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Carrollton City Schools * 106 Trojan Drive * Carrollton, GA 30117 *
Jan. 5, 2018
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Giving culture benefits our community
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Yes, the holiday season is now behind us, but the ripple effects are still evident throughout our community. Before the Christmas break, students, their families and the community as a whole made the effort to support our brothers and sisters in need through a variety of ways. Here are just a few highlights:
During the Holiday Wishes Christmas Parade Book Giveaway, sponsored by CES, hundreds of donated books were distributed to students along the parade route in downtown Carrollton Dec. 4. Even the Friends of the Neva Lomason Library made a donation to help purchase books for the effort.
The Champions Mentor Club at CMS,
pictured at right, spent the end of the semester collecting winter items for THS, a local emergency shelter, and were able to donate them just before the Christmas break. Here club adviser Michael Hilbert presents the donation to Laddie Carter, a THS organizer and volunteer.
CHS National Honor Society and HOSA, the school's health occupations service club, purchased Christmas presents for Carrollton families and later gathered together to wrap them in the school's media center.
An annual districtwide campaign more than two decades old that solicits help for families in need of Christmas assistance produced individual sponsorships that ensured 626 current Trojans had a wonderful Christmas.
These are just a few examples of what Trojans, young and old, do to help others - and not just at the holidays - but all year long. Our Trojans "give back" throughout the school year and bless so many families in need.
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It was a peach of a parade - and what a game!
The Carrollton High School Trojan Marching Band withstood the cold on New Year's Day by parading through downtown Atlanta to celebrate the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes Benz Stadium. Following the parade, the band performed with other high school bands from across the country in the pregame show. Director of Bands Chris Carr noted Carrollton's, and neighboring Bowdon's, were the only Georgia bands to perform. The others were from Florida, Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois. The University of Central Florida defeated Auburn University 34-27 in the final seconds of the game in the 50th Peach Bowl anniversary contest. Between the parade and the game, Mr. Carr said the day proved to be "an experience of a lifetime." GO BAND!
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Fifteen Carrollton Elementary School students "graduated" from Culinary Club in December. They are, from left, are Taylor McDowell, Haylin Palmer, Mariyah Echols, Aubrey Guerra, Eva Perezcassar, Journee Shackelford, Nicole Perezcassar, Corrie Kirby, Mary Williams, Evie Poor, Levi Schillinger, Joseph Worland, Landon Blankinship, and Maddie Henderson. Pictured with the students are Sara Black, FoodCorps service member, and Dr. Linette Dodson, director of School Nutrition for Carrollton City Schools. Not pictured is club member Joy Xia Sceals.
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First cohort of CES Culinary Club graduates
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Before school took a recess for Christmas break, Carrollton Elementary School's Culinary Club held a graduation celebration featuring - you guessed it - food.
The students participated in one last activity before receiving certificates commemorating their completion of the after-school program. They prepared Christmas tree plates, donned with fresh produce such as broccoli, tomatoes, peppers and other fruits and vegetables that allowed their creativity to blossom. The students then shared their designs with their culinary peers, led by FoodCorps service member Sara Black, who is working with the Carrollton City Schools Nutrition Program this school year and serves as the club's adviser.
The club, started last fall, will welcome a new cohort of students for the spring semester. Designed for second and third graders, CES Culinary Club will hold its first meeting of the semester the week of Jan. 8. MORE
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CES first graders selected for state poetry contest
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Poems written by Carrollton Elementary School first graders Braylon Chism, right, and Payden Bexley, students in Ashley Carter's class, were selected to be included in a judging of poetry sponsored statewide by the Garden Club of Georgia and locally by the Spade and Trowel Garden Club.
Braylon's poem won first place and Payden's second, and both will now compete with other first graders across the state. State winners will then compete at the region level and those winners will be entered in the national competition to be held later in the year.
The theme for the contest was "Let it Grow," with students writing poetry about gardening.
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These toddler games help build ABC awareness
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Below are three games to help your toddler learn ABCs through playing games!
Letter Delivery: In this game, your child will "drive" letters on a toy car to a mailbox. After scattering the letters on the floor, call out a letter that needs to be picked up and delivered. Children can even select their own letters to be picked up and delivered.
Find that Post-It Letter: Write a letter of interest on three to five small sticky notes. Have children cover their eyes while you hide the letters in the room. They will then hunt for the letters and name the letters as they find them.
Letter Matching: This one is a bit more advanced. Draw houses with sidewalk chalk on the driveway. Label each house with an uppercase letter. Then, scatter small stuffed animals or other toys, each labeled with a lowercase letter, on the lawn. The goal is to get each toy to the correct house.
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