DCS Weekly Update January 30, 2023 Character Word Of Month: CARING

FIRST SEMESTER DCHS PRINCIPAL's AWARDS

Last week, Dade County High School recognized students for their outstanding academic achievements for the first semester. The students pictured above received the Principal's Award. Pictured with DCHS Principal Mr. Brent Cooper are Levi Raines, Jenna Hurst, Zariah Hughes, Mason Gann, Falyn Baggett, Easton York, Abby Harris, and Daniel Goff. CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done!

LEONARD RIBY QUALIFIES FOR STATE FBLA

DCHS TEACHER FEATURED ON GaDOE PODCAST

CONGRATULATIONS to DCHS math teacher, Ms. Ashlie Smith. Ms. Smith was recently selected to participate in a podcast with GaDOE and Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). The podcast discussion was focused on creating a positive culture in the classroom by complimenting students. You can listen to the podcast by clicking HERE. Ms. Smith did an EXCELLENT job of representing Dade County Schools and we are THANKFUL to have her as a part of our TEAM!

DES CELEBRATES 100th DAY OF SCHOOL

Last week, these students at Dade Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of school for the 2022 - 2023 school year! 😀 😀

OPTIMIST CLUB RECOGNIZES DMS STUDENT

The Trenton-Dade Optimist Club recently recognized Dade Middle School's 6th-grade student, McKinley Day with the Student Of The Month award. He earned a pizza party for his class by showing a positive attitude and being a leader in his class.

DMS TOP SPELLING BEE PARTICIPANTS

Congratulations to these two students for their outstanding performance in the Dade Middle School spelling bee. Pictured left to right are J.J. Curtis (2nd Place) 🥈 and Oliver Johnson (1st Place) 🥇. Excellent job! 👊 👊

DAVIS ELEMENTARY RECEIVES FREE BOOKS

Davis Elementary was nominated by the Northwest GA Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) to receive over 100 free books to add to circulation in the Davis Media Center. Dade County Schools would like to thank NWGA RESA for nominating Davis Elementary!

DCHS BETA STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS

The DCHS BETA Club traveled to Savannah, GA last week for the state convention. The BETA Club Performance Team qualified for Nationals in ALL categories in which they competed. Character Performance (original 5-minute sketch written and performed by the team) entitled “The Power of BETA” placed 4th out of 23 schools. Small group performance with “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” placed 1st out of 14 schools. CONGRATULATIONS on a STELLAR performance! 🏆🏅

LADY WOLVERINES UPSET DARLINGTON 33 - 31

CONGRATULATIONS to The DCHS Lady Wolverines 🏀🏀! They upset the heavily favored Darlington Tigers on Friday night by a score of 33 - 31. To read more, click HERE.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

For up-to-date events, please be sure to check the district calendar as scheduled events may change or new events may be added. Click HERE to view the event calendar.

The Dade County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting Monday, February 27, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Dade County Board of Education building located at 52 Tradition Lane Trenton, GA. 30752. For a listing of the Dade County Board of Education's monthly meetings, please click HERE.

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