Carrollton City Schools * 106 Trojan Drive * Carrollton, GA 30117 * Jan. 13 , 2017
A tlanta rapper Silentó visits CMS

This group of students reacts with excitement when Atlanta rapper Silentó arrives at Carrollton Middle School to record a public service announcement for the Georgia Department of Education. The students shared the limelight with him by dancing during his performance of "Watch Me (Whip Nae Nae)" for the video. Learn more about why he was here and watch an unedited version of the performance, plus see more photos, on Facebook.


Rounding up
benefits schools

If you are a City of Carrollton water customer, don't forget about the Water Bill Roundup. 

The program rounds up your water bill to the next dollar with proceeds going directly to the Carrollton City Schools Education Foundation to support educational initiatives for all of our schools. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Winter Wonderland
STEM Night Jan. 19

Trojan University will host its winter parent event, Winter Wonderland STEM Night, on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Carrollton Junior High School. TU families are encouraged to attend this fun-filled event. There will be STEM activities for the whole family to enjoy! 

Schools, offices
closed Monday

All Carrollton City schools and administrative offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. Regular schedules resume Tuesday.

CHS band has
meat for sale

The Carrollton High School band booster organization has extra meat available for sale that was left over from its annual All-In-One fundraiser. 

Smoked turkey breast - $30
Cajun turkey - $30
Peppered bacon - $20
Spiral honey-glazed ham-$35
Pork sausage patties - $20

Email barbara.dothard@carrolltoncity
schools.net or phone 770-834-0550 to order. Items will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. 


Please take this
parent survey

It's time to take the Georgia Department of Education parent survey, used to determine a school's climate rating as part of the state's school accountability measure process.  

Academic rigor
increases at CHS

A continuous focus on rigor is making a strong impact on the academic front, with testing results indicating a pervasive effort is under way to get more students to enroll in higher level classes at Carrollton High School.

The availability of 15 Advanced Placement course offerings at CHS resulted in 45 percent of the student body taking AP exams during the 2015-2016 school year, according to a release published by U.S. News and World Report.

The College Board, the institution that administers the Advanced Placement program, reported that 47 CHS students earned the designation of AP Scholar, granted to test takers who receive a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. Eight of those students qualified as AP Scholar with Honor for scoring an average of 3.25 or more and scoring at least a 3 on four or more AP exams. The top level, AP Scholar with Distinction, was awarded to five CHS students who scored at least a 3.5 average and scored at least a 3 on five or more exams.

The emphasis is paying off, according to David Brooks, CHS principal.

"Of the 341 total graduates in the Class of 2016, 61 percent received at least the HOPE Scholarship and of those, 83 additionally received almost $14.1 million in scholarship offers," said Brooks, who also noted many graduates were accepted to prestigious universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vanderbilt. But he also touted the CHS graduate acceptance rates at the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology, two state research universities notoriously difficult to get into.

"At UGA, 71 percent of our graduates who applied were accepted, well above Georgia's acceptance average of 53 percent," said Brooks. "At Georgia Tech, 60 percent of CHS students who applied there were accepted, far above the institute's 25 percent average."

Brooks attributes the rigor found in AP and International Baccalaureate coursework for a great deal of this success.

"While we support dual enrollment and will accommodate student needs in that arena, too, we have found over the years colleges and universities still consider success in AP and IB programs a strong indicator of future success in college." MORE

Clean out your closets and donate to us!

With construction of the first phase of the replacement Carrollton High School well under way and expected to be completed this spring, attention moves to the interior spaces and we need your help.

In the first building alone, there are 12 large display cases set aside to showcase artifacts representing the 130-year history of Carrollton High School and Carrollton City Schools. All aspects of the Carrollton experience will be represented, from academics, to athletics to the arts.

"When we were in the planning stages of the new high school, a top priority was to dedicate ample space to honor our school's history," said Dr. Mark Albertus, superintendent. 

In the lobby, 61 of a total of 62 state championship trophies, representing a bevy of sports plus debate and literary, will be on display along with other trophies and artifacts. A 1924 missing trophy represents CHS's first state title - in track - not a surprise considering the exceptional caliber of our track programs. MORE

PLC CORNER
Dublin on track to graduate, dual-enrolled at WGTC
JaTorius Dublin, a transfer student from Rome High School who is now a student in the Performance Learning Center, strongly expressed during his admissions conference a desire to catch up his credits and graduate with the Class of 2017. He has wasted no time by working aggressively at school and on weekends to accelerate the completion of many of his classes. As he completed courses he gained confidence, and realized that he could do more than just graduate from high school.

Because of his efforts, JaTorius had the opportunity to dual enroll at West Georgia Technical College. Once he met the requirements to attend WGTC, he chose to pursue courses in criminal justice, but he was still somewhat reluctant with his selection. In an effort to help him explore this career choice, the PLC reached out to the Carrollton Police Department and two police officers agreed to meet with him for a Q&A session. To further help him gain confidence in his career choice, he shadowed Carrollton officer Candace Gamble for an afternoon and was able to experience life as a police officer first-hand. After his shadowing experience, without hesitation, JaTorius completed his application to attend WGTC this semester. JaTorius is on target to graduate with his CHS class in May 2017 as well as on the path of earning a certificate in criminal justice at WGTC. The PLC staff commends JaTorius for holding on to his childhood dreams and for working hard to make his dreams a reality.
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