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Good morning PCSD Community!!
When the 2024-2025 school year begins, we will have a new addition to the PCSD family!! Meet “Radar”! She is the district’s first K-9 officer and newest member of the Safety & Security team!

Safety Officer Travis Kirkland will soon start training with “Radar” to make sure she is ready to report to work in the fall!

Executive Director of Safety and Security Mike Ruple says the team is excited to welcome “Radar” because she will add a new safety enhancement to the department. He says, “A well trained K-9 in schools not only enhances security but also fosters a sense of safety and reassurance among students and staff as part of our layered safety and security initiatives.”

We can’t wait to officially welcome “Radar” to the Paulding County School District!
Paulding County School District Safety Advisors

It's time for us to introduce you to another familiar face who will be in a new position for the 2024-2025 school year!
Meet Lorilyn Harrell! Mrs. Harrell is the new principal at East Paulding Middle School!
Principal Harrell is a former assistant principal at North Paulding High School.
We are excited for her and her vision as she steps into this new role at East Paulding Middle School!

Good morning PCSD Family! We want to introduce you to another familiar face who will be in a new position for the 2024-2025 school year!
Meet Heather White, the district's new Executive Director of Student Services.
She is the former principal at Russom Elementary School. Mrs. White will begin her new role on July 1st! We are excited for her and her vision as she steps into this new role!

Paulding County School District Special Education & Student Services

If you or your business would like to ensure PCSD students have what they need to start the new school year, here is your chance!!
“Stuff the Bus” is coming up on Saturday, July 13, 2024. We would love to see our community pulling together to help make sure our students are able to start school with school supplies and a backpack. Bring your donated school supplies and backpacks to West Ridge Church or Bethany Christian Church on July 13th between 9am and 1pm.
Please share this throughout the community and if you would like to contribute financially, click on the link!
https://paulding.revtrak.net/central-office/central-office-donation/ #/v/central-office-back-to-school-drive

We are pleased to announce the PCSD Open House schedule for the 2024-2025 school year! Share, Share, Share!

Over the coming weeks, we will be introducing you to some familiar faces who will be in new positions for the 2024-2025 school year! Today, we begin with New Georgia Elementary School Principal Lori Morgan! She is the former assistant principal at Shelton Elementary School. Principal Morgan began her role at New Georgia on June 1st! We are excited for her and her vision as she steps into this new role!

Good morning PCSD families! We have many parents already asking about dates for breaks, DLD days, etc. for next school year! We wanted to provide the 2024-2025 calendar if you are already starting to plan ahead! We hope everyone has a great day! Click the link to access the calendar, and please share this with anyone who may need it!https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/cms/lib/GA01903603/Centricity/Domain/4/Approved%20Calendar%2024-25%20BOE.pdf
**Reminder: PCSD Open House is July 30th!!

For those of you already looking for calendars beyond the '24-'25 school year, we will send out calendar surveys in the coming months and that will help plan out the calendars for the next two years.

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and today is Teacher Appreciation Day!!! We are so thankful for every teacher in our district. Your hard work and determination to make a difference does not go unnoticed. We appreciate your dedication and willingness to pour into each student who enters your class!! Thank you for EVERYTHING...especially for being part of the PCSD family!! We love and appreciate you!
If you have a second, give your favorite teacher a shoutout!!

Please help us congratulate our three new PCSD Microsoft Certified Coaches!
We are proud of Instructional Technology Coaches Ashley Yergin, Suzy Lolley and Jim Long for completing the certification program by attending a two-day cohort, taking six months to build a portfolio of their coaching practice and then submitting their work for evaluation by Microsoft program leaders.
They are now able to work with data and provide resources to teachers while making effective use of Microsoft Education tools.

Good afternoon PCSD Families!! If you drive by the Board of Education Central Office, you might notice dozens of pinwheels out front! Members of The Paulding Child Advocacy Center spent the morning planting pinwheel gardens around Paulding County to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month (April).