This week is National Arts in Education Week!
This week we would like to put a spotlight on everything our schools do in CCSD to help benefit our students with a rich, easily accessible education in all forms of the arts!
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🩸 Join the Athens Community Career Academy's blood drive with The Blood Connection TWO WEEKS from today, September 24th from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Your donation can save lives and make a difference in our community!
💉 Each donor will receive $30 in digital rewards as a token of appreciation. Plus, for every 30 donors, the school will receive $500 in grant funding to support educational initiatives!
Your act of kindness can have a significant impact on our school and those in need! Sign up for a donation time slot here: https://donate.thebloodconnection.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/249156.
Let's come together to save lives and make a positive impact! 🌟
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September is Attendance Awareness Month! Students being present at school means students preparing for success in and out of the classroom. Daily instruction in subjects such as math, reading, science, and social studies go a long way in the long run to ensuring our students have the best opportunities at their disposal once they earn their diploma!
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Today, we join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in celebrating today as International Literacy Day. At CCSD, we recognize literacy as the cornerstone of our mission to create educational journeys that empower all students to fulfill their potential, and we join UNESCO in the belief that global literacy has the potential to promote mutual understanding, social cohesion, inclusion, and peace around the world.
It was a BLAST on Friday as Howard B. Stroud Elementary School celebrated their Attendance Rally! Football players, cheerleaders, band members, and additional students from Cedar Shoals High School came to cheer on these Superstars! Dancing, celebrating, and cheering with excitement for attending school, these Superstars were bringing the energy during Attendance Awareness Month! Thank you to the wonderful students from Cedar Shoals for visiting Stroud on Friday!
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Today is also National Grandparents' Day! This day has been celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day every year following a proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. CCSD thanks all of the grandparents in our community and the roles they play in encouraging our students and supporting their education.
Yesterday afternoon, the University of Georgia's Upward Bound program visited the Athens Community Career Academy!
Upward Bound serves over 200 students from the Athens and surrounding areas to provide enhancement to study habits and collaborative skills for potential students who need assistance in preparation for their college entrance.
Upward Bound serves high school students from certain income based, and first-generation families and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. Upward Bound’s goal is to increase the number of participants who completed secondary education and enrolled in and graduated from institutions of postsecondary education.
Thank you so much to Upward Bound for visiting ACCA this week! Any students interested in applying for Upward Bound/Upward Bound Math-Science may apply by visiting: https://form.jotform.com/203495072912051
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Clarke County Board of Education member Mark Evans (District 9) will hold a "Community Conversations" event Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 6-7 p.m. at J.J. Harris Elementary School, 2300 Danielsville Rd., Athens. This is a public meeting open to all of our district's community members! This will be the first in a series of upcoming meetings throughout the community featuring different board members. Future dates will be announced at a later time. Spanish-language interpreters will be in attendance.
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Check out the latest edition of the Better Together weekly newsletter, featuring news and information from the Clarke County School District!
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PASSPORT TO PRODUCE
On Friday, the Marigold Collective visited Winterville Elementary School to bring the farmers market to Winnerbee first graders!
Students were able to see, touch, and taste locally grown organic products from our community to bolster their learning by being exposed to budgeting, the nutritional benefits of eating local produce, and hands-on activities.
This visit was helped by a $2,500 grant awarded to the Marigold Collective from Wholesome Wave Georgia as part of the Passport to Produce program, with the primary purpose of distributing more benefits to our community and raise awareness of local farmers markets, such as the Marigold Farmers Market in Winterville! Thank you so much to Wholesome Wave Georgia for making this visit possible and a special thank you to Athens Orchard for visiting our Winterville Elementary students!
If you would like to see more of Athens Orchard and the Marigold Collective, please visit the Marigold Farmers Market, held every Monday and Saturday at Pittard Park, 115 Parkview Road, in Winterville!
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Happy Labor Day from CCSD!
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CCSD families: September is Library Card Sign-up Month, but did you know your student already has one through their PINES Library Access for Youth (PLAY) Card account?!? All students can go to their local Athens-Clarke County Library branch and check out five physical items at a time FOR FREE using their six-digit CCSD student number while also taking advantage of the library system's many online resources. Go to https://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/page/public-library-play-card for more information.
Remember: Students who Read are students who Thrive!
Check out the newest edition of the weekly "Better Together" newsletter, featuring the latest news and information from the Clarke County School District!
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Several of our District Office staff members got into the competitive spirit today ahead of this big weekend of sports.
A reminder that students will not report Monday and Tuesday!
¡Un recordatorio de que los estudiantes no se presentarán los lunes y martes!
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Last chance to nominate a September Employee of the Month! Any member of the CCSD community (student, parent/guardian, staff member, community member) may nominate any full-time district employee with at least one full year of service. Go to bit.ly/CCEmployeeAward to get started on your nomination! Nominations are being accepted through Aug. 31.
Businesses: Mark Your Calendars! If you are the owner or representative of a local or area company and would like more information about doing business with CCSD, join us on Saturday, Oct. 26, for our "Prime Time with Purchasing" event. Hosted by CCSD's Office of Purchasing and Contracts, the event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the District Office, 595 Prince Ave., and will give potential vendors an overview of business opportunities and current bids that are available. Small businesses and minority- or women-owned businesses interested in becoming a vendor are strongly encouraged to attend.
To register for this event, scan the QR code in the flyer or go to bit.ly/CCSDPrimeTimeRegistration
🤝 LET'S DO BUSINESS 🤝
Clarke County School District is seeking proposals from qualified firms for the district’s BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM UPGRADE.
Sealed proposals will be received until 1:00 PM on September 11, 2024.
A Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference & Site Visits will be held for interested vendors at 8:30 AM (EDT) on AUGUST 29, 2024.
The conference will be held at the District Services Building, located at 145 Paradise Boulevard. Athens, Georgia 30607.
For more information for submitting a proposal, please go to: bit.ly/BidCCSD
Happy Women's Equality Day from CCSD!
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We are thrilled to announce our 2024-25 school-level Teachers and Support Professionals of the Year! Each school that had eligible candidates per the district's selection criteria is represented. From this group, a district-wide Teacher of the Year and Support Professional of the Year will be selected and announced Oct. 24 at our annual awards banquet. The district Teacher of the Year will then compete at the state level.
Be on the lookout on our Facebook and Instagram (@ClarkeCoSchools) pages over the next several weeks as we highlight each winner in the lead up to the announcement of our Teacher of the Year finalists and the Oct. 24 awards dinner!
