South Cobb Schools Weekly Roundup for Dec. 12-18

Elementary and Intermediate School Happenings

• - Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,  Give the "Gift of Time" to the teachers of Austell Intermediate School. Each class is invited for a special lesson in the media center while the classroom teacher gets an hour to catch up on work that piles up this time of year. It's a fun time for the students and much needed time for the teachers. Volunteers assist the media specialist during this time. No special skills necessary, just a desire to help! Please contact austellpta@yahoo.com or inbox us if you want to help.
• - Order yearbooks by Dec. 22.
• - Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Muffins with Moms. Holiday donations will continue to be accepted until Dec. 21.
• - Donations of non-perishable food items are being accepted until Dec. 21. All donations will be forwarded to C.A.M.P. (Christian Aid Mission Partnership). Thursday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Muffins with Moms.
• - Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 a.m. to noon, AR Store. Friday, 7:30 a.m. All Pro Dads.
• Friday, Walk to School Day.
• , Thursday, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., PTA meeting and First Grade Performance.
• - Friday, School Spelling Bee

Middle School Happenings

• - Monday, 7 p.m. Sixth Grade Band Winter Concert. Tuesday through Thursday, County Checkpoint Testing; 7 p.m. Seventh and Eighth Grade Band Winter Concert. Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. Initial meeting for all eighth grade students interested in Pebblebrook's magnet program. Thursday, 8:15 a.m. All Pro Dads breakfast; 7 p.m. All Grades Orchestra Winter Concert.
• - Monday through Friday, Winter Book Fair. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Seventh and Eighth Grade Orchestra Concert. Wednesday, 7 p.m. National Junior Honor Society inductions. Thursday, 6 p.m. College Planning seminar.

• -Tuesday, 7 p.m., Seventh and Eighth Grade Orchestra Concert.  Thursday, 7 p.m. Seventh and Eighth Grade Band Concert.
• - Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. PTSA Winter Concert. Thursday, Spelling Bee.

High School Happenings

• - Monday through Friday EOCT. Monday, 10:30 a.m. ELMS Future Leaders of Tomorrow advisement center. Wednesday, 5 p.m. wrestling at Redan; 6 p.m. basketball at home versus Kennesaw Mountain; 6:30 p.m. Presentation by J. T. Morgan, author of "Ignorance is no Defense" in auditorium; 7 p.m. band holiday concert at Reece Theater. Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Home for the Holidays private concert at Cobb Civic Center.
• - Thursday, 6:30 p.m. in theater, Parent empowerment meeting on topic of college preparation.

Private and Charter School Happenings

•  - Coat Drive continues. IMAC toy drive continues until Dec. 21. Monday, 6:30 p.m. governing board meeting. Wednesday, early release.
• Whitefield Academy - During exam week, all MS/US students must be picked up no later than 11:45 a.m., and “Whitefield Wednesday” wear is permitted on all exam days. Jeans are not to be worn during exam week. Monday through Friday, 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., exams for middle and upper school students. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. Jingle Jog with Mileage Club. Lower School Christmas Program for Pre-K and kindergarten at 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., for first to fifth grade at 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at LSSAC.
• -Friday, early dismissal.

General School District Happenings

• Thursday, Town Hall meeting Cobb Board of Education Chairwoman Alison Bartlett at Green Acres Elementary at 6 p.m.