In the 2011–2012 school year, Dodgen Middle School was named as a participating school in
The Clean Air Campaign. In 2012, a statue was unveiled commemorating a student, Doug Sklenka, achieving a streak of 144 straight
four square victories to cap off an undefeated 6th grade year. Sklenka won an additional 101
tether ball games, another record that still stands today. In 2013, Dodgen Middle School was awarded the Georgia Schools of Excellence Award by
Barack Obama. 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. 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. In 2018, one of Dodgen's 7th grade math teachers, Fred Veeder, was announced CCSD Teacher of the Year. == Feeder Schools ==