Interns in Dalton High School's Transition Academy are energizing their community through their new "Java Cats" program, an in-school coffee shop serving smiles and iced coffee. The Transition Academy launched their Java Cats coffee shop in mid-September in partnership with Dalton High's Food and Nutrition department.
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Anna La, a junior International Baccalaureate (IB) student at Dalton High School, is encouraging her classmates to practice student leadership by participating in community service. Most recently, La organized a community clean up initiative, gathering 38 people to pick up roadside trash at Brookwood Park and the surrounding areas.
Every year, Dalton High School successfully prepares students for their Advanced Placement (AP) exams. The school is now home to 36 AP Scholars for 2021, including eight AP Scholars with Distinction and six AP Scholars with Honor.
Jason Lin, senior at Dalton High School, has been recognized as this year's winner of the Karen Lightbody Scholarship for his outstanding piano skills. The Karen Lightbody Kirkman Piano Scholarship is administered by the Dalton Education Foundation. It is gifted to one applicant a year and pays for the recipient's continued musical lessons.
Bliss Jones is being celebrated for her dedication to excellence throughout the 2020-2021 school year. As the district COVID coordinator, Jones is recognized for playing an essential role in implementing the COVID response for Dalton Public Schools.
From the time that Jennifer Sumner was a child, she knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up: a teacher. Sumner was named Dalton Public Schools' Teacher of the Year at the district's annual employee convocation on Thursday, August 5.
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DHS Varsity Cheerleaders Attend CheerHawaiiUSA Invitational
Four Dalton High School varsity cheerleaders, Amber Fischer, Mali Payne, Taylor Townsend and Arden Wong, attended The CheerHawaiiUSA Invitational in June.
Payne was the winner of the Most Outstanding Cheerleader Award of the entire camp. There were 12 teams, and one was chosen from each team. Payne was the number one pick of those 12 cheerleaders.
The camp was seven days and had 155 attendees. The girls were nominated by their coach, Shalisa Love, for their basic cheer skills, leadership abilities, desire to learn and improve, excellence in academics and positive attitudes.
This invitational provided an amazing blend of college prep cheer instruction with an incredible Hawaiian experience on the island of Oahu at the University of Hawaii Campus.
The girls were able to focus on three main areas: building cheer skills and preparing for the college level, growth in leadership and experiencing the Hawaiian culture. They combined workout sessions with the experience of some of Hawaii's best beaches and activities.
Some activities the girls were able to attend included beach time on the North Shore, Kailua and Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, shopping at the famous Aloha Stadium Swap Meet, canoe paddling, hula dancing, Waikiki Trolley Ride and the Polynesian Cultural Center Hawaiian Luau and Show.
Shalisa Love, Dalton High School head football and basketball cheerleading coach, was also invited to attend the camp as a camp coach. There were only 12 coaches chosen from all over the United States. At camp, she was in charge of 13 girls from all over the U.S.