BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Tiger Nation is LOVING their new Principal, Lexie Bultman! We can't wait to see where she takes this already high achieving school with a world-class Magnet program!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Clear Creek Elementary
Lunch box - check!
Pencil box - check!
Smiles for days - double check!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Kingston's mural is up and it was a main attraction on the first day of school! We can't wait to see them soar this year!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Exciting first day at Woodland Middle School as Principal Michael Blankenship and his team welcome back their WILDCATS! Chief Human Resources Officer Macy Defnall joined in on the fun! Aren't these smiles contagious?!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Woodland High School is all about tradition and academic excellence - consistently high scores and home of the Georgia Teacher of the Year!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Superintendent Page spent his day in schools, collecting all the high fives he could get! Check out these Emerson Eagles! They are loving their new Principal, Mrs. Paige Bennett. It's going to be a great year!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Hamilton Crossing Elementary School Knights were all smiles today as they welcomed new Assistant Principal Lindsay Perry!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: On the eve of the BIG 2022-2023 academic year, the Hamilton Crossing Elementary School Knights took to the streets in a memorable parade to say, "We can't wait to see you tomorrow!" What a treat!
BARTOW BACK-TO-SCHOOL PARADE: Hamilton Crossing Family, get ready! Tomorrow, starting at 2 p.m., your favorite HCES teachers and administrators will be out in force, parading through several neighborhoods, welcoming their students back for another successful year! How unique and FUN! Students and parents in the following neighborhoods, please be on the lookout tomorrow and show your teachers some love when they drive through honking and waving! Starting this year with a bang!
* Bridlewood
* Planters
* Cass Station
* Stone Gate
* Antigua
* Ansley
* Camden Woods
* Founders Grove
* Friendly
* Walden Glen
* Hamilton Crossing
* Parade will be on the main road in each subdivision *
BOOTH MUSEUM EDUCATOR NIGHT: Thursday, August 11 at 5 p.m.
It’s back—a night dedicated to celebrating our educators! FREE admission for educators. Registration required no later than August 8, 2022. Visit https://boothmuseum.org/teachers/
SAVE THE DATE: Graduation Dates! Yes, we start planning this early!
Adairsville High School
May 19, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Makeup date: May 20 at 9 a.m.
Woodland High School
May 22, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Makeup date: May 23 at 9 a.m.
Cass High School
May 23, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Makeup date: May 24 at 9 a.m.
IN THE NEWS: Look who we found on the cover of the James Magazine Education Issue 2022! It's Woodland High School Teacher & Band Director Mr. Michael Kobito! He has been making cameos almost weekly since becoming the Georgia Teacher of the Year!
BARTOW BRAG MOMENT: As a high school student, if you think beyond the four walls of a classroom, you could find yourself in front of a Berry College professor studying the relationship between parasitic plants and their hosts. That's exactly what happened this summer to Adairsville High School Magnet Student Callie Viktora!
Through a true passion for Environmental Science and great AHS teachers, Callie received the opportunity of a lifetime. She was able to work through a range of lab and greenhouse experiments with the ultimate goal of determining whether certain factors, such as soil nutrients or gene expression, gave a parasite greater success in obtaining a host.
"Of all the experiments I assisted with, my favorite would have to be using bacteria to genetically modify a plant with parasitic genes to see if it would demonstrate parasitic tendencies, thus locating certain parasitic genes within the parasite genome," said Callie. "I was able to see firsthand the processes involved in the 'trial and error' of lab work, as well as feel the gratification of a successful experiment. Overall, my time in the lab allowed me to explore science from a research perspective, further fueling my hope to contribute to the field of science.”
What a talented junior! We can't wait to see where she lands after successfully completing our Magnet program!
SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM: Let's show our appreciation for the Bartow County School Nutrition Department and its summer feeding team because they served MORE THAN 84,000 MEALS in just June and July! How incredible is that? What an impact they have had on the lives of so many!
GET READY: This Kingston cafeteria wall may look 100% blue right now, but just wait! In a few short days, it will be transformed into something straight out of a storybook! And that's not the only mural that will be painted in the school!
*Make sure you bring your camera during Open House!*
KES, your administrators and teachers love you!
KINDNESS MATTERS: The Choose Kindness Foundation awards Kingston Elementary School with a $2,000 PBIS School Kindness Grant! Wow! KES will use the money to further their PBIS program and fund a kindness initiative at their school!
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IN THE NEWS: Get ready! 11 Alive will be airing a story on our #BartowCares4U initiative and Whisper tonight at 6! Then, FOX 5 will be running these stories in August as part of their back-to-school coverage! Stay tuned!
Special thanks to FOX 5's Brooke Zauner for making the long trip to Adairsville to interview AHS Freshman Alivia Joslin, Whisper Representative and Princeton Sophomore Osamede Ogbomo, Bartow Baptist Association Executive Director David Franklin, and Director of Counselors, College Readiness, Wellness & Fine Arts Dr. Brent Shropshire!
Great things are happening in Bartow County and we want you to be a part of it!
TEAM BARTOW: New Teacher Orientation is this week, and we're happy to welcome these new faces!
Ms. Dot and the Bartow Education Foundation even stopped in today to hand out restaurant gift certificates, money, an overnight stay at the Hilton Garden Inn and more!
WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION: Special thanks to Bartow County School System Police Chief Randall Burch for his 40 years of service in law enforcement and 17 years with the BCSS. We have experienced incredible safety advancements because of his commitment to Bartow County students and staff! Happy Retirement, Chief Burch!
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: Thank you to our local law enforcement agencies for their unwavering support and partnership over the years!
Bartow County Sheriff's Office - Sheriff Millsap
Adairsville Police Department - Chief Jones
Emerson Police Department - Chief Teems
Euharlee Police Department - Chief Matthews
Kingston Police Department - Chief Sosebee
White Police Department - Chief Davidson
