...graduation coach was promoted to assistant principal at Lakeside High School this morning during a school board meeting.Dorcas Powell was unanimously approved as Lakeside's new assistant principal by the board.A 20-year educator, Powell has been...

...freshmores." Currently, about 50 students at Lakeside High qualify as freshmores, said the school's graduation coach, Dorcas Powell. To prevent any more students from earning the freshmore moniker, Lakeside High officials created a program that...

...in-depth thinking and less superficial number-crunching," said Lakeside Middle School sixth-grade math teacher Dorcas Powell, who trained other sixth-grade faculty members in the system on how to teach the new curriculum. "Our concern...

...Academy of Richmond County. Get a planner, which will help you keep up with assignments and know when things are due. Dorcas Powell, the graduation coach at Lakeside High School, recommended adding something else to your calendar -- find out when...

...were at risk of getting off track for graduation. "Last year was our trial, and we wanted to keep it small," said Dorcas Powell, a Lakeside graduation coach. This year, however, the school invited all of its rising ninth-graders. "The...

...and three night-school courses, completing her junior and senior requirements in a year. She made all As, said Dorcas Powell, Lakeside's graduation coach. "I wanted to prove to people that just because something happens in your life...

...failed introduction to physics in the first semester, and now they're still taking it in the second semester," said Dorcas Powell, the graduation coach at Lakeside High School. "This allows them to take the first semester simultaneously to recover...

...This year, however, she has also heard from parents. "The graduation coaches have been discovered," she said. Dorcas Powell, Lakeside High School's graduation coach, said parents are more comfortable about contacting her. She still gets...

...strategies to keep those students on schedule to graduate with their classes, said Lakeside High graduation coach Dorcas Powell. "Once we get them identified, we're going to put them in subcategories based on need so we can try to address...

...might be finding a way to offer zero period remediation courses without charging students who wish to take them, said Dorcas Powell, Lakeside High graduation coach. "Those teachers in zero period get off at the end of fifth period," Ms. Powell...