CCSD Staff News & Notes

This edition of CCSD Staff News & Notes includes special holiday greetings from school and district leaders, important holiday dates, a recap of the return of Principal for a Day, recognition of teachers earning advanced degrees, Fine Arts mini grant award winners, a building program update, and so much more!

See the latest ongoing construction projects that are part of the CCSD Comprehensive Building Program. For more information, click here.

Winter Break

• December 19, 2024 - Early Dismissal/last day of semester
• December 20, 2024 - Teacher Work Day/no school for students
• December 20, 2024 - End of month pay date
• December 23, 2024 - January 3, 2025 - Winter Break for students
• December 24, 2024 - January 1, 2025 - District Offices Closed
• January 2, 2025 - District offices reopen
• January 3, 2025 - District Professional Learning Day for staff, no school for students
• January 6, 2025 - Students return for first day of second semester

Congratulations, to the Greenbrier High School Back-to-Back Girl's Flag Football State Champions! They shut out North Oconee High School 18-0 at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday, December 16, 2024. Way to go student-athletes and coaches!

Tune in to WRDW/Channel 12 and WAGT/Channel 26 on December 24 and 25, 2024, for Sounds of the Season, a one-hour Holiday Special - highlighting our local high school performing arts talent. Students from each of our high schools are featured on this holiday special. Tune in to show your support on the dates and times below.

More than 25 local community partners spent a day learning about the great things happening in our schools as participants in Principal for a Day! Thanks to all CCSD staff for providing a warm welcome for our visitors.

Your CCSD Foundation recently surprised 10 teachers with a $500 fine arts mini-grant, to enhance fine arts programs across the district. The grants are made possible with proceeds from the inaugural CCSD Arts at the Plaza student showcase held last spring. Click here.

Grant recipients:

• Evans High School – Mr. Patrick Williams, Assistant Band Director
• Greenbrier High School – Ms. Carrie Brooks, Visual Arts

• Greenbrier High School – Mr. Rutledge Boykin, Assistant Band Director
• Grovetown High School – Ms. Amanda Hamilton, Visual Arts: Photography
• Columbia Virtual Academy – Ms. Angel Cleary, Music Technology
• Columbia Middle School – Mr. Luke Yelton, Band Director
• Columbia Middle School - Ms. Nancy Morris, Art
• Baker Place Elementary School – Ms. Hannah Johnson, Music
• North Harlem Elementary School – Ms. Lauren Stitcher, Music
• Grovetown Elementary School – Ms. Danielle Marlow, Visual Arts

Dr. Crystal Fleming - ESOL teacher at Harlem High School and Harlem Middle School, recently earned a Doctorate in Curriculum Studies from Georgia Southern University.

Ms. Alice Dorn - teacher at Riverside Middle School, recently earned a Master of Education in Instruction, with a concentration in Secondary Mathematics, from Augusta University.

Have you completed an advanced degree or professional milestone? We want to hear about it! Click the icon and fill out the form to tell us more about your accomplishment. All submissions will be considered for recognition in future editions of Staff News & Notes.

All board meeting presentations are now available on our website for public viewing immediately following each meeting.

Find a complete list of our noteworthy dates recognized each month in the CCSD on our website at www.ccboe.net, or click here.

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Is your school doing something we should all know about? Do you want to recognize a teacher, student, or staff member for an engaging, enriching or inspiring experience? Tell us about it! Send your good news to news@ccboe.net.