Dodgen Middle School

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 2019, the current principal is Dr. Patrcia Alford, and its assistant principals are Tia Bryller, Kim Kranzlein, and Andrew Lorentz.

Dodgen Middle School
Location
1725 Bill Murdock Road
Marietta, Georgia
United States[1]
Information
TypeMiddle school
Established1968
School districtCobb County School District[1]
PrincipalDr. Patricia Alford[2]
Faculty67 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Grades6–8[1]
Enrollment1,247 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.61 (as of 2013–14)[1]
NicknamePanthers
Feeder toWalton High School
Pope High School
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2018-19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,246 students and 67 teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 18.61.[1]

Awards and achievements

In 2013, Dodgen Middle School was awarded the Georgia Schools of Excellence Award by Barack Obama.[3] In the 2011–2012 school year, Dodgen Middle School was named as a participating school in The Clean Air Campaign.[4]

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.[5] The team also won first place in the state competition in all four years during 2015–2018.

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.[6]

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

In 2012 a statue was unveiled commemorating Doug Sklenka's streak of 144 straight 4 square victories to cap off an undefeated 6th grade year. Sklenka won an additional 101 tether ball games, another record that still stands today.

References
  1. Dodgen Middle School, National Center for Education Statistics, October 1, 2015.
  2. Dodgen Middle School, Cobb County School District, June 10, 2020.
  3. "CCSD Awards and Honors". www.cobbk12.org. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  4. Wendy Parker, East Cobb Schools Get Clean Air Props, East Cobb Patch, October 1, 2015.
  5. "Dodgen middle-schoolers win state Science Olympiad, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 1, 2015.
  6. "Dodgen Middle orchestra plucks its way to national title, Marietta Daily Journal, March 11, 2017.
  7. Abusaid, Shaddi. "Dodgen math instructor named Cobb's teacher of the year". MDJOnline.com. Retrieved 2019-07-20.

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