DCS Weekly Update February 19, 2023 Character Word Of Month: CARING

🏆💪 WILLIAMS WINS 2nd GHSA STATE TITLE 💪🏆

CONGRATULATIONS to DCHS junior, Landon Williams, a three-sport athlete, who competed in the GHSA State Wrestling finals over the weekend. Williams advanced to the GHSA Class 1A finals in the 215lb weight class, and on paper, was considered to be the underdog, but ONLY to those outside of Dade County and the NWGA area. His opponent, from Commerce High School, has won numerous national grappling awards across the United States and is being recruited by several major power 5 universities. In the final round, Williams was up on his opponent by a score of 14-5, and, with less than 5 seconds remaining, Williams won by fall. To those that considered Landon as the underdog, he is now THE TOP DAWG! 🔝 🐶 🐾 CONGRATULATIONS Landon, we are extremely proud of you and the example you have set for others! Look out 👀 for a 3-peat!

PRE-K REGISTRATION BEGINS TUESDAY

Dade County Schools will begin Pre-K registration for the 2023 - 2024 school year this Tuesday, February 21st. The registration process will be available online or you may also register in person at the Board of Education office. We will send out directions on how to register online this Tuesday, February 21st. Be sure to check out our PRE-K promotional video by clicking HERE or on the image above.

OPTIMIST CLUB ORATORICAL PARTICIPANTS

The annual Trenton-Dade Optimist Club Oratorical Contest was held last week at Dade County High School and the theme for 2023 was "Discovering The Optimism Within Me." Each student pictured above represents the top two school-level winners and every one of them delivered an excellent speech! DES 5th-grade student, Emma Hayes won top honors and will move on to the next round of competition. In second place was DMS 6th-grader Madison Cain and in third place was DES 5th-grader Dillyn White. Pictured above from left to right are Kyler Barton (Davis), Jasper Parham (Davis), Emma Hayes (DES), Dillyn White (DES), Madison Cain (DMS), Piper Daffron (DMS), Alaina West (DCHS), and Jada Shupe (DCHS). CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of you and your leadership! All of you were stars! 🌟🌟

ALL-STATE CHORUS STUDENTS PERFORM AT UGA

These GMEA ALL-STATE chorus students represented Dade County Schools with CLASS over the weekend at UGA just as they do each and every day! Throughout the weekend, they had the opportunity to work with some world-renowned musical conductors as they displayed their musical talents. Pictured above in front of THE UGA Arch are Trent Dunn (DCHS), Makaela Chance (DCHS), Rock Chaney (DCHS), Caroline Bell (DMS), Jack Dupree (DCHS), and Nayla Smith (DCHS). Congratulations to ALL of you! 🎶🎵

DADE ELEMENTARY TO HOST S.T.E.M. NIGHT

Please join us at Dade Elementary School as we explore what your family can do in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Each grade level will have a challenge for you and your child to complete at school. All you need to do is complete the form & return it to your child's teacher prior to your grade level night. Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade will be on Tuesday evening, February 21st from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and 3rd, 4th & 5th grade will be on Thursday, February 23rd from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. This event is free for DES students and families. We hope to see you there! For further questions, please contact Dade Elementary School at 706-657-8253.

DAVIS ELEMENTARY TO HOST MARS TITlE 1 NIGHT

Join us at Davis Elementary School on a voyage to learn how to support your child in MATH and READING and participate in a fun S.T.E.M. activity! MARS Night will be held at Davis Elementary School - Monday, February 27 at 6:00 P.M. Click HERE for more information.

📚 📖 🇺🇸 READ ACROSS AMERICA 📚 📖 🇺🇸

Dade County Schools will celebrate Read Across America the week of February 27th - March 3rd and March 2nd is National Read Across America Day. This is a day to celebrate READING, one of our favorite activities. The day was established by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1998 to help get kids excited about reading and occurs each year on the birthday of beloved children's book author, Dr. Seuss. We hope you will take some time and join us by reading to your children or listening to your children read to you!

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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