IT'S BAAAAAACK: Get ready! Registration for this year's FREE SUMMER STEM CAMP will open on March 18 at 6:00 p.m. SHARP! It'll be held in Cartersville at the Bartow County College and Career Academy June 17-20. By popular demand, this camp will be all day, 8:30-2:30 and include drones, robotics, virtual reality, esports, and more! The camp is available to all students CURRENTLY in grades 3-6 in Bartow County Schools.
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REMINDER: Tomorrow, March 12, will be an Early Release Day! Elementary schools dismiss at 11:30 a.m. and middle/high schools dismiss at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be served, and buses will run on an early dismissal schedule. After School programs will continue to operate.
EDUCATOR JOB FAIR: Record turnout for our Educator Job Fair, which is another testament to our awesome schools! It wasn't all business either, Emerson Elementary and Woodland Middle received system awards for the creative FLAIR that they brought to the FAIR!
A TEAM AWARD: Superintendent Page and system leaders present Cass High School and its World Language Singletons collaboration team, which consists of Lailee Long, Katherine Shofner, and Lori Sutton, with the most prestigious award given by the District, the A-Team Award!
Lailee Long, Katherine Shofner, and Lori Sutton exemplify the three big ideas of our Professional Learning Communities culture as they continually demonstrate a focus on learning, collaboration, and results.
Through observations and conversations with each team member, it is evident this team uses the PLC process to work together with collective responsibility for student learning. They ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum for all their students, use common formative assessments to monitor student learning, use common assessment data to improve teaching and learning practices, and support the RTI process by providing systematic interventions and extensions for all students.
Lailee Long, Katherine Shofner, and Lori Sutton will now present at an upcoming school board meeting, New Teacher Institute, and serve as role models for future A-Teams throughout our school system.
This is our 24th collaboration team to earn an A-Team Award!
A FOND FAREWELL: Join us Sunday, May 19, from 2-4 p.m. to celebrate the legacy of Mission Road Elementary School! Walk the halls with us one last time, laugh, smile, and reminisce! Take those last photos before the school is torn down to make way for exciting new opportunities for our MRES families🎉
GIFTED EDUCATION MONTH: The Georgia Department of Education acknowledged Bartow County Schools as having the largest group of teachers and leaders in attendance at the Georgia Association for Gifted Children annual conference in Columbus, Georgia, this week! More than 40 of our dedicated teachers were excited to learn new innovative instructional strategies and resources that they can bring back to their classrooms and schools! #GiftedEducation #betterinbartow
NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK WEEK: Join us in recognizing Bartow County School System Social Workers, Melissa Hulsey, Michelle Jenkins, Dr. LaToia Carter, and Ashley Saddler!
This team rises above challenges and advocates for our students and families every day. Their impact is immeasurable, and their commitment to fostering hope is commendable.
"We often call upon them to deal with extremely difficult situations and they never hesitate to assist," said Dr. Brent Shropshire, director of counselors, college readiness, wellness, and fine arts.
They make our schools and community better!
STATE RECOGNITION: It's not every day that you get recognized at the STATE CAPITOL! But when you have a nationally acclaimed JROTC program, this level of recognition sure is fitting!
Congratulations to our Adairsville High School JROTC cadets, Major David Sexauer, First Sergeant Jerry Queen, and the AHS community!
The AHS Drill Team's 31 state championship titles since 2008 and the Raiders 15 state championship titles and eight National titles since 2014 is ASTOUNDING!
Special thanks to Representative Mitchell Scoggins for making this day happen!
ALMOST TIME: Our Educator Job Fair is right around the corner! Don't worry about registering, you can do that at the door. See you on Thursday!
WOW: Our first year competing in the Georgia Student Technology Competition, and SEVEN students walked away with TOP THREE FINISHES at the STATE LEVEL! Amazing work!
The competition included more than 1,000 students from across Georgia. Bartow County had 15 students participating!
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1st CCES 5/6 Productivity Design
Katie Martel & Mekenzie Moss
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2nd AHS 9/10 Project Programming
Nathaniel Fortier
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3rd PLES 3/4 Animation
Jacob Hyde
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3rd WMS 5/6 Multimedia Applications
Loretta Jones & Kaydence Agan
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3rd AHS 11/12 Project Programming
Brayden Smith
CARTERSVILLE DANCES WITH THE STARS: BCCCA President and CEO Greg Doss and his wife Lisa helped raise more than 14K for Backpack Buddies and the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter during CDWTS this weekend, and look who was there to support them? Our soon-to-be Superintendent, Clint Terza, among many other BCSS staff!
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK: Chicken and waffles today, yogurt and granola banana splits tomorrow! Exciting menu for #NationalSchoolBreakfastWeek!! So thankful for our hard-working School Nutrition staff🎉🏆🎉
BREAKING RECORDS ONCE AGAIN: Bartow County high schools increased the number of Advanced Placement (AP) Honor School awards from six last year to 11 this year – the most ever recorded in Bartow County School System history!
According to the Georgia Department of Education, there are 276 AP Honor Schools this year in 99 districts. They are named in eight categories based on the results of 2023 AP courses and exams.
Adairsville High School received the AP STEM School Award, AP Humanities School Award, and AP Expansion Schools Award.
Cass High School earned the AP STEM School Award, AP Humanities School Award, and AP Access and Support Schools Award.
Woodland High School gained the AP STEM School Award, AP Humanities School Award, AP Humanities Achievement Schools Award, AP Expansion Schools Award, and AP Schools of Distinction Award.
READ MORE HERE: https://www.bartow.k12.ga.us/article/1487945
READY, SET, READ: Clear Creek Elementary School LIONS are ROARING into Read Across America Week, which officially begins tomorrow! They couldn't be more thrilled for today's MASKED READER REVEAL and kickoff to their schoolwide FAMILY READ ALOUD with the book Wonder!
SUPPORTING STEM: GOOD LUCK to our 15 students competing tomorrow at the STATE LEVEL STUDENT TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION in McDonough! These students earned first place at the district and region levels to advance to the BIG COMPETITIONl!
SHOW AND TELL: Clear Creek Elementary School's Team Blaze and Mission Road Elementary School's RoboCats impressed the Rotary Club of Bartow today with their outstanding Robotics Innovation projects and Robot Design demonstration!
Recently, at the Chattanooga-North Georgia FIRST LEGO League Championship, we found out Team Blaze is heading back to Worlds and will perform on the international level, and the RoboCats will show off their skills at an elite invitational in Worcester, Massachusetts, over the summer!
Great job, teams! Unbelievable work!
TOTAL TRANSFORMATION: Always innovative at Adairsville Elementary School! School leaders are taking a $5,000 grant they were just awarded through the Georgia Department of Education and transforming six of their courtyards into dynamic outdoor environmental learning centers! In the coming months, look for an observational beehive, pollinator plants, solar panels, bluebird houses, composting bins, erosion tables, rain barrels, water quality test kits, and an outdoor turf, just to name a few unique educational opportunities!
CENTRAL OFFICE CELEBRATIONS: When you work in a school system and community like this, you have a lot to celebrate! And, if you know Superintendent Page, then you know he likes to celebrate the RIGHT WORK. In the Bartow County School System, the right work supports learning, collaboration, and results. That's what we value.
This month, we celebrate and honor Betsy Roam, our School Nutrition Services Director. Betsy has a "never say never attitude." With a deep passion for nutrition and children, Betsy works collaboratively to ensure all students are fueling their minds for the day ahead. Her Summer Feeding Program is also second to none! Congratulations, Betsy!
THE BUZZ AROUND BARTOW: Great representation at the Region Spelling Bee! Cloverleaf Elementary School Student Azaan Muhammad successfully completed two hard spelling rounds and one vocabulary round! While he's not moving on to the state competition, we are PROUD just the same! Good work, Azaan!
