Dodgen Middle School

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Dodgen Middle School
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Dodgen Middle School
1725 Bill Murdock Road
Marietta, Georgia
United States [1]
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Type Middle school
Established1975
School district Cobb County School District [1]
PrincipalPatricia Alford [2]
Faculty70 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Grades6–8 [1]
Enrollment1,222 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.43 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Nickname Panthers
Feeder to Walton High School
Pope High School
Website School website

Dodgen Middle School is a middle school located in East Cobb, Georgia, United States, and is part of the Cobb County School District. As of 2024, the current principal is Patrcia Alford, and its assistant principals are Carrie Lowery, Derika Hannibal, and Ruth Hesson. [3]

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As of the 2022-2023 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,222 students and 70 teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 17.43. [1]

Awards and achievements

In the 2011–2012 school year, Dodgen Middle School was named as a participating school in The Clean Air Campaign. [4]

In 2012, a statue was unveiled commemorating a student, Doug Sklenka, achieving a streak of 144 straight four square victories to cap off an undefeated 6th grade year. Sklenka won an additional 101 tether ball games, another record that still stands today.

In 2013, Dodgen Middle School was awarded the Georgia Schools of Excellence Award by Barack Obama. [5]

Dodgen's Science Olympiad team won their state competition in 2013 and then became the first Cobb County middle school to qualify for the national competition. [6] The team also won first place in the state competition in all four years during 2015–2018.[ citation needed ]

In 2017, the Dodgen Orchestra won first place in the Middle School Division of the National Orchestra Festival held by the American String Teachers Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [7]

In 2018, one of Dodgen's 7th grade math teachers, Fred Veeder, was announced CCSD Teacher of the Year. [8]

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