are federally mandated tests.

Further information can be found on the agenda item from the meeting.  The Item is B. 14:
https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=1262&MID=74997

This move follows the news that 21 schools districts around the state of Georgia have been given approval to substitute their own tests for the state standardized tests.  2 local school systems, City of Marietta and Clayton County Schools are part of the Georgia MAP Assessment Partnership. 

Perhaps we're on the way to allowing districts to have more flexibility in the required standardized testing.  One can only hope.

DeKalb Schools - HOPE Eligible Data for 2017-2018 School Year

I am not sure if I posted the HOPE Eligible data for the 2017-2018 school year on my previous blog.  This data is reported by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), a great resource of data surrounding the public schools in the State of Georgia.  The Downloadable Data can be found at the following link:  https://gosa.georgia.gov/downloadable-data.

The DCSD schools highlighted in yellow had a higher percentage of HOPE eligible students than the State of Georgia percentage of HOPE Eligible students.  Cross Keys High School scored a higher percentage of HOPE Eligible students over DCSD students as a whole. 

As far as % HOPE Eligible, Dunwoody High School came in 34th out of 458 statewide schools listed.  Chamblee Charter High School came in 64th out of 458 statewide schools listed.

The data for the 2018-2019 school year should be available sometime in the December 2019 timeframe.