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Six North Fulton High Schools Honored

FULTON COUNTY, GA — More than half of Fulton County’s high schools can proudly proclaim that they are “AP Honor Schools” and leaders in offering students the most challenging curricula available.

Nine of last year’s award-winners made a repeat appearance on the 2011 list, while three newcomers — Johns Creek High, Tri-Cities High and Westlake High — are recognized for math and science achievement.

“It’s wonderful to see that our list of AP Honor School is growing. We place a high value on Advanced Placement classes and the preparation they provide students,” said Fulton County School Superintendent Cindy Loe. “The courses challenge our high-achieving students to push themselves and meet college-level expectations.”

The 2011 AP Honor awards are based on the Class of 2010′s testing results and are grouped into five categories:

AP Challenge Schools
* Fulton Science Academy High School (Alpharetta)
AP Challenge School is a distinction that recognizes schools with fewer than 900 students offering AP courses in the four core content areas: English, Math, Science and Social Studies.

AP Access and Support Schools
* North Springs Charter High School (Sandy Springs)
AP Access and Support Schools work hard to make AP courses available to students of all backgrounds; at least 30% of these schools’ African-American and Hispanic test-takers score a 3 or higher on national AP exams. Read the rest of this entry »


Moving into 2011 in Roswell and North Fulton

I wanted to take a brief moment this morning and bring everyone up to speed on where 1RoswellGA.com is heading in 2011.

Without a doubt, the biggest change happened recently when I decided to move the new listings report and discussions off line by creating an opt-in system. Prior to this, each morning I created a blog post with a link anyone could use to access new homes for sale in Roswell and North Fulton as well as a brief discussion on a featured home for sale or other items to look for. For a number of reasons I decided it was best to move this discussion off-line. Use the “New Listing” link above to learn about the new system and how to participate.

That’s the bad news, what about some good news? The good news is that as we move into the new year and Spring arrives I will be adding a lot of new content. The “Subdivision Videos” link has been a great source of information for home buyers in Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton. I have a large number of subdivisions already covered but there is still much more to do- especially in Milton, Alpharetta and Johns Creek. Plus, some of the older videos that were shot with a non-HD camera need to be replaced by HD video. All in all, if you are interested in this area I want you to be able to come to this site and find information on any community which would include descriptions, high definition video and homes for sale etc.

New visitors to the site will also begin to see new video blog entries from me discussing a range of real estate topics related to new construction, investing, negotiations etc. I will be adding new videos throughout the year. There will be fewer blog entries than before but my hope is that the quality of each post will be high.

Finally, I will continue to update the blog with local news and information of interest. Please feel free to call or email with any questions.