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Nominations are now being accepted for the Tom Jones Educator of the Year award sponsored by the Dalton Education Foundation. Nominations must be received by the Foundation by Friday, March 24, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students, staff, and community volunteers at City Park Elementary spent their day today serving in their school and throughout the community.

At the December meeting of the Dalton Board of Education, Dalton Public Schools graduated its first class of District Ambassadors. Twenty-eight business leaders, parents and staff members completed the semester-long Ambassadors Program, and received a certificate of completion and a small token of appreciation on Monday night. 

Dr. Scott publishes a monthly column in the Dalton Daily Citizen about relevant topics in our district.

In a ceremony on November 15, 2022, a new class of eighth grade students committed to the Georgia REACH (Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen) Scholars program. Gabriel Cuello, Caleb Guzman, Mia Hurtado, Paulina Miguel-Martin, Andrea Najera, and Isabel Perez make up the district’s seventh class of REACH Scholars. 

Dalton Public Schools announces that it won the Experience First category in the fifth annual Juniper Elevate Awards Elevate Awards.

Last year, after much evaluation of our existing reading program and numerous discussions with principals and teachers, it was clear that we needed to add a more targeted phonics program to our balanced literacy framework.

This October, Dalton Public Schools opened its doors to host 20 exchange students from the Martino-Katharineum school in Braunschweig, Germany. Students spent ten days staying with host families, attending school and participating in activities in the area. 

This fall, Dalton Public Schools is starting a new program designed to provide community members an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the day-to-day operations of the school district.