JANUARY 17, 2020

MILESTONES

Basketball coach Tim Criswell

announces retirement plans

Tim Criswell, the head basketball coach of the Carrollton Trojans, announced his retirement this week, closing out a stellar career that spanned 32 years. The legendary coach will be recognized tonight right before tipoff in a region contest with the Cass Colonels. Recognition expected about 7:15 p.m. between the girls and boys games. Come to the games to celebrate with us and cheer on our Lady Trojans and Trojans to victory in these critical region matchups!  MORE

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

The competitors in the 2020 Carrollton City Schools system spelling bee are, from left, Darius Mekande, Xander Adams, Jival Patel, Marie Fujita-Block, Edward Kenyon, Gunner Hatch, Josh Chism (champion), Duncan St. John (runner up) and Claire Dalton. Not pictured is Mikaylah Davis. As they posed in front of the words "Read Every Day," the students all acknowledged they were voracious readers, which likely contributed to their spelling prowess.

Chism named spelling champion

It took a grueling 16 rounds before the Carrollton City Schools 2020 Spelling Bee Champion was decided Tuesday afternoon - with eighth grader Joshua Chism crowned the winner when he seized the "opportunity" to be a part of the "archives" of the best spellers in Carrollton City Schools history. 

Battling in the final rounds with runner-up Duncan St. John, a Carrollton Upper Elementary fifth grader, Josh ultimately secured the title when he correctly spelled first "archives" then "opportunity."  MORE

COMMUNITY

Board approves school calendar

The Carrollton Board of Education formally adopted the district school calendar for 2020-2021 at its Jan. 14 regular BOE meeting. The approved calendar mirrors this year's schedule and also aligns with the Carroll County School System calendar for next year. VIEW/DOWNLOAD

Starfish program into second

decade ensuring student success

The Carrollton Board of Education Tuesday night recognized Aprill Jones-Byrd and Kelly Glanton for their years of work with the CHS Starfish program, a support initiative to help struggling students keep up with their academic studies. Jones-Byrd founded the program at CHS in the mid 2000s and turned it over to Glanton who ran it for several years. The program received state Department of Education recognition in 2009 and its continued success prompted expansion of the program first to CJHS and now CUES. During the recognition presentation, CHS Principal David Brooks noted their passion helped "thousands" of CHS students succeed academically and graduate on time. Reach out to CHS, CJHS or CUES about this program if you think it will be something that would benefit your child.

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