Article Category: School

  • State of Education

    State of Education

    One-on-One with Tucker’s School Board Rep Allyson Gevertz is one of seven elected representatives on the DeKalb County Board of Education. Elected in 2018 to represent DeKalb’s District 4, Gevertz represents an area that includes the Tucker Cluster. The longtime […]

  • Mr. Simmons’ Opus

    Mr. Simmons’ Opus

    Tucker Middle School Teacher Stokes a Passion for the Arts As Timothy Simmons conducts his choir at the Tucker Middle School Winter Concert, he looks back at a crowd of familiar faces. It’s not just his students’ parents who have […]

  • Life Lessons

    Life Lessons

    Tucker High Students Gain Real World Experience in Work-Based Learning Program Erica Bower walks the halls of Tucker High School just like any other senior. As she counts down the days to graduation, Erica’s mind jumps between any number of […]

  • Teaching Tech

    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 […]

  • Building a Foundation

    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 […]

  • Coming Home

    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 […]

  • Remembering Jim McMahan

    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 […]

  • Smoke Rise Rising

    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 […]

  • Prioritizing Safety

    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 […]

  • Planting Seeds for Success

    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 […]

  • Looking on the Bright Side

    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. […]

  • Excellence on Tap

    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 […]