[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] The team also won first place in the state competition in all four years during 2015–2018.

[citation needed] 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.