Sunday, November 6, 2016

Navigating the College Search Process by Scott Burke, Director of Admissions - Georgia State

http://www.jkheneghan.com/city/meetings/2016/Nov/Navigating%20the%20College%20Search%20Process%20edits%2011%202%2016.pdf


With a child attending Dunwoody High School, I am automatically a member of the Dunwoody Dads Group which meets monthly to discuss informational topics and to support the various needs of the Dunwoody High School community. 

Last week the guest speaker was Mr. Scott Burke the Assistant VP for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Georgia State University to discuss the admissions process and timelines for application.    I missed the meeting but the slides were sent to the group and I thought they were interesting enough to share.

Friday, November 4, 2016

Kenny Loggins kicks off Book Festival of the MJCCA with book signing and performance in Dunwoody, Saturday Night.



Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta
5342 Tilly Mill Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338 

For 24 successful years, the Book Festival of the MJCCA has provided our community with a literary extravaganza, featuring an exciting lineup of the year's most exceptional authors, celebrities, and influencers. Please join thousands of your fellow book lovers to listen, meet, and interact with your favorite authors in a variety of forums, including author meet-and-greets, book signings, a community read, panel discussions, and much more.


Schedule of Events 
Saturday, November 5

8:15 pm Opening Night
KENNY LOGGINS
Footloose Author Talk + Performance
Sunday, November 6

12:00 pm ROBERT WITTMAN, The Devil's Diary
BRIAN CURTISFields of Battle

3:30 pm Family Reading Festival Presents
HENRY WINKLER + LIN OLIVER, The Soggy, Foggy Campout CANCELLED

7:30 pm Esther G. Levine Community Read
YAEL DAYAN
, Transitions
Monday, November 7

12:00 pm ZOE FISHMAN, Inheriting Edith
JONATHAN RABB, Among the Living

7:30 pm HOWARD BLUM, The Last GoodnightURI BAR-JOSEPH, The Angel
Tuesday, November 8

12:30 pm DR. JOEL M. HOFFMAN, The Bible Doesn't Say That
Wednesday, November 9

12:30 pm ALYSON RICHMAN, The Velvet Hours B.A. SHAPIROThe Muralist

7:00 pm Besser Holocaust Memorial Kristallnacht Commemoration

7:30 pm JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, Here I Am
Thursday, November 10

10:30 am FRIEDA BIRNBAUM, Life Begins at 60MARLENE TRESTMAN, Fair Labor Lawyer

12:30 pm ADAM LEVIN, Swiped

6:00 pm Patron & Sponsor Reception

7:30 pm PETER BERGEN, United States of Jihad
Friday, November 11

12:00 pm ELLEN FELDMAN, Terrible Virtue
JENNIFER S. BROWN
, Modern Girls
Saturday, November 12

6:30 pm "Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon" Film Screening

8:00 pm SHEP GORDON, They Call Me Supermensch
Sunday, November 13

10:00 am "Breakfast at Ina's" Film Screening

11:30 am INA PINKNEY, Ina's Kitchen

3:00 pm JESSE ITZLER, Living With a Seal

7:30 pm DR. DANIEL GORDIS, Israel
Monday, November 14

12:00 pm VICTORIA KELLY, Mrs. Houdini
THELMA ADAMS, Last Woman Standing

7:30 pm Book Club Night
ALICE HOFFMAN
Faithful
Tuesday, November 15

12:30 pm DR. MACHE SEIBEL, M.D., The Estrogen Window

7:30 pm CARSON KRESSLEYDoes This Book Make My Butt Look Big?
Wednesday, November 16

12:30 pm LLOYD HANDWERKERFamous Nathan
INA YALOF
Food and the City

7:30 pm MEIR SHALEV, Two She-Bears
Thursday, November 17

10:30 am JEFFREY SELMAN, God Sent Me

12:30 pm LIANE KUPFERBERG CARTER, Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable

7:30 pm WILLIAM NOVAK, Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks MICHAEL KRASNY, Let There Be Laughter
Friday, November 18

12:00 pm CHRISTOPHER NOXON, Plus One
Saturday, November 19

8:00 pm JEFFREY TOOBIN, American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
Sunday, November 20

12:00 pm JASON GEWIRTZ, Israel's Edge

3:30 pm HARRIET LEVIN MILLAN APPEARING WITH "LOST BOY OF SUDAN" MICHAEL MAJOK KUCH, How Fast Can You Run 
» 7:30 pm Eva & George Stern Lecture
ANDY COHEN
Superficial

Godspell - This Weekend Only - Dunwoody United Methodist Church


Thursday, November 3, 2016

Sunday Nov 6th is Dunwoody Day at Caffeine & Octane Car Show - Perimeter Mall 8 to 11 am


Pull into Dunwoody for Caffeine and Octane, the largest monthly car show in the country! Car enthusiasts from everywhere assemble at Perimeter Mall every first Sunday of the month for this family-friendly automotive exhibit. Each show features a new collection of cars and a diverse crowd of car buffs who wake up extra early to see and be seen.

This nationally recognized show regularly draws over 2,500 vintage, muscle, high performance, and exotic cars while also attracting over 10,000 spectators. The people who attend this show are just as interesting as the cars themselves, making this a truly unique social event. The show highlights all makes and models, from the immortalized classics to seductive foreign cars that are almost too pretty to touch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z2MgQgj81Q
 

The best part of Caffeine and Octane? It's all free. Free to attend and free to proudly display your own car. No registration required - just show up early and find a coveted parking space in the mall parking lot. The car show runs from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., however, the parking lot is known to fill up by 7:30 on most mornings so you'll definitely want to rev up your engine and head to Dunwoody early for this one-of-a-kind event.

DeKalb School Board Member Stan Jester shows addition plans for Dunwoody High School


Dunwoody HS – 600 Seat Addition


DeKalb Schools will bring to the board on Monday a recommendation to construct a 600-seat, 29-classroom, two-story addition to Dunwoody High School. The project will also include
  • Kitchen extension (1,731 sq/ft)
  • Cafeteria extension (485 sq/ft)
  • New media center addition (2,020 sq/ft)
  • New parking – paving over the retention pond (160 spaces)

Click link above for more details.

Chamblee Charter High School – 600 Seat Addition


DeKalb Schools will bring to the board on Monday a recommendation to construct a 600-seat, three-story addition to Chamblee Charter High School. The project will also include
  • 116 space parking lot in front of school fronting Chamblee Dunwoody Rd
  • Kitchen extension (984 sq/ft)
  • Cafeteria extension (1,891 sq/ft)
  • Media center expansion (2,647 sq/ft)
  • 2 story employee parking garage

Click link above for more details.

IrishFest Atlanta this weekend at the Holiday Inn on Chamblee Dunwoody


IrishFest Atlanta


THIS WEEKEND - November 4 & 5, 2016

Holiday Inn Atlanta - Perimeter/Dunwoody
4386 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30341

Something for All Ages!  Concerts, Workshops, Dancing, Sessions, Céilí Mór...

Visit the IrishFest Marketplace for unique items or bring the kids for free cultural programs and activities.

Evening concerts include: John Doyle, Liz Carroll, The Yanks, & Pride of New York plus dancing by Shannon Dunne.

Visit www.irishfestatlanta.org for full schedule of events and workshops.