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David Tulis and The Sagamores Enrich Sagamore Hills Community

An Atlanta photojournalist and Sagamore Hills dad teamed up with other community members to help their school.

David Tulis and his band The Sagamores have been a driving force in the Sagamore Hills Elementary School community, helping to raise more than $20,000 at various fund-raising concerts with proceeds benefiting the school. Tulis, who plays the bass and is often called the gadget man or tool man “because I'm the one that usually fixes things and tries to experiment with new equipment,” teamed up with two other Sagamore Hills dads to form The Sagamores in 2010. Frank Fletcher, the band's guitarist, started to play the blues with Tulis that year when they met up at a school function. Fletcher serves as the band's historian and is so steeped in the history of rock music that he can reel off the 50-plus year history of The Rolling Stones. …

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Three North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Area Schools Get Kroger $1,500 Grants

Sagamore Hills Elementary School, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School and Torah Day School of Atlanta received grants.

Sagamore Hills Elementary School, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School and Torah Day School of Atlanta received $1,500 grants from Kroger, the national grocer said Wednesday. The grants are part of Kroger's Earning Plus Learning program, which evalutes how well a school promoted healthy living in their school during the 2011-12 school year. Other Atlanta-area schools receiving grants include: $1,500 grant winners: $1,000 grant winners: The Earning Plus Learning entries took the form of scrapbooks, photos, videos, essays, news clippings and more. All entries were reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of local and regional community leaders and the Kroger Community Involvement Team. Throughout the Kroger's Atlanta division, 63 …

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Check Out Sagamore Hills Elementary's Student Art

The show is next Tuesday from 6:30pm - 8pm at the school.

Print out the above flier for an art show at Sagamore Hills Elementary School next week.

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Sagamore Hills Moms to Hang Out at Napoleon's Thursday

Ten percent of the proceeds will go toward the school.

Moms at Sagamore Hills Elementary School will have a chance to catch up with each other Thursday night. The school is hosting a Moms Night Out at Napoleon's on Lavista Road from 6:30pm - midnight. Ten percent of the evening's proceeds will go to support the school. To R.S.V.P., visit the school's Facebook page. The event also promises a future dads night out.

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What Do We Get Out of SPLOST IV?

If voters approve the $475 million package the board of education passed Monday night, North Druid Hills could see new schools and renovations.

If DeKalb County voters in November approve a $475 million package of school construction and renovations across the county, the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area could see a host of new projects and renovations. The DeKalb County Board of Education passed a resolution Monday night, calling for a referendum on the sales tax program–known as SPLOST IV–to be presented to voters in Decatur and DeKalb and Fulton counties. The plan is part of a massive, ongoing reorganization of the DeKalb County School System that seeks to phase out smaller, community-oriented schools. In our community, residents could see the following projects: Some of those projects have been given qualifiers, however. The phasing and extent of renovations of Briar Vista …

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