The PCSD Teaching & Learning Dept.'s two-day BUILD Conference is underway! Monday, elementary administrators & instructional teams are in professional development sessions to inspire academic growth! Tuesday, middle and high school leaders will do the same! #BUILDpaulding

Meet the 2023 class of First Year teachers for the PCSD! In less than two weeks this amazing group of educators will begin their teaching careers with us! We are excited & can't wait to see what they each bring to the classroom! #PCSDnewbies #PCSDnewteacherorientation

Board member Theresa Lyons joined me and Chief School Leadership Officer Jason Freeman as we visited New Hope Education Center! We are proud of the innovative work they are doing to serve our students!

Chief Leadership Officer Jason Freeman and I visited multiple schools throughout the first day!! Here are pictures from our stop at Herschel Jones MS, where Principal Kimberly Silas gave us a tour. I even got to sit in for orientation in Ms. McBean’s 6th grade class! #WeBelieve

During the first week of school, I visited several schools, including Allgood Elementary and McGarity Elementary!! I enjoyed talking with school administrators, teachers & staff and checking on students!! Everyone is so excited about this new school year!! #WeBelieve

We are recognizing PCHS student Nairobi Guines for being selected as one of 725 Ss out of 15,000 applicants across the country for the Caltech Women in STEM event. Nairobi participated in hands-on workshops encouraging practical learning on the Pasedena, CA campus. #pcsdSTEM

PCSD BOE Vice Chair Deborah Collett and I stopped by South Paulding Middle School this morning to check in with Principal J.R. Neal!! We appreciate him showing us around as everyone starts to settle into the new school year! #WeBelieve

I am humbled and thankful to be featured by the Paulding County Chamber of Commerce for their August Board of Directors Spotlight! #PCSD

Three Paulding County High School Academy of Science, Research and Medicine students joined me on stage during Tuesday night's BOE meeting to talk about the Academy, their pathways & their future plans. Click the link to hear our conversation! youtu.be/KyORNgmeG20?li… #PCSDproud

Congratulations to Mrs. Willams and the South Paulding Middle School Art Club for winning first place at Chalktoberfest over the weekend in Marietta! #PCSDproud #WeBelieve #pauldingfinearts

A big shoutout to New Georgia Bulldogs for being the first PCSD elementary school to be presented the Literacy Leaders banner! We are proud of New Georgia ES for being recognized by the GA Department of Education for their year-to-year growth in reading! #WeBelieve

The district's final 1:1 laptop deployment for students happened Friday, Nov. 3rd at Hiram High, just over a year from the initial launch at Ritch Middle in Oct. 2022! We appreciate everyone who has gone to each school during the rollout to make sure everything runs smoothly!

Students across our district worked hard this week to show veterans just how much they mean to us! We are proud of each celebration, breakfast, assembly, program, concert, & parade! We thank and honor all veterans for their service & sacrifice! #ThankAVeteran #PCSDproud

I am #PCSDproud!! Our district received two awards during the Georgia School Boards Association conference today! We work hard each day to be the best leaders in our district to show our commitment to excellence in education for our students. We earned the Exemplary Board & Leading Edge awards!

Last week, Dr. Chaffee and I visited with some kindergarten elves at Northside Elementary! This time of year, our schools are filled with so many activities, dress-up days and learning fun leading up to the holiday break! I'm glad we get to be part of it!

I had to much fun celebrating the 100th day of school today with kindergarteners across our district!! #PCSD100thDay #WeBelieve

We had such a great time spending time and learning with students!! #pcsd #webelieve

We have such amazing talented students in our district! Another successful Fine Arts Day!! #PCSDproud

Today was a beautiful day for the Paulding County Special Olympics Track & Field event! I enjoyed seeing all of our Exceptional Students competing and their families cheering them on during each event! I hope these students know how awesome and brave they really are! #PCSDproud

We could not do what we do without our amazing PCSD teachers! Thank you! Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!