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Cherokee School District's Academies Initiative To Expand

Parents can pick up applications at all elementary schools and return to the front office of the Academy they are applying for.

The Cherokee County School District will expand one of its touted initiatives into other schools for next school year.

The Cherokee Academies will expand to include grade 6 at Ball Ground Elementary STEM, Canton Elementary STEM and Holly Springs Elementary STEM Academies (currently in grades 3-5 at all three schools); continue for Grades 3-5 at Clark Creek Elementary STEM Academy; expand to include Grade 5 at Oak Grove Elementary Fine Arts Academy; and continue for Grades K-6 at Hasty Elementary Fine Arts Academy. 

The academies are a new system of specialized programs that will offer students more school choice opportunities in fields such as fine arts, sciences, math and technology.

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Both English and Spanish versions of both documents are posted online as PDF files where parents can download, print, fill out and return to the front office of the Academy they are applying for.

They can also be returned to the Cherokee County School District's Department of School Operations at 221 West Main Street in downtown Canton. 

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Parents can submit applications from Monday April 22 to Friday May 3 and applications can be picked up at the front offices at all elementary schools. 

Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, and approvals granted where enrollment space is available.

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