Posts by Elizabeth Jamison
Riley O’Neill named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
North Cobb Senior, Riley O’Neill, has been named National Merit Semi-finalist by the College Board. About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2014 Preliminary sat/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (psat/nmsqt®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists,…
Read MoreCongrats to NCHS’s 2016 GHP Candidates!
Warrior nominees for the prestigious Governor’s Honors Program are listed HERE. For information about this outstanding opportunity, please go to https://gosa.georgia.gov/governors-honors-program
Read MoreSAT Prep Opportunity: Project 2400 Parent Meeting
Project 2400 Parent Meeting Wednesday November 4, 2015 6:00 PM Media Center Interested families MUST attend this meeting to participate in the program. Project 2400 provides SAT Preparation by The Princeton Review to 24 Juniors. The SAT Course consists of 24 hours of instruction and three full-length diagnostic tests. Classes are held in March and…
Read MoreCongressman Loudermilk to visit NCSIS seniors
Representative Barry Loudermilk (11th District) will visit with our magnet senior class on November 9th. This meeting is in advance of our senior trip to Washington DC. We are grateful to Congressman Loudermilk’s office for hosting our capital tour in November as well as providing our students the opportunity to interact with our area Congressman…
Read MoreParent Forum: October 27th
Parent Forum The North Cobb Counselors are hosting a parent forum on October 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center. Dr. Les Cole from Northside Psychological Services will be presenting on the following topics: How to Motivate My Teen How to Effectively Communicate with My Teen How Parenting Changes During the Teenage Years We…
Read MoreCNN’s Slma Shelbayah to visit with NCSIS sophomores
The NCSIS Magnet program is excited to welcome guest speaker Slma Shelbayah, a journalist, assignment editor, producer and writer at CNN that has worked with the international desk, Newsource, as well as digital. Outside CNN she is a communication consultant and public speaker. In addition to her work at CNN, she teaches International Business Communication…
Read MoreMagnet Applications are LIVE Online
All 8th grade students interested in applying to NCSIS Magnet should apply through the Online Application Portal. The portal goes live on October 1st. All applicants must fully submit through the portal by no later than DECEMBER 7TH.
Read MoreGaTech Women in Engineering: Engineering Career Conference
Engineering Career Conference: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 8:30 am – 4:30 pm The Engineering Career Conference (ECC) is a one-day event where female high school students get the chance to learn about each of the 11 engineering programs available at Georgia Tech from current students and faculty. Download Flyer ECC-flyer_Aug2015
Read MoreNew York College Tour
We are pleased to announce a tour of colleges and universities near New York City. The trip is April 13th-17th We will tour: Yale Princeton Rutgers NYU Fordham Columbia St. John’s Additional activities include: Statue of Liberty United Nations Tour of Wall Street Journal 9/11 Site Broadway Show The trip is available to 10th and…
Read MoreBelize 2016 Update
We are ecstatic to announce that we will be taking the largest group of students in our history on the Freshmen Travel Experience to Monkey Bay in Belize. 34 students and 6 chaperons is more than double our 2015 group. We look forward to sharing more specifics with our travelers at our informational and departure…
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