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  • 8th Annual Book Blast Literacy Celebration

    Save the date! The 8th Annual Book Blast Literacy Celebration will take place Saturday, June 1 at Stage 123 and Burr Park in Downtown Dalton from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This FREE event will have reading circles with story book characters, literacy games, crafts, door prizes, information booths and more! EVERY CHILD RECEIVES A BOOK!

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  • Design, Engineering & Manufacturing Summer Camp

    Attention all rising 6th, 7th and 8th grade students interested in Design, Engineering and Manufacturing! DEM Camp is a week long summer camp, FREE of charge, where our industry partners work with students to build rockets, hovercrafts, racecars, and so much more! Registration is open until April 30. Click the link above to learn more.

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Latest District News

  • Georgia Alternate Assessment 2.0

    The Georgia Alternate Assessment 2.0 (GAA 2.0) is designed to ensure that students with significant cognitive disabilities are provided access to the state academic content standards and given the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the knowledge, concepts, and skills inherent in the standards. The Georgia Standards of Excellence and Extended Content Standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities drive the curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment.

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  • Growing Readers Together: A Community Effort

    Whitfield County educators and community partners are helping provide teachers across the state with tools to better teach literacy. The Governor's Office of Student Achievement selected WCS to participate in a case study for the Growing Readers Program, a grant which provides high-quality professional learning to teachers on effective reading instruction. Georgia Public Broadcasting filmed lessons in two classrooms at Cedar Ridge Elementary to show how the grant is being implemented. Check out the video to see how WCS is making an impact!

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  • Destruction of Special Education Records

    In compliance with the Georgia Records Act, the Whitfield County School District’s records retention schedule, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) regulations on destruction of data collected, maintained or used in the provision of a free and appropriate public education of students with disabilities in the District’s schools, the Special Education Department announces its intention to destroy special education records as indicated below after the following date: April 1, 2019.

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  • Elementary and Middle School Gifted Screening

    Whitfield County Schools participates in a gifted screening process each year. The consideration window and nomination for the testing process for elementary and middle schools will begin in January. School personnel and parents may nominate their child for this consideration. Testing will be conducted in February. Please contact your child's school if you have any questions.

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