INNOVATION IN ACTION: Tech-savvy students Javier Sierra and Rowan Stanfield noticed a challenge in their school community, and they’re stepping up to solve it!
While enjoying the new Esports Arena, they realized that some students face difficulties using traditional game controllers due to limited fine motor skills. Inspired to make gaming more inclusive, they’re using their creativity and an invention kit called Makey Makey to build a prototype that could change the way these students experience video games.
Way to go, Javier and Rowan! You're putting your STEM skills to work and making a real difference!
While enjoying the new Esports Arena, they realized that some students face difficulties using traditional game controllers due to limited fine motor skills. Inspired to make gaming more inclusive, they’re using their creativity and an invention kit called Makey Makey to build a prototype that could change the way these students experience video games.
Way to go, Javier and Rowan! You're putting your STEM skills to work and making a real difference!
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF: Clear Creek Elementary School!
The weather might have been gloomy today, but smiles were BRIGHT in Bartow, especially with these CCES Lions!
#betterinbartow #only1bartow
The weather might have been gloomy today, but smiles were BRIGHT in Bartow, especially with these CCES Lions!
#betterinbartow #only1bartow
STATE RECOGNITION: Join us in congratulating our Communications Coordinator, Alisha Evans, for earning seven GOLD awards and one SILVER from the Georgia School Public Relations Association! 🎉
These honors recognize her outstanding work in writing, photography, and videography, all of which help tell the Bartow County School System story with clarity, creativity, and heart.
Through strategic messaging and strong collaboration, Mrs. Evans connects our schools with the community, supports district priorities, and shines a spotlight on the amazing achievements of our students and staff.
These honors recognize her outstanding work in writing, photography, and videography, all of which help tell the Bartow County School System story with clarity, creativity, and heart.
Through strategic messaging and strong collaboration, Mrs. Evans connects our schools with the community, supports district priorities, and shines a spotlight on the amazing achievements of our students and staff.
SCHOLAR STANDOUT: We’re proud to celebrate Connor New, a senior at Cass High School, for being named a Coke Scholars Semifinalist! Out of more than 107,000 applicants nationwide, only 1,238 students earned this prestigious honor, and Connor is one of them.
The Coca-Cola Scholars Program recognizes high school seniors who lead with purpose, serve their communities, and strive to make a lasting impact. Semifinalists are now in the running for a $20,000 college scholarship!
Way to go, Connor!
The Coca-Cola Scholars Program recognizes high school seniors who lead with purpose, serve their communities, and strive to make a lasting impact. Semifinalists are now in the running for a $20,000 college scholarship!
Way to go, Connor!
RIGHT WORK: Let’s give a big shoutout to our newest Ms. Dot STAR Award winners! These outstanding individuals go above and beyond in their roles, and their impact is felt across the entire district.
CONGRATULATIONS:
Levi Norrod, Technology Specialist, Woodland High School
Robin Strickland, Paraprofessional, Emerson Elementary School
Patricia Young, Custodian, Adairsville Middle School
CONGRATULATIONS:
Levi Norrod, Technology Specialist, Woodland High School
Robin Strickland, Paraprofessional, Emerson Elementary School
Patricia Young, Custodian, Adairsville Middle School
CHANGEMAKER: Join us in congratulating Vivian Reyes Martinez on being named a Coke Scholars Semifinalist! Out of more than 107,000 applicants nationwide, only 1,238 students earned this prestigious recognition, and we’re proud to have one of them right here at Adairsville High School!
The Coca-Cola Scholars Program honors exceptional high school seniors who demonstrate leadership, service, and a commitment to making a positive impact. Semifinalists are in the running for a $20,000 college scholarship and lifelong membership in a community of changemakers.
Way to go, Vivian! Your hard work and leadership continue to make a difference.
The Coca-Cola Scholars Program honors exceptional high school seniors who demonstrate leadership, service, and a commitment to making a positive impact. Semifinalists are in the running for a $20,000 college scholarship and lifelong membership in a community of changemakers.
Way to go, Vivian! Your hard work and leadership continue to make a difference.
CENTRAL OFFICE CELEBRATIONS: When you work in a school system and community like this, you have a lot to celebrate!
This month, we’re proud to spotlight Natalie Adams, our dedicated Accounting Coordinator. Natalie’s impact goes far beyond her role! She’s known for stepping up across departments, often without being asked, and always with a can-do attitude.
Whether it’s crunching numbers or lending a hand where it’s needed most, Natalie gets the job done with precision and positivity. Her reliability and willingness to support others make her an invaluable part of our team.
Congratulations, Natalie! Your hard work and team spirit truly shine.
This month, we’re proud to spotlight Natalie Adams, our dedicated Accounting Coordinator. Natalie’s impact goes far beyond her role! She’s known for stepping up across departments, often without being asked, and always with a can-do attitude.
Whether it’s crunching numbers or lending a hand where it’s needed most, Natalie gets the job done with precision and positivity. Her reliability and willingness to support others make her an invaluable part of our team.
Congratulations, Natalie! Your hard work and team spirit truly shine.
MARCHING MILESTONE: At the LaFayette Marching Classic over the weekend, Woodland’s Marching Wildcats delivered a POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCE, earning SUPERIOR ratings in all captions! The band took home:
🥈2nd Place in Percussion and Colorguard
🥇1st Place in Drum Major
🥈2nd Place Class AAAA Band in Prelims with a score of 93.6
🥈2nd Place Overall Band in Finals with a score of 93.9
This season has redefined excellence for the Marching Wildcats, all while making history with their original show, Helios.
What makes this even more remarkable? Helios was written by Woodland seniors Izaak Higginbotham, Makai Messier, and Hylan Westberry-Davis during the 2023–24 school year. A student-written show earning this level of recognition is unprecedented!
Congratulations to Makai, Hylan, and Izaak for blazing a trail. And congratulations to every member of the Marching Wildcats for raising the bar and inspiring us all!
#betterinbartow #only1bartow
🥈2nd Place in Percussion and Colorguard
🥇1st Place in Drum Major
🥈2nd Place Class AAAA Band in Prelims with a score of 93.6
🥈2nd Place Overall Band in Finals with a score of 93.9
This season has redefined excellence for the Marching Wildcats, all while making history with their original show, Helios.
What makes this even more remarkable? Helios was written by Woodland seniors Izaak Higginbotham, Makai Messier, and Hylan Westberry-Davis during the 2023–24 school year. A student-written show earning this level of recognition is unprecedented!
Congratulations to Makai, Hylan, and Izaak for blazing a trail. And congratulations to every member of the Marching Wildcats for raising the bar and inspiring us all!
#betterinbartow #only1bartow
FAITH OVER FEAR: More than 1,900 Adairsville students stood hand in hand, heart to heart, in support of those battling cancer.
From the powerful "Faith over Fear" field formation to the Survivor’s Lap, the Pink-Out event was a moving reminder of what it means to stand together.
Over $10,000 was raised to help local families facing this fight.
We honor Cierra Scott, who works in the Adairsville High School Magnet department and is currently battling breast cancer; Christie Bunch, our beloved bus driver in remission from lung cancer; and Amanda Phillips, a senior at AHS preparing for yet another round of chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.
Please keep them, and all those in our community fighting this disease, in your thoughts and prayers.
No one stands alone.
From the powerful "Faith over Fear" field formation to the Survivor’s Lap, the Pink-Out event was a moving reminder of what it means to stand together.
Over $10,000 was raised to help local families facing this fight.
We honor Cierra Scott, who works in the Adairsville High School Magnet department and is currently battling breast cancer; Christie Bunch, our beloved bus driver in remission from lung cancer; and Amanda Phillips, a senior at AHS preparing for yet another round of chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.
Please keep them, and all those in our community fighting this disease, in your thoughts and prayers.
No one stands alone.
YOU'RE INVITED: The ever-popular PINK OUT event is tomorrow morning around 9 a.m. at Adairsville High School! We invite all cancer survivors and their families/caregivers to come and walk in the Survivor Lap! Wear PINK, of course!
HIGH NOTES: 🎷🎺 BIG NEWS from the Woodland Band! 🎺🎷
All FOUR students who auditioned for the GMEA District 7 Honors Jazz Band were selected! 👏
🎉 Congrats to these talented musicians:
🎺 Micah Lowe – 3rd Chair Trumpet, Jazz I
🎷 Makai Messier – 4th Chair Trombone, Jazz I
🎶 Izaak Higginbotham – 1st Chair Bass Trombone, Jazz I
🎷 Hylan Westberry Davis – Lead Tenor, Jazz II
They’ll represent Woodland and Bartow County at the Honors Jazz Band event at Heritage High School on Nov. 17–18!
🔥 PLUS: Makai, Izaak, and Hylan scored high enough to advance to the second round of All-State auditions! Let’s gooo!
#betterinbartow #only1bartow
All FOUR students who auditioned for the GMEA District 7 Honors Jazz Band were selected! 👏
🎉 Congrats to these talented musicians:
🎺 Micah Lowe – 3rd Chair Trumpet, Jazz I
🎷 Makai Messier – 4th Chair Trombone, Jazz I
🎶 Izaak Higginbotham – 1st Chair Bass Trombone, Jazz I
🎷 Hylan Westberry Davis – Lead Tenor, Jazz II
They’ll represent Woodland and Bartow County at the Honors Jazz Band event at Heritage High School on Nov. 17–18!
🔥 PLUS: Makai, Izaak, and Hylan scored high enough to advance to the second round of All-State auditions! Let’s gooo!
#betterinbartow #only1bartow
CASS BAND DOES IT AGAIN: The Cass Band dominated the 40th Annual Southern Invitational and walked away as GRAND CHAMPIONS!
They competed in Open Class – Gold Division and absolutely crushed it with:
🥇 1st Place Open Class
🥇 1st Place Gold Division
🎼 Overall High Music Performance
🎨 Overall High Visual Performance
🌟 Overall High General Effect
🎖️ 1st Place Color Guard
🏅 Overall Grand Champion
Can't wait to see them perform next in the Bands of America Southeastern Championship!
They competed in Open Class – Gold Division and absolutely crushed it with:
🥇 1st Place Open Class
🥇 1st Place Gold Division
🎼 Overall High Music Performance
🎨 Overall High Visual Performance
🌟 Overall High General Effect
🎖️ 1st Place Color Guard
🏅 Overall Grand Champion
Can't wait to see them perform next in the Bands of America Southeastern Championship!
PREP LIKE A PRO: Big news for our high school juniors and seniors!
Next Wednesday, they can take the SAT right at school. No extra travel, no extra stress!
👉 Click the link below for tips to help you prep!
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat-school-day
Next Wednesday, they can take the SAT right at school. No extra travel, no extra stress!
👉 Click the link below for tips to help you prep!
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat-school-day
VITAL VOICES: Woodland High School senior Makai Messier has been selected to serve on State School Superintendent Richard Woods’ 2025–2026 Student Advisory Council! Out of 1,235 applicants from across Georgia, only 79 students were chosen for this prestigious opportunity, based on their outstanding applications and thoughtful perspectives on public education.
The Student Advisory Council offers students a platform to share their ideas and experiences directly with state education leaders, helping shape policies and initiatives that impact schools statewide.
The first in-person meeting of the council will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Congratulations, Makai!
The Student Advisory Council offers students a platform to share their ideas and experiences directly with state education leaders, helping shape policies and initiatives that impact schools statewide.
The first in-person meeting of the council will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Congratulations, Makai!
WINNING WEEKEND: Congratulations to our Marching Tigers! What a performance at the Where the Mountains Meets the Lakes Marching Festival!
🏆 Division Awards
• Colorguard – 🥇 1st Place
• Majorette – 🥇 1st Place
• Drum Major – 🥇 1st Place
• Percussion – 🥇 1st Place
• Band – 🥇 1st Place
🏆 Best in Class AA
• Colorguard
• Majorette
• Band
🏆 Overall Awards (All Day Rankings)
• Guard – 🥈 2nd Overall
• Majorette – 🥇 1st Overall
• Drum Major – 🥉 3rd Overall
• Percussion – 🥉 3rd Overall
• Band – 🥈 2nd Overall
🏅 GRAND CHAMPION – Class AA Band 🏅
We are so proud of their progress and the incredible effort they put into every performance. 🎶
🏆 Division Awards
• Colorguard – 🥇 1st Place
• Majorette – 🥇 1st Place
• Drum Major – 🥇 1st Place
• Percussion – 🥇 1st Place
• Band – 🥇 1st Place
🏆 Best in Class AA
• Colorguard
• Majorette
• Band
🏆 Overall Awards (All Day Rankings)
• Guard – 🥈 2nd Overall
• Majorette – 🥇 1st Overall
• Drum Major – 🥉 3rd Overall
• Percussion – 🥉 3rd Overall
• Band – 🥈 2nd Overall
🏅 GRAND CHAMPION – Class AA Band 🏅
We are so proud of their progress and the incredible effort they put into every performance. 🎶
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK: Behind every tray is a team of nutrition professionals, educators, and advocates working to ensure all students learn on a full stomach🍎🍅🌽🍇
Superintendent Terza and Deputy Superintendent Suttle celebrated school lunch heroes today and joined in a little lunchtime fun with Cass Middle School eighth graders! #betterinbartow #only1bartow #NationalSchoolLunchWeek
Superintendent Terza and Deputy Superintendent Suttle celebrated school lunch heroes today and joined in a little lunchtime fun with Cass Middle School eighth graders! #betterinbartow #only1bartow #NationalSchoolLunchWeek
BARTOW BUILDS BRIGHTER FUTURES: By investing in Magnet Programs, Bartow County is doing more than retaining high-achieving students...we’re launching futures!
📕 Advanced Placement expansion
🤝 Internship opportunities that connect learning to life
🎓 Top-tier university acceptances that speak volumes
Over 240 Magnet students accepted to elite institutions like Yale, MIT, Dartmouth, Princeton, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, and many more...in just five years.
This is not just progress, it’s a movement.
This is Bartow County redefining excellence.
#betterinbartow #Only1Bartow #BartowBuildsFutures
📕 Advanced Placement expansion
🤝 Internship opportunities that connect learning to life
🎓 Top-tier university acceptances that speak volumes
Over 240 Magnet students accepted to elite institutions like Yale, MIT, Dartmouth, Princeton, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, and many more...in just five years.
This is not just progress, it’s a movement.
This is Bartow County redefining excellence.
#betterinbartow #Only1Bartow #BartowBuildsFutures
BARTOW BUILDS BRIGHTER FUTURES:
✅ Investing in teachers
✅ Improving student outcomes
✅ Elevating our entire community
This is what progress looks like. This is what purpose feels like.
Together, we’re building a future where every student has the opportunity to succeed.
✅ Investing in teachers
✅ Improving student outcomes
✅ Elevating our entire community
This is what progress looks like. This is what purpose feels like.
Together, we’re building a future where every student has the opportunity to succeed.
BE IN THE KNOW: These are our proposed Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) VII projects coming up:
📌NEW Cass Middle School
📌Demolition of old STARS complex
📌Renovation of old Cass Middle School for Hamilton Crossing Elementary School
📌Renovation of Bartow County College and Career Academy
📌Renovation of Woodland High School Performing Arts Center
📌Renovation of Adairsville High School Auditorium/Band area
📌New fleet purchases (buses and security vehicles)
📌1:1 computer initiative
📌NEW Cass Middle School
📌Demolition of old STARS complex
📌Renovation of old Cass Middle School for Hamilton Crossing Elementary School
📌Renovation of Bartow County College and Career Academy
📌Renovation of Woodland High School Performing Arts Center
📌Renovation of Adairsville High School Auditorium/Band area
📌New fleet purchases (buses and security vehicles)
📌1:1 computer initiative
BE IN THE KNOW: We are thankful for our current Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) VI Projects:
📌New Mission Road Elementary School
📌New school buses
📌New police vehicles
📌Renovations at Bartow County College and Career Academy (Pre-K program, STEM Innovation Center, Esports Arena)
📌1:1 computer initiative
📌Magnet facilities at all three high schools
📌New intercom systems districtwide
📌Digital signage at middle & high schools
📌Athletic facility upgrades districtwide
📌Land purchase for future growth
📌Upgraded security cameras & access controls districtwide
📌STEM Center/Media Center renovations districtwide
📌New Mission Road Elementary School
📌New school buses
📌New police vehicles
📌Renovations at Bartow County College and Career Academy (Pre-K program, STEM Innovation Center, Esports Arena)
📌1:1 computer initiative
📌Magnet facilities at all three high schools
📌New intercom systems districtwide
📌Digital signage at middle & high schools
📌Athletic facility upgrades districtwide
📌Land purchase for future growth
📌Upgraded security cameras & access controls districtwide
📌STEM Center/Media Center renovations districtwide
