Article Category: School

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 as a former elected official. But here in Tucker, his death had people talking because…

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 the existing Smoke Rise Elementary. The project, which is located on the old Sears site…

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 safety. Much of this is being done by the City of Tucker in collaboration with…

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 courtyard of Brockett Elementary School. Classmates run around her, filling up watering cans from a…

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. “I’ve got a father with a third-grade education. My mother with a fifth. They couldn’t…

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 lady becomes their date for the night. That’s because they’ve signed up to participate in…

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 is a high-tech spot, where students can find e-books, magazine downloads and learn to use…

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 buzz intensifies, growing to a roar. Inside the class, dozens of pre-teen boys are locked…

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 then take classes to learn how to manage money, how to pay their mortgage and…

Midvale Elementary – Tara Dougherty Dr. Dougherty was elevated from Assistant Principal at Midvale this summer following the departure of Principal Debbie Satterfield. “As principal, it is my goal to foster an environment that encourages the social, emotional, and academic growth of students, while preparing them to be globally-minded citizens. I will continue to work…

Tucker High School’s football team earned accolades throughout the 2017 season, but perhaps the proudest moment for Coach Bryan Lamar and his staff came well after the season was over. The February 7 National Signing Day saw 17 Tiger players sign Letters of Intent to continue their football careers at the collegiate level. “The opportunity…

Fifth-grade students at Livsey Elementary School are given the option to participate in a Social  Studies research project that can be entered into competitions. Students get to pick their own topic, research it and then create their presentation. The two winning projects this year at Livsey were ‘Why Did the USA Enter World War II?’…