Great Things Are Happening in
Clayton County Public Schools
Area III
Dr. Janice Davis, Area Superintendent
Every Child…Every Day!!!
June 27, 2011
Clayton County Board of Education Work Session
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Who Are We?
Anderson Elementary
E. Clayton Elementary
Edmonds Elementary
Fountain Elementary
Haynie Elementary
Hendrix Dr. Elementary
Huie Elementary
Lake City Elementary
M. L. King Elementary
Marshall Elementary
Morrow Elementary
Northcutt Elementary
Unidos Dual Language
W. Clayton Elementary
Adamson Middle
Babb Middle
Elite Scholars
Forest Park Middle
Morrow Middle
N. Clayton Middle
Forest Park High
Morrow High
N. Clayton High
Every Child…..Every Day!!!!
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Who Are We?
Area Superintendent – Janice B. Davis, PhD
Instructional Specialist – Chantara Rumph-Carter
Elementary Facilitators –Vic Bedford & Cleveland Johnson
Middle School Facilitators –JoAnne McDonald & Celeta Thomas
High School Facilitators - Audrea Bankston & Joel Boyce
Special Education Coordinator – Charlotte Taylor-Shoemaker
Data Analyst – Jozan Powell
Health Care Nurses – Anita Barandao & Angenette Spikes
Coaches - Lynda Daniel, Carol Wesley & Michael Gray
Every Child…..Every Day!!!!
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What Categories Will We Celebrate?
 Parental/Community Involvement
 Staff Recognitions
 Student Recognitions
 School-Wide Recognitions
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PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
East Clayton Elementary
 March of Dimes/Pennies for Patients-(Leukemia )
Morrow Elementary
 Taste of Morrow Community Event
Edmonds Elementary
 Wal-Mart Community Clean Up
 Forest Park Clean Up (Pack 4495)
 Ms. Lucas’ Special Ed class was awarded a state of the art high chair from
Forest Park City Council and Fire Dept
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PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Fountain Elementary
 First Army of Forest Park provided mentorship and Christmas gifts to
every student in the school
 Fountain Jr. Beta Club members presented a holiday concert for Governor
Perdue at Governor Glenn’s Mansion
King Elementary
 King of Kings mentoring program
 Feed the Homeless Day
 Special Olympics Partnership with Clayton County Sheriff Dept.
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PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
West Clayton Elementary
 New parent center
 Art displayed at The Bethel School House (Clayton County’s last one
room school house) and at Fiesta De Riverdale
Babb Middle
 More than 1000 hours of parent and community volunteers
 Over $5,000 for charitable contributions for Breast Cancer Awareness,
Earthquake Victims in Japan, Hosea Feed the Hungry, Relay for Life,
March of Dimes, American Red Cross, Children’s Network, and
Holiday Drives
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PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Elite Scholars
 Increased Partners in Education by 50%
 Donated more than $600 to Salvation Army, Adopted Family,
American Heart Association, and March of Dimes
North Clayton Middle School
 Partners in Education increased by 70%.
 PTA membership significantly increased
Adamson Middle
 Hosted “Boys Night Out” Male Mentoring Event
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PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Babb Middle School
 Spanish-speaking interpreter, Leyla Richards, provided tutoring,
community resources, and guidance to the 250 Spanish-speaking
families
Morrow High School
 Opened a parental resource room and provided a series of parental
workshops
Forest Park High School
 Established a FPHS Alumni Association with over 500 members
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Area III Accomplishments
STAFF RECOGNITIONS
Northcutt Elementary
 Leondria Gray’s 3rd grade homeroom class exceeded the CRCT AMO
in all five subject areas with a 90% or above
Anderson Elementary
 Julie Owens 5th grade teacher, winner of A+ Grant
 5th grade students won 1st runner up for Disney Planet Challenge
 4th grade teachers chosen to present at National Social Studies
Conference in Washington DC
 4th grade teacher team’s article will be published in National Council
of Social Studies Teachers
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Area III Accomplishments
STAFF RECOGNITIONS
Lake City Elementary
 Natasha Clarke-Grant, 2011 Clayton County Teacher of the Year Finalist
 Kelly Veal, 2010-2011 Principal of the Year
Huie Elementary
 Gifted In-Field endorsed teachers increased by 50%
 ESOL certified teachers increased by 60%
Fountain Elementary
 Barbara Justice received Media Liaison Award
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Area III Accomplishments
STAFF RECOGNITIONS
King Elementary
 Six staff members earned higher degrees
 Two teachers recognized by Martin L. King, Jr. International Rose Garden of
Peace Committee for student entries
Babb Middle School
 Principal Brown and Dr. Brown received a perfect score on a SACS’
presentation at the SACS Regional Conference.
 Eleven staff members earned higher degrees
North Clayton Middle School
 Ms. La-Trice Alston awarded Falcon’s Hero in the Classroom
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Area III Accomplishments
STAFF RECOGNITIONS
Forest Park Middle School
 Sarah Tate, 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher, recognized as Master Teacher by
the State of Georgia
North Clayton High School
 CTAE Teacher Lawrence Poindexter received National TSA
Elite Scholars Academy
 Jeffrey Dinkins Language Arts classes earned 100% on the 8th grade CRCT
Reading and 97% on the 8th Grade Writing Assessment
 53% of the staff are Gifted Endorsed and 15% are earning higher degrees
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Area III Accomplishments
STAFF RECOGNITIONS
Morrow High School
 Outstanding ROTC Instructors Award
Forest Park High School
 Stephanie Byrd earned the 1,000 A+ Mini-Grant
 Gerald Yavo awarded Educator of Distinction by the National Society of High
School Scholars
 Tavene Moore won the Jones of New York Teacher Make-Over
 Tavene Moore will present, “Creating Standards- Based Rubrics for Your
World Language Classes” at the Annual Southern Conference on Language
Teaching
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
East Clayton Elementary
 Hear Our Voices Essay Winner (Jordan Miller)
 Two First Place County Science Fair winners (Miles Pierre and Jordan McMillan)
 Two SCORE students qualified for and enrolled in Duke Talent Identification
Program (Brytni Andrews and Peyton Holston)
Lake City Elementary
 Hear Our Voices Speech-1st place winner (Whitnee Nichols)
 Clayton County Honors Chorus- 6 participants
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Huie Elementary
 5th Grade writing scores rose from 55% to 71% meeting or exceeding the
standard
 Two students won the Clayton County All County Art Competition
 Increased the number of students qualifying for gifted services and high
potential services by 40%
Fountain Elementary
 Student calendar winner for the Keep Forest Park Beautiful. Student’s art
piece is featured in the CCPS county-wide calendar
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Haynie Elementary
 County-wide Social Studies Competition (3 Winners)
 Two Hear Our Voices Winners
King Elementary
 Student received a Newberry Award
 Fifth Grade Students recognized By David Scott at the White House
 Three students placed in the Martin L. King, Jr. International Rose
Garden of Peace Poetry Contest (Plaques are on display at King
Center)
West Clayton Elementary
 Keep Forest Park Beautiful 2012 Calendar contest winner
 First Place in the School Box Art Contest
 First & Second Place Georgia Wildlife Contest for “Give Wildlife A
Chance”
 First Place All County Art Competition Winner
 First & Second Grades Hear Our Voices “Short Story” winners
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Babb Middle School
 Babb’s Dance Dawgs and Forest Park ZDX Won: 1st Place Universal Dance
Association State Competition (High-kick Division); 1st Place Universal Dance
Association State Competition (Hip-hop Division); "Most Crowd Appeal" award
at Universal Dance Association State Competition; High Platinum Rating at
Showstopper Talent Competition; 1st Place Universal Dance Association state
competition; Crystal rating in Showstopper Talent Competition
 State Girls’ Basketball Champions
 State Girls’ Track Champions
 State Girls’ Swimming Champions
 Bria Matthews Set a County Record In The Triple Jump.
 Orchestra received superior ratings at the District VI performance evaluations
 Seven orchestra students received excellent ratings at District VI solo
evaluations
 Eight students participated in All-County orchestra and the GMEA Clinic
 FCCLA: Pablo Yanez, Chili Cook-off winner at the Ga National Fair
 STAR Events gold medal winners Ann Tran and Gabrielle June
 Eight FCCLA students received recognition in state and national events
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Elite Scholars Academy
 Sydney Bourget, Quaing Kieu and Rachel Omoruyi won CCPS Social Studies
Fair and moved on to the state fair
 Quaing Kieu and Yekema Champman placed 2nd in the State Science Fair
Quaing Kieu received a Mathematics Excellence Award and Yekema Chapman
received the Water Authority Award
 Three 7th grade students qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program
 Three students won awards for H&R Block essay contest
 9th grade students completed study abroad in Puerto Rico
 Students successfully Skyped with Turkey, Egypt, and Columbia
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Morrow High School
 4 Gates Millennium Scholars
 4 students to State Governor’s Honors
North Clayton High School
 Athletic State Playoff: Football (3 consecutive yrs., Basketball 2
consecutive yrs., Golf (State Champ),
 Tamasha Brazil (Teacher)/Ja’Sharee Bush (student) won 1st Place in
CCPS and the Regional Science Fair. They received an invitation to
compete in the International Science Fair in CA. Only CCPS student
with this honor this school year.
 April Moore (Food and Consumer Science Teacher) and student
Lakesha Stewart won 1st place in Culinary Arts State competition.
They received an invitation to compete in the National competition in
CA. Only CCPS student with this 2011 honor
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Huie Elementary
 Student Step Team raised funds for Superintendent’s Scholarship
Fund
North Clayton Middle School
 Winner of Atlanta Voice essay competition
 Hosted 150 rising 6th grade students for a day in the life at NCMS
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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
Forest Park High School
 Tia Palmer, Amoni Ethridge, and Jayme Bailey won 3rd Place in the West
Metro Regional Fair
 Nghia Huynh won 1st place in Junior Varsity Individual Competition
 Ashley Huff – Skills USA Cosmetology Regional winner
 Robert Johnson –Skills USA Plumbing Regional winner
 Christopher Bateman – Skills USA Masonry Regional winner
 Hung Le – Class of 2011 highest SAT Score and Star Student
 Tia Walker – FBLA 1st Place Spreadsheet
 Julio Fonseca, Daniel Hernandez, and Sara Gomez won 1st place in
Business Ethics
Lady PanthersState finalists
Girls Basketball
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SCHOOL-WIDE RECOGNITIONS
King Elementary
 National Title I Distinguished School Award (Top school out of 181
counties in Ga. - Closing the Achievement Gap)
 Net Q Grant with Georgia State University (10 – 12 student teachers)
 Education partnership with Shorter University
Northcutt Elementary
 Northcutt’s 5th grade students increase writing scores by 26
percentage points
Babb Middle School
 Student truancy in 2010-2011 improved more than 50% over 2009-2010
 Television show host Mo’Nique provided guidance to 100 female
students in a 3 hour workshop
 Babb is the only middle school in the state with FCCLA Officers at the
State Level
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School-Wide RECOGNITIONS
Lake City Elementary
 2010 Georgia Title I Distinguished School-8 years
 2010 "No Excuses" School-Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Morrow Elementary
 Georgia School of Excellence for Student Achievement
 State of Georgia Platinum Award for Student Achievement Gains
 City of Morrow Proclamation for service to the community
Anderson Elementary
 Net-Q Grant with Ga. State University, a multi-million dollar federal grant
targeting teacher improvement
Morrow Middle School
 Title I Distinguished school
 SREB 2011 Gold Medal School
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SCHOOL-WIDE RECOGNITIONS
Adamson Middle School
 Title I School of Distinction.
 100% of Honors Physical Science students passed EOCT.
Forest Park Middle School
 Recognized by Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education as
one of 16 middle schools statewide to have made significant student
achievement gains
North Clayton Middle School
 CNN Recognition for Learning Without Walls
 Atlanta Dream adopted theme song written by students
Fountain Elementary
 Bronze Award for making great gains in student achievement
 2010 Winner of the Single Statewide Accountability System Award
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SCHOOL-WIDE RECOGNITIONS
Forest Park High School
 Earned top scores in 3 out of 5 categories on the Georgia High School
Graduation Test
 Business Department earned Industry Certification
 2nd year FBLA Bronze Chapter
 “Highly Certified” CTAE Department
 SKILLS USA Award for the largest increase in membership for the
2010-2011 school year
 FBLA – Bronze Chapter at the Regional Competition
 Math Club won 1st place varsity
 Girls Track Team State Final participation
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SCHOOL-WIDE RECOGNITIONS
Morrow High School
 4 Gates-Millennium Scholars
 Boys Track 4x4 State Champions
North Clayton High School
 1st place post secondary scholarships CCPS (Athletic & Academic)
$5+Million
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12 Title I Distinguished Schools
2 Clayton County Principals of the Year
Nationally Recognized Unidos Dual Language Charter School
4 Gates-Millennium Scholars
2010 "No Excuses" School-Georgia Public Policy Foundation School
All Area III Schools received a SACS Highly Functional Rating
Over $14 Million in Scholarships for High School Seniors
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