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Teaching Tech
Tucker’s STEM-Certified Elementary School Trains Students for Future Success If you ask a teacher why they chose that particular profession, you could get any number of answers. For some, it’s the opportunity to shape and mold young minds. Others enjoy […]
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Building a Foundation
Tucker Cluster School Parents and Teachers Going the Extra Mile for Student Achievement Students in Mr. Minott’s ESOL class at Tucker High School have a unique way of learning. These students are picking up the English language, so traditional textbooks […]
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Coming Home
DeKalb Native Brings Experience, Big Ideas to New Role at Idlewood Elementary The new school year always brings new school supplies, new friends and, for one Tucker Cluster School, it brought a new principal. Idlewood Elementary School welcomed Ms. Robin […]
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Remembering Jim McMahan
Longtime DeKalb County School Board member Jim McMahan died last month in an accident at the age of 53. The death of McMahan, who represented an area which includes the Tucker Cluster schools, made the news because of his position […]
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Smoke Rise Rising
This summer marks a huge milestone for a project three years in the making. Contractors for the DeKalb County School District are expected to break ground in the next couple of months on a new, state-of-the-art elementary school to replace […]
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Prioritizing Safety
Tucker Students to be Safer In and Around Schools This Fall Students and teachers in Tucker’s seven cluster schools are out for the summer, but at the schools themselves, there is a lot of important work going on to enhance […]
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Planting Seeds for Success
Tucker Students Get Out of the Classroom and Into the Garden It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon and Sophie Johnson and her friends are making the most of it. Grabbing a notepad, the second-grader sketches some hostas she’s planted in the […]
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Looking on the Bright Side
James Hartry owes everything he has to basketball. Don’t believe it? The proof is right there in his family tree. “Trace the Hartrys out of Milledgeville. Five brothers, all five of us went to school on basketball scholarships,” he recounts. […]
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Excellence on Tap
Schools Partner with Tucker Brewing Company for Student Achievement It’s Valentine’s Day at Tucker Brewing Company and several well-dressed men have come out in search of love. But despite their best efforts, these guys won’t have a say in which […]
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Library Love
February is recognized as National Library Lover’s Month. In past generations, the school library was seen as a place for bookworms to dig through a card catalog or silver screen delinquents to spend a Saturday detention. Today, the school library […]
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Revenge of the Nerds
Tucker Middle School Club Makes it Cool to be a Nerd Walk through the second-floor hallway of Tucker Middle School at 4:30 on any given Monday afternoon and you’ll hear a buzz. As you get closer to Room A202, that […]
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Get Your Build On! Tucker Teens Giving Back Through Habitat
Over the years, Habitat for Humanity has become a familiar concept. A family in need applies for a home repair, renovation or brand-new construction. If they are accepted, they will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with volunteers working on their own home. They’ll […]