Marietta Students Win Awards at Spoken Language Contest

Marietta Middle School and High School students interviewed with judges and earned scores on their ability to speak their language of study.

Five Marietta Middle School and 12 Marietta High School students recently earned Superior, Excellent or Good Performance ribbons at the 2012 Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG) Spoken Language Contest. Students interviewed with judges and earned scores on their ability to speak their language of study.  Awards to MMS students include: “All the students worked hard to prepare for the FLAG Spoken Language contest, and they were strong competitors, and they represented us well at the state competition,” said Diane Crisafi, MMS Department Chair, in a press release. MHS students earning “Superior Performance” Blue ribbons include: MHS students awarded Excellent Performance Red ribbons include: Keturah Jones (Spanish I) earned a Good …

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Youth Voice, Vision Video Contest on Underage Drinking

Entries will address the problem of adults providing alcohol to youth under 21 or how youth can use sources of strength to change attitudes about youth using alcohol.

Students in grades six through 12 who represent a school or community group based in Cobb County are eligible to submit student-produced video public service announcements on underage drinking.  Cobb Alcohol Taskforce, Cobb County School District Prevention Intervention Center and Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities are sponsoring the contest to showcase student’s creative media talents and to increase the use of effective messaging to prevent underage drinking and promote youth sources of strength.   PSAs must to be 30, 60 or 90 seconds and address 1 of 2 topics: 1) the problem of adults providing alcohol to youth under 21 or 2) how youth can use sources of strength to change attitudes about youth using …

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Win Tickets to 'The Princess and the Goblin'

Treat your special someone to a pre-Valentine’s night at the Atlanta Ballet.

UPDATE: Readers, this contest has closed. Congratulations to winners Kate Leduc and Courtney Layfield. We hope you enjoy a wonderful night at the ballet! -- Patch The Atlanta Ballet and Patch want to offer you and your sweetie a special night out. We are giving away two pairs of tickets to the world premiere of Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin. The performance, which will include 13 children from the Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Education, will be at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.  Tharpe is a world-renowned dancer and choreographer whose honors include a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards and a Kennedy Center Honor. She spent 10 weeks working with the Atlanta Ballet over the summer to create the dance, which will include …

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Sarah Douglas

1:32 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Patch does a great job of keeping up with local news and events. I do agree with one post about helping aggregate classes and activities offered by community centers, parks and libraries.   more ›

Cobb Alcohol Taskforce Youth Video Contest

Videos must address the problem of adults providing alcohol to youth under 21 or how youth can use sources of strength to change attitudes about youth using alcohol.

Cobb Alcohol Taskforce and Cobb County School District Prevention Intervention Center are co-sponsoring a contest to showcase student’s creative media talents and to increase the use of effective messaging to prevent underage drinking and promote youth sources of strength. Students in grades 6 through 12 who represent a school or community group based in Cobb County are eligible to submit student-produced video public service announcements. PSAs must be 30, 60 or 90 seconds and address 1 of 2 topics: the problem of adults providing alcohol to youth under 21 or how youth can use sources of strength to change attitudes about youth using alcohol. Contest rules and entry forms can be found at www.cobbat.org. Deadline for submitting entries is …

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Win Tickets to the Musical 'Blast!'

The Tony-winning show is coming to the Cobb Energy Centre.

Marietta Patch wants to treat you to a night of music, dance and high energy. We are giving away two tickets to the musical Blast! at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The performance, which has its roots in drum corps competition, includes brass, percussion and visual ensembles. Entering this contest is easy. All you need to do is post a comment at the bottom of this article to let us know how long you’ve been reading Marietta Patch and what you like about the site.  No need to write a novel. A sentence or two will do. We’ll conduct a random drawing from those entries for the Blast! performances on Jan. 19 and 20. Winners will be notified by e-mail and can pick up their tickets at Will Call the day of the show. Winners will need to …

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Melissa Kory

6:28 am on Monday, January 23, 2012

Thank you for all your comments. Thom Gray was our winner, and we're glad you enjoyed the show Thom!   more ›

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Gas Rises, Lake Search Continues, Halloween Fun

Here is a roundup of highlights from Marietta and surrounding areas on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

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