Parents need to be aware of what’s going on in their kids’ lives online, in addition to offline, panelists at a Cherokee County School District forum said Tuesday.
As part of its Parent University series, CCSD brought in professionals from the school district, a school police officer, a counselor and a prosecutor to discuss cyberbullying and social media’s impact on local students.
Panelists agreed that parents need to have conversations with their children about the internet and social media, and create a safe environment where children can come to them if there’s a problem. A poll of attendees showed 76% of parents had not had a child disclose that they had been cyberbullied. Unlike previous generations who could leave their problems with peers when they went home from school, with social media, bullying follows today’s students home, hurting their mental health. High school students are less confident than they were before social media, Creekview High School Principal Michael Santoro said. Ashley Snow, a Cherokee County deputy chief assistant district attorney for juvenile court, warned that the internet can give children access to content that’s not appropriate for kids. Many young children, as young as 9, are exposed to child pornography, she said, and some try to act out or experiment with behavior that “breaks families apart.”
It’s also common for children to share information with strangers on the internet, not realizing the risks, Snow said. She recommended that parents restrict their children’s access to the internet, video game devices and cell phones.
If a child sends explicit content to another person, it “absolutely” should be reported, Dobbs said, even if it's to another minor. To report cyberbullying or another issue to school officials, parents and students can use CCSD’s Vector Alert system, and can submit reports anonymously. The system isn’t 24/7, Murdock said, but officials will respond quickly. People can also report to a teacher or counselor, or to a school administrator.
Athletes from all six Cherokee County high schools celebrated the annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day on January 30 at Woodstock High School.
More than 500 female athletes participated as NGWSD recognized the contributions they made in their sports and celebrated their positive influence on the landscape. The day is celebrated in all 50 states, and Cherokee County has hosted its own event since 2005. Each year, the program chooses a coach to honor for their contributions and support of the area’s female athletes. Woodstock athletic director Julie Crowe earned this year’s award and was also acknowledged for her 20 years as the Wolverines’ girls’ basketball coach.
Cherokee County’s 18 female wrestlers were recognized with the Trailblazer award for their participation in a historically male-dominated sport.
Each school had an Athlete of the Year recipient, along with an alumna and team of the year.
Cherokee’s Athlete of the Year was Lexi Pavese, Creekview’s was Anslie Pettit and Astrid Medina was honored from Etowah.
Mataya Gayle was River Ridge’s honoree, Laurel Blase earned the award from Sequoyah and Hannah Obenauf was Woodstock’s winner.
Creekview also honored alumna Alivia Mynes, who was tragically lost in a car accident in 2022.
Nine Cherokee County football players put pen to paper Wednesday, signing their national letters of intent to join collegiate football programs.
Etowah led the way with three signees, followed by Creekview, River Ridge and Sequoyah with two.
Etowah kicker Carson Allen made one of the biggest splashes, signing with a Southeastern Conference school in Mississippi State. He was a five-star kicker as rated by Kohl’s Kicking, and he was the No. 42-ranked kicker in the class of 2023. Etowah also had two defensive backs sign Wednesday, with Frank Mosley going to West Virginia State and Jamir Maxime to Reinhardt. Sequoyah also had a pair of defensive backs sign in Cantrell Davis (Tuskegee) and Ridley Joseph (Concordia-St. Paul). Creekview, offensive/defensive lineman Anthony Caraballo inked his letter with Huntingdon, while fullback/defensive lineman Jacob Hefner signed as a preferred walk-on at Furman.
Defensive lineman Ethan Anderson (Warner) and offensive lineman Reed Albers (Centre) were River Ridge’s signees. Woodstock did not have any signees Wednesday, though it had two players sign with Division I programs during the early signing period in Adonis Garcia (Wofford) and Tyler Douthit (Samford). Cherokee is expected to have two players sign on a later date in Kyan Simmons and Ryane Martin.
Canton Mayor Bill Grant is "excited" to address the Interstate 575 exit at Hickory Flat Highway into the city this year, he told attendees at a Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce event Thursday.
Grant, Canton City Council members Brooke Schmidt, JoEllen Wilson and Shawn Tolan, and City Manager Billy Peppers shared updates about the city with local community and business leaders at the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce's Good Morning Cherokee meeting Thursday.
Grant, the council members and Peppers shared a number of statistics and bullet points showcasing how Canton has grown and continues to grow with the guidance of the city's "Roadmap to Success."
The eight tenets of the city's roadmap are:
In 2022, Canton saw its population grow to over 35,000 — about five times its 2000 population, which was 7,000, Peppers said. The number of city employees also grew to 134, and the city changed its starting base compensation for employees to $20 an hour. To address housing needs, last year in addition to approving private housing developments, Canton officials committed $2.8 million in a low interest loan for the Shipp Street housing redevelopment. The city also entered into an agreement with the Canton Housing Authority for $1 million in support for a 9% low-income housing tax credits application.
Susan Treadaway has taken an administrative oath as Cherokee County's acting district attorney, after former District Attorney Shannon Wallace was sworn in as a Superior Court judge.
Chief Superior Court Judge Ellen McElyea swore in Susan Treadaway as acting district attorney of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit serving Cherokee County January 31, the district attorney's office announced. Katie Gropper was sworn in as chief assistant district attorney.
Treadaway was previously the chief assistant district attorney.
The design phase includes field surveys and survey database, environmental documentation including all required special studies, geotechnical, preliminary construction plans, as well as lighting and right-of-way plans (including revisions) for the improvements at I-575 at the Ridgewalk Parkway interchange, according to city documents. The change comes after Governor Brian Kemp swore in Wallace in Atlanta Jan. 30. Kemp appointed Wallace to the newly created fourth judicial seat on the Superior Court. Treadaway will hold the position of acting district attorney pending Governor Kemp’s appointment of Wallace’s successor.
There was a three-way tie for the 2023 STAR Student for Cherokee County this year.
Griffen Bon and Braden Flournoy from Cherokee High School, as well as Avi Stein from Etowah High School, were recognized last week at the annual STAR Student and Teacher Recognition Ceremony hosted at the Canton Theatre by the Canton Lions Club, which has been the local sponsor since the STAR program began in 1958.
The winners were announced last Tuesday at a program sponsored by the Canton Lions Club at the Historic Canton Theater. They were selected from the eight STAR Students named for each of the seven high schools in Cherokee County. The Cherokee County School District recognizes its high school students with the highest SAT scores and their teachers through the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program.
The STAR Student honor is awarded to the high school senior from each Georgia public and private high school with the highest score on any single test date of the SAT and who also ranks in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of his or her class based on grade point average. Each honored student is invited to select his or her favorite teacher to be named that school’s STAR Teacher. For a complete list of CCSD Honorees, please go to Tribune Ledger News dot com.
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