THE BRIDGE TO SECONDARY SUCCESS * VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1 / SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Parents encouraged 
to join Academic 
Booster Club 

The Carrollton Academic Booster Club supports academic achievement by recognizing students who have placed a high priority on academic success.

Fundraising this school year has been down, and the club could use your help. It's easy for families to join by paying online. Thanks in advance for your support.


School pictures
scheduled Friday 

Official school photos will be taken at Carrollton Middle School on Friday, Sept. 18. Parents may preorder online at www.peachtreeportraits.com. Click here to access a copy of the order form to print out.

Picture day makeup is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 16.

Walk & Roll Wednesdays
under way through October
Join students from Carrollton Elementary, Carrollton Middle and Carrollton Junior High schools every through Oct. 28 to participate in a group walk or bike ride from one of two designated Carrollton GreenBelt trailheads.

Designated departure times are as follows:

Carrollton GreenBelt trailhead at McIntosh Plaza, located in the southwest corner of the Target parking lot on Highway 27:
CJHS - 7:30 a.m.
CES and CMS - 7:40 a.m.
or
Carrollton GreenBelt trailhead on Hays Mill Road, just north of the Hays Mill Overlook subdivision:
CJHS - 7:15 a.m.
CES and CMS - 7:30 a.m.

All students or student groups must be accompanied by an adult.

Last spring, Carrollton City Schools partnered with Tanner Health System's Get Healthy Live Well campaign and a local Safe Routes to School initiative to promote Walk & Roll Wednesday, an effort to draw attention to the value of walking and biking to school as alternatives to riding in cars.
POWER UP FOR 30
First Lady visits CMS to observe Power Up for 30 

First Lady Sandra Deal, wife of Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, toured Carrollton schools Monday to learn more about how schools, in partnership with the community, are creating a recipe featuring healthy foods and physical exercise to nourish academic success.

Traveling with Mrs. Deal was Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, who shared with Mrs. Deal and school leadership that research shows a school's decision to implement 30 minutes of physical activity daily, coupled with a healthy school nutrition program, will likely boost academic performance. Both ideas are highly endorsed by Gov. Deal's Georgia SHAPE, a statewide initiative to fight childhood obesity through wellness education that includes a focus on increased physical activity and healthier school meals.

"I was so impressed with what I saw today," said the First Lady. "Seeing the middle school students learning about the planets while they were playing physical games were all very interesting."

Carrollton Middle School and Carrollton Elementary School are participating in Power Up for 30, a specific program designed to bring physical activity back into elementary schools. Both schools' School Governance Teams included increased physical activity during the school day as one of their goals.

Click the video above to see First Lady Deal participating in a Power Up for 30 "Brain Break" in LaKeia King's fourth grade class.