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Kell High School
Carlton J. Kell High School is a public high school in the Cobb County School District in the US state of Georgia. The school is located in unincorporated Cobb County with a Marietta address, just northwest of Atlanta. The school was founded in 2002 and serves students in the Cobb County area. It is also an Advanced Placement Certified School. History Carlton J. Kell High School was established in 2002. It was named after a prominent coach in the Cobb County School District. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1,568 students enrolled for the 2012–2013 school year was: *Male - 52.1% *Native American/Alaskan - 0.8% *Asian/Pacific Islander - 2.6% *Black - 21.5% *Female - 47.9% *Hispanic - 10.4% *White - 61.6% *Multiracial - 3.1% Additionally, 32.6% of the enrolled students qualified for free or reduced lunch. Notable alumni * Jonathan Dwyer, 2007, football player; played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals * Christine Ko, 2006, actress * Brendan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public School (government Funded)
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Independent schools with low tui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Dwyer
Jonathan Avery Dwyer (born July 26, 1989) is a former American football running back . He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at Georgia Tech. High school career Dwyer was highly recruited coming out of Kell High School in Marietta, Georgia. He was a four-star prospect and many of the top NCAA Division I football programs expressed interest. Dwyer was awarded Georgia's Player of the Year (football). He initially made a soft verbal commitment to the Florida Gators but then decided that he preferred to stay closer to his family and committed to Georgia Tech. In track, he finished second in the state in the Class AAAAA 100-meter dash as a junior, with a time of 10.81 seconds, the second best time in the state of Georgia, and recorded a 4.48 in the 40 yard dash. He ran a career-best time of 10.70 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2006 GATFXC Coaches Invitational, pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Paulsen
Benjamin Michael Paulsen (born October 27, 1987) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder who played for the Colorado Rockies from 2014 to 2016. Amateur career Born in Plymouth, Wisconsin, but raised in Alabama and Georgia, Paulsen attended Kell High School in Marietta, Georgia. Paulsen attended Clemson University alongside future major league teammate Kyle Parker. In 2008, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. Paulsen's performance and play improved dramatically during his time at Clemson. 6'3 and weighing only 180 lbs. during his freshman season, Paulsen batted .258 and hit five home runs. However, by the time he was a junior and in his final season, a bigger and stronger Paulsen hit .368 with 11 home runs. Professional career Colorado Rockies Paulsen was drafted by the Colorado Rockies as a first baseman in the third round of the 2009 Major League Baseball D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park, located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Founded in 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies are the oldest continuous same-name, same-city franchise in all of American professional sports. The Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in and the Tampa Bay Rays in ), eight National League pennants (the first of which came in 1915), and made 15 playoff appearances. As of November 6, 2022, the team has played 21,209 games, winning 10,022 games and losing 11,187. Since the first modern World Series was played in , the Phillies have played 120 consecutive seasons and 140 seasons since the team's 1883 establishment. Before the Phillies won their first World Series in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Morgan (baseball)
Adam Christopher Morgan (born February 27, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs. After growing up and playing high school baseball in Marietta, Georgia, he enrolled at the University of Alabama, where, as his father had done, he played college baseball. The Phillies drafted him in the third round of the 2011 MLB draft. Morgan was among the top pitching prospects in the organization until a torn rotator cuff caused him to miss all of the 2014 season. He made his major league debut in 2015. He became a relief pitcher in 2017. Early life Morgan was born to Wiley and Karen Morgan in Tampa, Florida, and has a younger brother named Grant. He attended Kell High School ('08) in Marietta, Georgia, where he played baseball on a team that went to the state playoffs three times. He also played on various travel teams, including in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL). In their 55 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 379–487–6 ( in the regular season and in the playoffs), winning division championships in 1980, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2016. The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls, the first during the 1998 season in Super Bowl XXXIII, where they lost to the Denver Broncos and the second 18 years later, a overtime loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI. The Falcons' current home field is Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opened for the 2017 season; the team's headquarters and practice facilities ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Mauger
Quincy Mauger (; born March 4, 1995) is an American gridiron football defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Georgia and signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Professional career Atlanta Falcons Mauger signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2017. He was waived/injured by the Falcons on September 2, 2017 and placed on injured reserve. On June 11, 2018, Mauger was waived by the Falcons. Oakland Raiders On August 9, 2018, Mauger signed with the Oakland Raiders. He was waived on September 1, 2018. Atlanta Legends In 2018, Mauger signed with the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season. He was placed on injured reserve on February 14, 2019. The league ceased operations in April 2019. BC Lions On January 18, 2022, Mauger signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). On February 9, 2024, Mauger was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquartered in Dove Valley, Colorado. The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos are currently owned by the Walton- Penner group, and play their home games at Empower Field at Mile High; Denver previously played its home games at Mile High Stadium from its inception in 1960 through the 2000 season. The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first seven years in the NFL. They did not have a winning season until 1973 and qualified for their first playoffs in 1977, eventually advancing to Super Bowl XII that season. Since 1975, the Broncos have become one of the NFL's most successful teams, having suffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Langley
Brendan Langley (born October 16, 1994) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs football, Georgia Bulldogs from 2013 to 2014, then transferred to Lamar Cardinals football, Lamar. He was selected in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos as a cornerback. Professional career Pre-draft On December 8, 2016, it was announced that Langley accepted his invitation to play in the 2017 Senior Bowl. Throughout the week leading up to the Senior Bowl, Langley was impressive in practice and showed fluid movement and an ability to break quickly to the ball, but was unable to hang on to football catch, receptions during receiving drills. On January 27, 2017, Langley appeared in the 2017 Senior Bowl, 2017 Reese's Senior Bowl as part of Chicago Bears head coach John Fox (American football), John Fox's North team. Langley recorded thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Ko
Christine Ko (born August 3, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American actress, known for her roles as Emma on the CBS sitcom '' The Great Indoors'', Mandy on ''Upload'' and Emma on ''Dave''. Before her success in America, she had a brief career in Taiwan in the early 2010s. Biography Ko was born in Chicago and grew up in both Taiwan and Atlanta. She is the daughter of legendary Taiwanese entertainer Frankie Kao. Ko has discussed the issue of limited roles for Asian actors in the United States. Her role on ''The Great Indoors'' was originally written for a blond woman, but Ko's agent was able to get her an audition. After her audition, the producers changed their original idea of Emma's appearance. Ko said, "I think that's true diversity. You're just like everybody else. You just look Asian... It's the norm and how we all live. We just haven't seen it in Hollywood yet." Ko joined the cast of the television series ''Hawaii Five-0'' part way into its eighth season. She also guest-starred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fox Atlanta
WAGA-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. Owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Briarcliff Road Northeast in the Druid Hills area of unincorporated DeKalb County, just outside the Atlanta city limits (but with an Atlanta mailing address). History As a CBS affiliate WAGA-TV first began operations on March 8, 1949. The station was originally owned by Toledo, Ohio-based Fort Industry Company, which also operated WAGA radio (AM 590, now WDWD; and WAGA-FM 103.3, now WVEE), all colloquially called "Wagga". Fort Industry would later be renamed Storer Broadcasting after the company's founder, George B. Storer. Channel 5 is Atlanta's second-oldest television station, signing on seven months after WSB-TV (then on channel 8). Originally a CBS affiliate, owing to its radio sister's longtime affiliation with the CBS Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
