- Dickerson Middle School
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Dickerson Middle School Location 855 Woodlawn Road
Marietta, GA 30068Information Type Middle school Established 1980 School district Cobb County School District Principal Mrs. Carole Brink Faculty 83 (on FTE basis)[1] Grades 6 - 8 Enrollment 1,226 (as of 2008-9)[1] Student to teacher ratio 15.8[1] Team name Jr. Raiders Information 770-578-2710 N blue Ribbon Schools Program Website School website Dickerson Middle School (established 1980) is a Blue Ribbon middle school in Marietta, Georgia, United States, as part of the Cobb County School District. Its feeder schools are Mt. Bethel, Sope Creek, Timber Ridge, and East Side Elementary Schools. The principal is Mrs Carole Brink who replaced Dr Daniels in September 2007.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,410 students and 89.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.8.[1]
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Awards and recognition
The Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution in 2006 "Recognizing and commending Dickerson Middle School for outstanding contributions to education in the State of Georgia and excellence in student academic achievement; and for other purposes.".[2]
During the 2007-2008 school year, Dickerson Middle School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education[3][4] the highest award an American school can receive.[5][6]
In 1998 this was rated the top middle school in Cobb County by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.[7]
Music
Dickerson has a respected music program headed by John Palmer and assisted by Scott Brown (also the percussion director) including Mrs Paige Dobbins as the chorus director and Ms Irene Smith as her assistant, along with Mr Sievers who is the orchestra conductor.
Achievements
- The Dickerson 8th grade chorus has performed at Disney's Magic Music Days, every year since 1997.
- The Dickerson percussion ensemble performed at PASIC in Austin, Texas, 2006.
- The Dickerson orchestra won the rate of Superior in both fields of the GMEA concert at Walker high school in 2007.
- The Dickerson 7th and 8th grade percussion played at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago in December 2008.
- The Dickerson 8th grade symphonic band and percussion ensemble performed at the National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis in March 2010.
- The Dickerson 8th grade symphonic band and the 7th-8th grade concert band both earned the highest possible score in all categories in the Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) in 2010.
- The Dickerson 8th and 7th grade percussion ensemble played at the East Cobber Parade 2010
- The Dickerson percussion ensemble played at the Hawks vs. Heat game at Philips Arena 2011
- The Dickerson 8th grade symphonic band along with the concert band, and both 7th grade bands received straight Superior ratings at the LGPE in 2011.
Notable faculty
Carole Jean Kell was selected as the 2006 East Cobb Citizen of the Year. During her tenure as principal at Dickerson, the school was selected as the top Georgia Middle School and as a Georgia School of Excellence.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Dickerson Middle School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 21, 2007.
- ^ "House Resolution 407", Georgia General Assembly
- ^ "Spotlight on... National Blue Ribbon Schools & Georgia Schools of Excellence", Cobb County School District 2003-2004 Annual Report. Accessed November 21, 2007.
- ^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a schoo, also in 2008 it was named a 2008 Georgia school of excellence."
- ^ "Georgia Public Policy Foundation Announces Statewide Ranking of Public Schools", PR Newswire, September 21, 1998
- ^ "Acworth, Kennesaw and East Cobb name Citizens of the Year", Direct, Cobb Chamber of Commerce, February 2007
External links
Categories:- Schools in Cobb County, Georgia
- Blue Ribbon schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Middle schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Educational institutions established in 1980
- Marietta, Georgia
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