Dalton Police Officer Terry Smith was honored at the December 13 Dalton Board of Education meeting in recognition of his 16 years of service at Dalton Public Schools.

In addition to his board recognition, City Park and Westwood collaborated to host a retirement celebration for the school resource officer on Tuesday, December 14.

Christine Long, who has served as the principal of Blue Ridge School since 2019, has announced that she will leave her position effective January 10, 2022. She has accepted another position outside the school district. 

This year, there are two new faces in the German dual language immersion program at Brookwood School. Daniela Bellin and Lisa Koengeter have moved to Dalton from Germany as part of the Checkpoint Charlie German-American teacher exchange program. 

Dalton Public Schools was recently named a finalist by the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) for the 2021 Governance Team of the Year Award.

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.

A new camp took over the media center at Dalton High School this summer. For one week in July, students in pre-k through fifth grade engaged in an esports camp

As a part of the third-grade science curriculum, all students must learn about solar heat. Each year, third grade students make a solar oven using pizza boxes. At the end of last school year, they used their pizza box solar ovens to cook their own smores using the heat of the sun.