Lithonia High School Senior Wins Top Prize at Microsoft’s 22
nd
Annual Minority School Day Lithonia High School senior Stephen Bines won first place in the essay contest for the 22
nd
Annual Blacks at Microsoft Minority School Day Event held March 1 at the Microsoft Corporation Office Building in Alpharetta,
GA.
Lithonia seniors Stephen Bines,
D’Ceita Daniels,
Chardale Green,
Malik Luke,
Keira Neish and JeWaun Word attended the Blacks at Microsoft School Day event where all participants were required to write an essay in order to attend. Guest speakers included Microsoft’s general manager,
Marietta Davis of the Greater Southeast District,
Elle Duncan,
11Alive News reporter,
and Shawn Wilson,
president of Usher’s New Look Foundation. The students attended workshops and were able to experiment with Windows Phone 8,
Windows 8/Office 2013,
Apps for Windows 8 (Cloudland),
and Surface RT Devices/XBOX.
Dunwoody Elementary Hosts Parade of Presidents Elaine Mach,
second-grade teacher at Dunwoody Elementary,
hosted a Parade of Presidents in which students did a presentation on a president and dressed in character.
Family members were invited and the cafeteria was packed full.
DeKalb County 4-H'ers Win District Project Honors at District Competition Nine DeKalb County 4-H members returned with honors from the Northwest District Project Achievement competition March 8–9.
The district meeting at Rock Eagle 4-H Center was attended by 600 junior and senior 4-H'ers from 39 counties in the Northwest District. Ariana Cherry and Karri Thomas,
who attend Arabia Mountain High where Mr.
Joshua Rogers is the 4-H club leader,
were first place senior 4-H winners in the Performing Arts Dance Project and Physical,
Biological and Earth Science categories.
Brian Lucear and Delvin Middlebrooks both of Druid Hills High won first place in the Communications and Performing Arts Other categories.
They will participate at State 4-H Congress in Atlanta July 23-26.
Ariana and Karri have been members of 4-H since the third grade,
and Delvin and Brian since the sixth and ninth grades respectively.
They are all members of the DeKalb County 4-H Council,
where Ariana is president. Second place seniors included Mark McCreary,
Arabia Mountain High,
in the Food Preservation and Safety Project,
and Kristen Wilson of Southwest DeKalb High won in the Performing Arts Dance Project.
Mrs.
Debra Jones is the club leader at Southwest DeKalb High. First place junior 4-H'ers included Bria Pugh,
seventh-grader at Leadership Prep Academy,
in the Pizza Project,
and Ansley Lockett,
Champion Middle,
who won for her Festive Foods for Health Project.
Andrea Lockett,
Champion Middle,
won second place in the Fashion Revue Project.
All three have been active 4-H members since fourth grade.
Ms.
Laverne Wilson is the 4-H club leader at Champion Middle.
Ansley and Bria received the recognition of Outstanding Work in 4-H Project Achievement from Georgia 4-H.
Also receiving high placement while representing DeKalb County as county winners were: Amira Daugherty,
DeKalb Early College Academy,
in the Performing Arts Vocal,
Project; Lia Dickerson of DeKalb School of the Arts in the Performing Arts Dance Project; Emalee Evans of Arabia Mountain High and Ashley Wrushen of Martin Luther King High in the Safety Project; Amandla Williams,
DeKalb School of the Arts,
in the Arts Project; Joshua and Jasmine Harris,
Tucker High in the Public Speaking Project,
Tre Weaver of Cross Keys High in the Sports Project; John McDonald,
Arabia Mountain High in the Health Project; Devin Thornton and Sydney Lockett of Arabia Mountain High in the Workforce Development Project.
Chamblee Middle Art Students Honor Choral Director with Mural Chamblee Middle School art students designed a mural to honor Chamblee choral director Andrew Sudduth and recognize the historical impact of the Beatles on music.
These art students completed the mural with Chamblee Middle art teacher Molly Newton.
Lithonia High School Concert Band Receives All Superior Ratings The Lithonia High School concert band’s performance was rated "superior" on March 16 at the State Large Group Performance Evaluation.
The Concert Band received all superior ratings from the four judges for the group's stage performance as well as a superior rating from the sight-reading judge.
Of the 62 categories from all five score sheets,
the Concert Band received 57 As and five Bs.
This marks the second consecutive year that the Lithonia High Band has received all superior ratings in every adjudicated event throughout the school year.
Cedar Grove Middle Wins Track Tournament Congratulations to the Cedar Grove Middle School boys track team. They are the 2013 DeKalb County Boys Track Champions.
Dunwoody Elementary School Girls on the Run Dunwoody Elementary has started two Girls on the Run teams,
with a total of 30 girls participating.
Girls on the Run is a non-profit organization that teaches girls in grades 3-5 about understanding yourself,
having confidence in your beliefs and to always "keep moving forward." The lessons are taught through discussion and by physical activity.
Each girl practices and strives to achieve the ultimate goal of completing a 5k race at the end of the season.
The Dunwoody Elementary group meets twice each week.
Chamblee Middle Quiz Team Takes Third Place in the State Championship After winning first place in the middle school division of the DCSD Academic Bowl on Dec.
15,
the Chamblee Middle School Quiz Team took third place on March 16 at the Georgia Academic Team State Championship.
The two Chamblee teams competed against more than 60 other teams from around the state.
Fernbank Science Center Distributes Atlanta Geological Society Award The Atlanta Geological Society has awarded a Norman Sandford Pottinger Earth Science Education Mini-Grant to Fernbank Science Center.
The $230 Mini-Grant is to buy "The Theory of Plate Tectonics," a graphics animation CD by Tasa Graphic Arts,
for fifth-grade use at five DCSD schools.
The schools,
selected on a first-requested,
first-served basis,
are Kittredge Magnet,
Murphey Candler,
Narvie Harris Traditional Theme,
Rock Chapel,
and Sagamore Elementary Schools.
Students will be able to trace 600 million years of movement of continents on a world map and analyze how plate tectonic movements have formed mountain ranges and ocean basins. Although Dennis Tasa’s animations are of especially high quality,
teachers should be aware of other animations that can be downloaded for free,
such as those by Tanya Atwater,
at http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu.
Lithonia High School Students Shine at the FBLA State Competition Keyauna Bowman,
who was the first state parliamentarian from DCSD,
earned a scholarship,
the Who’s Who in FBLA Award and the President Barack Obama Service Award at the FBLA State Competition.
There were more than 2,800 competitors in attendance representing all high school across the state.
Lithonia High was named a Gold Chapter along with only 27 other schools in Georgia.
Students Malik Luke and Shomari Kelly won fifth place in the America Enterprise Competition.
Students Sarah Simpson and Jewaun Word won third place in the Emerging Business Issues Competition.
Mykia Robbins earned an honorable mention in the Who’s Who in FBLA Award.
Mykia Robbins and Shakira Moore completed the Leader Level Award through the completion of their Business Achievement Awards and were recognized on stage during the opening session.
Lithonia High adviser Carrie Dean received one of the Adviser of the Year Awards.
Dunwoody Elementary Orchestra Receives "Superior" Rating On March 7,
the Dunwoody Elementary String Orchestra Ensemble,
led by Natia Esartia,
participated in the annual District 4 Orchestra Festival hosted by Lakeside High.
The ensemble,
which is comprised of all students from the fifth-grade strings class,
received the Superior rating from all three judges.
Druid Hills Middle Feeds Community with Produce Last September,
the Environmental Club at Druid Hills Middle planted vegetables in their school's eight bed garden.
As the plants grew,
the students would harvest them for salads in the cafeteria,
science projects and cooking in the classroom.
After the ACE:: Alliance for Climate Education Assembly,
on climate science and solutions,
in January 2013,
the students decided that they wanted to use their produce for another purpose - feeding their community.
This was not a light task and the students worked alongside their faculty sponsor,
Ms.
Sauer,
to decide on the type of organization that they wanted to receive their veggies. On March 13,
more than 20 students and three teachers worked together to harvest 15 pounds of collards,
kale,
cilantro and other green vegetables and prepare them for the donation.
Students picked the veggies,
washed them and packaged them into large cardboard boxes.
Later that afternoon,
Sauer delivered the vegetables to the My Sister's House shelter in Atlanta.
Pat Walker,
the kitchen supervisor for My Sister's House,
said,
"We will be using these vegetables to feed over 250 mothers and children in our facility." As a result of this donation,
the students are eager to return to My Sister's House to teach the children in the daycare how to plant flowers and beautify their environment.
Dunwoody Elementary Celebrates Dr.
Seuss Day Dr.
Seuss Day was celebrated for an entire week at Dunwoody Elementary School with five days of Seuss-filled activities.
Monday was "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Day," Tuesday was "Fox in Sox Day," Wednesday was "Wacky Wednesday," Thursdays was "Sleep Book PJ Day," and Friday was the Dr.
Seuss Character Parade. Lessons incorporating a Dr.
Seuss theme were planned by teachers for that week or the week prior and work was displayed outside classrooms.
Dr.
Seuss centers were incorporated into classroom and grade levels rotated between the centers.
Lisa Gurin,
Dunwoody Elementary media specialist,
hosted Seuss-themed activities in the library.
Chamblee Charter Students Take First in Tech Competition Chamblee Charter High School grade teams 11/12 and 9/10 both placed first in their region at the TSA TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude,
Mathematics,
and Science) competition held at Georgia Tech on March 15.
The theme of this year's competition was,
"Engineering a Secure Cyberspace." The 11/12 Team was Monica Agrawal, Abhi Bathini, Matthew Cabrices, Sounak Das, Shuvajit Dey, Josh Stanley, Andrew Tsao and Stephen Woolfit.
The 9/10 Team was Darius Jack, Claire Jirasevijinda, Seungmin Lee, Sunjeev Kale, Kavi Pandian, Nathaniel Richardson, Harper Stanfield and Alix Valcin.
Elizabeth Andrews High Celebrates Black History Month Black History Month at Elizabeth Andrews High provided students with an opportunity to engage with community leaders,
professionals from a wide range of fields,
showcase their talents and volunteer their services.
The month-long schedule of events included a poetry slam where students applied literary knowledge and skills to express themselves poetically,
a “Career Gear Fair” where students were exposed to a wide array of career paths from professionals circulating among the classrooms.
The Career Gear Fair gave the students a chance to volunteer to serve as professionally dressed ambassadors who greeted,
escorted and introduced guest speakers.
Activist Hank Thomas,
one of the original Freedom Riders from the 1960s,
spoke with the American History students on February 27.
Thomas,
along with other citizens in the 1960s,
actively fought against racial segregation in intrastate travel. The chairperson for the 2013 Black History Month activities was Danisha Nelson,
social studies teacher at Elizabeth Andrews High.
Druid Hills High Teachers Filmed for PD360 In cooperation with the Georgia Department of Education,
eight Druid Hills High teachers,
Cassandra Domineck-Mason,
Kim Jones,
Alyssa Montooth,
Kendra Radcliff,
Matt Ruben,
Stephanie Reiss,
Alexandria Salivia and Virginia Stephenson,
were filmed by the School Improvement Network to be featured on PD360.
The films will be used as online professional development for teachers to allow them to view exemplary teaching skills,
and incorporate or modify them for their own teaching practice. |
