A SMART VISIT: From touchdowns at championship games to touch downs at local high schools; Georgia Head Football Coach Kirby Smart dropped in at Cass High School today to check in and eat lunch with Coaches Steve Gates, Connor Gates, Josh McWhorter, Drew McKaig, Bobby Hughes, and Principal Steve Revard! From Smart's helicopter landing on the Colonel's football field to pictures with Bartow County students; what a way to end the week!
In recent weeks, Cass High has been visited by coaches from Clemson, Ohio State, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Alabama, Charlotte, Troy, and Kennesaw State, among others!
HAPPY 100TH: Celebrating the 100th day of school, and you can tell this third grade team from Adairsville Elementary is ALL IN! Love it!
SCHOOL CHOICE PROCEDURES: All Out-of-Zone and Out-of-District applications will be available starting February 6! Details below. Please read carefully. No additional applications will be accepted after 3 p.m. on February 28.
NEW: The Bartow County School System is closely monitoring the weather and its potential impact to dismissal procedures countywide.
If a delay is needed to allow students to remain in a safe school building rather than in a vehicle, we will notify you immediately. Pertinent information can also be found on our website and social media outlets.
At this time, all After School programs and extracurricular activities will continue to operate.
BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER: JOIN OUR TEAM OF READ TO GROW VOLUNTEERS! A TRAINING SESSION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT 1 PM. ADDITIONAL DETAILS BELOW.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: PRE-K REGISTRATION IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! DETAILS BELOW!
EDUCATOR JOB FAIR: CHECK THIS OUT!
BARTOW AND BEYOND: In this sea of RED and BLACK at the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, we spy Woodland High School alumnus Caden Wolf!
Caden graduated last year as the PAGE STAR student and drumline captain of the WHS Marching Band.
Now, he's attending the University of Georgia, a percussionist in the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band, and double majoring in Political Science and Economics and minoring in Law!
We are SO proud of you, Caden, and GO DAWGS!
HERO CUP AWARDS: The hardware is home! Bartow County School Police Chief Billy Henson and Major Duane Smith presented the annual HERO CUP trophies to the schools who contributed the most during the Shop with a Hero fundraising drive!
CONGRATULATIONS:
Adairsville Elementary School - $2,940.66
Woodland Middle School - $1,100.00
Bartow College and Career Academy - $1,200.00
(back-to-back winners!)
A total of $13,082.86 was raised for the Shop with a Hero initiative, surpassing our $2,000 goal!
We are so grateful to be a part of a community that is always willing to step up when there is a need for our children.
Again, thank you for these generous donations as they were used to purchase hundreds of presents to children in need this past holiday season!
ICE CREAM WITH A COP: New year, same outstanding initiative designed to foster great relationships between Bartow County students and local law enforcement officers! School Resource Officer Donnie Scott organized today's ice cream social for fifth grade Cloverleaf Elementary School students. They discussed being successful, graduating on time, and respecting one another. These officers CARE and it SHOWS. We appreciate their work in the community.
Special thanks to those in attendance:
Officer Scott, Bartow County School Police
Chief Henson, Bartow County School Police
Major Smith, Bartow County School Police
K9 Deputy Tucker, Bartow County Sheriff's Office
Corporal Harris, Georgia State Patrol
Agent Glover, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Officer Veiga, Kingston Police Department
Officer Lamb, Kingston Police Department
Agent Warren, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Evan Driskill, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Grant Guise, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Officer McAfee, Department of Public Safety
JOIN OUR AWARD-WINNING TEAM: We have an opening for an elementary school nurse! Click the links below to apply and search other openings.
https://bartow.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=902
https://bartow.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
KINDNESS CAUGHT ON CAMERA: A surprise text message from Carroll Daniel Construction, the company building the new Mission Road Elementary School, stopped MRES Principal Sherrie Hughes dead in her tracks.
No, there wasn’t anything wrong with the new school. It remains on schedule.
What left Principal Hughes wide-eyed were these words, “Can we buy Christmas presents for your students in need?”
Being so close to Christmas when this was asked, many students in need already received assistance, all but one that is.
Zach Nicholson and Cory Johnson with Carroll Daniel Construction jumped at the opportunity to provide for this student.
Not only did they purchase presents for the child, but they also provided wrapped gifts for the ENTIRE family.
We see them building a strong foundation in this community, in more ways than one, and we couldn't be more appreciative.
NEW: Due to extensive flooding, students and staff will be operating on a two-hour delay this morning, January 4. That means busses will arrive at stops two hours later than nornal.
POSITIVELY AMAZING: Adairsville-based Vista Metals donated another $10,000 to the Bartow Education Foundation Teacher Grant Program! Thank you, Andrew Primack and Vista Metals, for continuously investing your money, time, and resources into our award-winning school system!
BARTOW CARES CAMPAIGN: Acceptance; let's talk about it! It's our relational word of the month through our new #BartowCares4U Campaign!
Bartow Cares is a countywide, year-long initiative through a partnership with Relational Values Alliance that unites Bartow County Schools, Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce, Bartow Collaborative, government and media leadership, the faith community, and many others.
Bartow commits to live out relational values such as respect, support, and appreciation in multiple places: at home, at work, and at school. With caring connections, great things happen. So, in Bartow County, we want to know everybody’s story and show that somebody cares!
https://vimeo.com/197434604
MORE INFO: https://www.bartow.k12.ga.us/article/783187
WORLD-RENOWNED WILDCATS: Special THANK YOU to the leaders of the GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED Woodland High School Marching Band - Michael Kobito, Holly Maldonado, and Eric Willoughby! Outstanding leadership!
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 Michael Guthrie, our Network/Systems Administrator! Michael is thorough, knowledgeable, detail-oriented, and dependable. He makes us all better! Congratulations, Michael!
WORLD-RENOWNED WILDCATS: Our Woodland High School Marching Band is on their way home from London!
They did an amazing job representing the Bartow County School System and the state of Georgia in the London New Year's Day Parade and Festival! What a way to start the new year! If you missed the televised performance, click the link below, and fast forward to 2:45:49!
Thank you to our chaperones, parents, and sponsors! Without your help, this life-changing trip would not have been possible! #LNYDP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j74UnBO84nU
WORLD-RENOWNED WILDCATS: The Woodland High School Marching Band continues to take in the sights and sounds of London! Top on the list today? Windsor Castle! #LNYDP
WORLD-RENOWNED WILDCATS: Less than four days until the Woodland High School Marching Band performs down the iconic two-mile parade route in LONDON! Check out what they've been up to before the BIG rehearsals... #LNYDP
