Remember, registration is a two-step process. First, complete the online "pre-visit" application, and then bring the application number you receive in your email along with all of the required documentation to the in-person portion of the registration at the District Office. Click here for a list of and more information on all of the required documents you will need.

One employee per month is chosen during the school year, is recognized at the monthly Board of Education meeting, and receives an Employee of the Month gift bag sponsored by the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and filled with gifts and items from local businesses.

If you would like to nominate someone for CCSD Employee of the Month, please click here to get started.

BHL students Ruby Nackashi, Olive Forrester, Gabriela Carcamo-Villalta, and Amelia Aldridge were named the Overall Junior Division winners and also won first place in the Junior Group Exhibit category. Meanwhile, BHL student Erionna Davenport won the Southern History Award and first place in the Junior Individual Paper category.

Other first-place winners included:

• BHL students Alex Suggs and Anthony Jacobo-Acuña in the Junior Group Documentary category
• BHL students Ayriana Moffit and Amy Alvear in the Junior Group Performance category
• BHL students Jackson Rushing, Jude Cranston, and Luiz Alvarez in the Junior Group Website category.

Read more about these students and their projects here!

Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central high schools were among 273 high schools in Georgia that were named Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools in 2023 by State School Superintendent Richard Woods in an announcement last week.

Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central were both named AP STEM Schools, while Cedar Shoals was also named an AP STEM Achievement School. Both schools were also once again named AP Access and Support Schools.

Read more here!

The event is in keeping with academy's mission to prepare CCSD students with the skills necessary to meet local and regional workforce needs and help them achieve their post-secondary goals. In addition to academic and technical skills, ACCA is dedicated to ensuring that students have the employability and social skills needed to be successful after high school.

Click here to learn more about the event and for details on how to volunteer!

At 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, a panel of five local student authors, including three CCSD students, will discuss books they have written and answer questions during an event streamed live from Gaines Elementary. Scheduled panelists from CCSD include:

• Avery Lewis, a seventh-grade student at Clarke Middle. Her first book, March, March, March!, was published during her fifth-grade year at Timothy Road Elementary through Leap for Literacy, a non-profit organization founded by Stan Tucker.
  
• Arieyonna Flint, a kindergartener at J.J. Harris Elementary. Arieyonna is the author of Butterflies Can Draw Everything.
• Kyrie Daniel, a kindergarten student at Gaines Elementary. He is the author of My Mom and Dad and a Tree.

Click here for more information.

Students in grades K-8 are asked to help design a T-shirt that will be sold to raise money for this goal. The winner will have their artwork featured on the T-shirt and more!

The contest opened today (Friday, Feb. 24), and submissions are due Wednesday, March 15. The winner will be announced Friday, March 24.

See the PDF links below for the contest information and guidelines, contest entry form, and parent permission form.

The Clarke County Board of Education welcomes community feedback. Here are ways you can share your voice:

• Contact BOE Members: Click here to view a list of the BOE members and their contact information.
• Attend a Meeting: Next regular meeting is Thursday, March 9, at 6 p.m. (in-person and broadcast on the CCSD YouTube channel).
• Board Briefs: Click to read the "Board Briefs" overview from meetings.
  
• Public Comments: Click here for information on how to sign-up to speak at a regular BOE meeting.
• Review Policies for Review: View and comment on district policies pending public review.