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As Tucker High School students slowly filled up the auditorium, THS graduate, former UGA football player and NFL player Jonathan Ledbetter overheard kids’ conversations. As they were looking in their gift bags, the kids said that “they gave us soap because they think we stink,” which he found funny. Ledbetter and fellow THS alumni pro…

March 6 – 10 One of the lesser-known celebrations in March is National School Breakfast Week. This is a five-weekday event to recognize the importance of breakfast in schools. It’s also a great time for us to look at the history of the program and what it does. The National School Lunch, Breakfast, And After…

All About the Application Process Tucker Middle School became Georgia’s first STEM-certified middle school in 2014. In the time since the program’s inception, Tucker Middle’s STEM students and teachers have won awards from the Technology Association of Georgia and made it to the finals of a national competition for one of their projects, a device…

School student athletes around the nation are striving, jumping through hoops, and putting in blood, sweat and tears to earn an athletic scholarship for college. There are nearly eight million high school athletes in the nation, and only about 490,000 go on to compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Tucker High School recently hosted…

Two students sit at a table in a brightly lit room. There is a green screen behind them, and they take turns reading text off a teleprompter. Another student sits nearby operating the teleprompter. Behind a glass window, two more double-check slides and run the broadcasting software on computer monitors, and another oversees. “Countdown starting,”…

Principal takes Smoke Rise to New Heights Principal Pamela McCloud’s office door is open. This is not unusual for her. “She has an open-door policy not only to us, but to anybody that wants to come through that door,” says Ms. Caroline Croom, sitting across from Mrs. McCloud. “You could have made an appointment this…

The Faces of Our Local Principals Dr. Eric ParkerTucker High “Tucker is an awesome place and I am excited to continue to see the growth and opportunity

This time last year, the students of Damanko-Baduli Junior High School in Ghana did not have a library. Now, thanks to the efforts of Tucker Middle School students and the African Library Project on the other side of the globe, they do. The African Library Project works with volunteers to organize book drives in the…

from DeKalb School Board Member, Allyson Gevertz During the 2021-2022 school year, the District emerged from pandemic-related shutdowns. Kids returned to classrooms, bolstered by additional mental health supports and interventions for learning recovery. DCSD also designated ESSER/CARES funding for technology, facility upgrades, and staff bonuses. Much of the school year focused on creating a new…

The Tucker Cluster Council was created in 2017 at the urging and under the direction of our former DeKalb County School District Board Member Jim McMahan. As an involved parent in the Lakeside cluster, Jim saw firsthand the value of a cluster-wide parent council and as a School Board Member he encouraged the clusters in…

What brought you back to Tucker?The opportunity to work in a space that allows me, through collaboration, the chance to continue strengthening and building the relationships between the schools within the Tucker cluster is what brought me back to this community. Schools are the hub of any community. I’m excited to work with other Tucker…

Meet the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of Tucker High’s 2022 Graduation Class