Eastbrook Middle sixth-grade student Briana Reyna, 11, talks with friends during a social studies class Thursday. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Second-grade teacher Sharene Ledford takes a picture of Blaze Lumpkin outside her classroom at Beaverdale Elementary on the first day of School Thursday. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Parapro Janice Sneed helps kingergarten student Tanner Patterson as she talks about her bookbag for show and tell on the first day of school at Beaverdale Elementary School. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Beaverdale Elementary School Principal Cheri Mahan talks to a kindergarten class. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
English teacher Julia Cagle talks to her class at Morris Innovative High. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Math teacher Irene Quintero helps her students with a first-day activity. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Citlalit Fraire, left, and Marlene Gonzalez, both 11, shake hands and get to know each other better during a first-day exercise in Cindy Ketron's sixth-grade language arts class at Eastbrook Middle School. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Beaverdale Elementary School third-grade students unpack their bookbags before class Thursday morning. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Cafeteria worker Sevilla Wiggins serves up lunch Thursday at Eastbrook Middle School. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Eastbrook Middle students get their lunch Thursday. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Debbie Wilson teaches a sixth-grade social studies class Thursday at Eastbrook Middle School. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
A roundup of Daily Citizen staff and reader-submitted photos (slideshow below) of the first day of school in Whitfield County and Dalton schools, plus video of students at the new Eastbrook Middle School and newly renovated Morris Innovative High School.
In an effort to fix the law known as No Child Left Behind, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voted for an education proposal that would let states – and not the federal government – determine whether schools and teachers are succeeding or failing.
Continued ...
Lindsay Webb says if she ever became discouraged at school she thought of her son Haydenn, now 2.
Continued ...
Cody Roden will not only graduate from Phoenix High School tonight, he’ll do so on time, despite battling illness for most of his life that has affected but never stalled his education.
Continued ...
Ethan Porter has been an inspiration to students and teachers alike.
Continued ...Whitfield County Board of Education members hired most of next year’s teachers during a called meeting on Monday, but there are a few vacant spots they don’t plan to fill.
Continued ...Two Dalton Public Schools employees are getting promotions.
Continued ...Dalton Board of Education members approved a tentative general fund budget Monday that includes no property tax increase but is expected to use about half of their reserve funding to help cover expenses for the upcoming school year.
Continued ...Several local schools are lagging behind the rest of the state, according to the new College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), including Coahulla Creek High School, whose principal announced his resignation on Monday, the day before the first year’s numbers were made public.
Continued ...There are several reasons to rezone the area around Roan Elementary School, said Dalton Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Don Amonett, but one of the biggest is state funding.
Continued ...Dalton Public Schools have two “overcrowded” schools and one “very small school,” Deputy Superintendent Don Amonett said.
Continued ...
Rayda Reed is still pinching herself today to make sure it’s not a dream.
That seems like a proper response to being selected from more than 3,000 teachers nationwide to join the 2013 LearnZillion Dream Team.
Steve Bartoo, associate principal of Dalton High School, can drop the first half of the title this summer.
Continued ...
Danny Hayes did not attend Monday night’s Whitfield Board of Education meeting.
“It was kind of an emotional night,” the county schools superintendent said.
As state and federal contributions dry up and are not likely to return any time soon and local tax digests shrink, school systems are trying to do more for the community with less money.
Continued ...
© 2013 Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. ·
CNHI Classified Advertising Network ·
CNHI News Service
Associated Press content © 2013. All rights reserved. AP content may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Our site is powered by Zope. Some parts of our site may require
you to download the Flash Player Plugin.
Privacy Policy |
AP News Registry privacy policy
Terms and Conditions
Advertiser Index
308 S. Thornton Ave. Dalton, GA 30720
RAW: NSA Director Says 50 Plots Foiled
Boeing, Airbus Battle for Sales Supremacy
NYC 911 Call Lasts for 8 Hours
Obama: US Has Helped Syrian Rebels
Afghan Forces Take Afghanistan Security Lead
Raw: 100K Protesters Flood Brazilian Streets
California Cops Cruise on Stand-up Paddle Patrol
Transgender Candidate Running in NYC
Obama: NSA Secret Data Gathering 'Transparent'
Man Who Disrupted Flight Ranted About CIA
Feds: 7-Eleven Stores Exploited Immigrants
Fla. Teen Catches Ride With Whale Shark
Iran's Rowhani Urges 'Path of Moderation'
Investigators Probe Origin of Colo. Wildfire
Ex-NFL Star Chad Johnson Out of Jail
Family Tweets Say Kim Kardashian Gives Birth
