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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Each year, all Dalton city, Whitfield County, and Murray County public, private and homeschooled students in grades pre-K to high school are invited to exhibit individual art for a special exposition at the Creative Arts Guild for their Student Arts Expo. School classrooms also submit collaborative work in the "Art Together" projects category. The galleries are open in March for the public to view.
The O.N. Jonas Foundation awards prizes to the best work. The following Dalton Public Schools students received awards for their work:
Blue Ridge
Pre-K - 1st Place - Eylin Izaguirre Gomez
First grade - 3rd - Zayetzy Dominguez
Fifth grade - Honorable Mention - Alejandro Torres
Brookwood
Kindergarten - 1st - Elinore Frye
First grade - 1st - Elize Mendez
First grade - Honorable Mention - Charlotte Bramlett
Second grade - 3rd - Ayano Nagaike
Third grade - 2nd - Sara Velasquez
Fifth grade - 2nd - Amani Momin
City Park
Third grade - Honorable Mention - Kimberly Esteban
Park Creek
Second grade - 2nd - Ashley Torres
Fourth grade - 3rd - Itzel Ramirez
Roan
Third grade - 1st - Osiris Colindres
Third grade - 3rd - Camilla Pena
Fifth grade - 1st - Emma Gentry
Fifth grade - 3rd - Ada Arevalo
Westwood
First grade - 2nd - Lillie Rodriguez
Dalton Middle
Sixth grade - 2nd - Juanita Vengas
Sixth grade - 3rd - Claire Miller
Seventh grade - 2nd - Osvaldo Maldonado
Seventh grade - 3rd - Audrey Merriman
Eighth grade - 3rd - Mia Carvajel
Dalton High
Tenth grade - 3rd - Jimena Lopez Florez
Eleventh grade - 3rd - Natalia Gonzalez
Twelfth grade - 3rd - Ricardo Briceno
Twelfth grade - Honorable Mention - Diana Cornejo
Twelfth grade - Honorable Mention - Rhys Mahan
Twelfth grade - Honorable Mention - Morgan Young
O.N. Jonas Foundation Art Together Awards
Westwood - PreK - "Chinese Dragon"
Brookwood - 3rd - 5th grades - "High Tie to Recycle"
Dalton Middle - Picasso's Super Hero City"
Dalton High - Group Weaving