Three ways to celebrate CSD staff!
We need your help to recognize our teachers and staff!
Dear Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff and Community Members,
We want to applaud our teachers and staff for their enormous efforts, grace under pressure, and the important work they do.
With the end of the school year approaching, as well as Teacher Appreciation Week, a new challenge remains: how to close the school year at a distance, while still keeping our community connected and acknowledging our amazing staff.
We are planning many ways to acknowledge our staff but we need your help!
Have you, your student, or family been moved by one of our staff members who went above and beyond? It could a teacher, parapro, maintenance staff, nutrition staff, custodian, or administrator, but no matter what type of staff member, we would love to hear your heartwarming stories.
We have three ways you can acknowledge a CSD teacher or staff member:
1. Submit a photo, video, or story recognizing a teacher or staff member. We are looking for submissions from staff, students, parents, or community members. CSD will use these photos, videos, and stories on social media, CSD webpages, newsletters or eblasts to recognize our outstanding staff members who have done so much during this school year. See the link below.
2. Submit a CSD staff member or teacher for a DEF Extra Mile Award! Every year, CSD award our staff members who have gone the extra mile for their students with the DEF Extra Mile awards. Students submit a CSD staff member then a panel of district judges will read these submissions and choose the winners. CSD is thankful to all our staff for going the extra mile for our students and we love to hear these stories about our compassionate staff. See the link below to submit a CSD staff member. These should be written and submitted by CSD students.
3. Submit a CSD staff member who has shown compassion and care to a student during this difficult time for the DEF Clarence Strickland Make a Difference Award. This award from DEF recognizes a CSD employee who shows compassion and care in reaching out to a student in a time of great need or crisis. Nominations for this award are accepted from community members or staff of City Schools of Decatur. Since our schools have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CSD teachers and staff have continued to work tirelessly to support our students. Have you witnessed a staff person reaching out to a student during a time of great need or when faced with extraordinary difficulty? Please complete the nomination form linked below.
More about DEF
Photos of last year's Extra Mile Award Ceremony and the winners with the students who submitted them.
Make a Photo Gallery
Include each child
And group photos
Last year's "Be The One" Video honoring our amazing teachers and staff
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