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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, March 23,2022
DCS appoints Darnell, Gaddis to new positions
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
School System has
announced the appoint
ments of Janice Darnell
and Roman Gaddis to
new positions in the dis
trict.
According to a release
by the district, Darnell
has been appointed as the
new assistant superinten
dent of teaching
and learning, and
Gaddis has been
appointed as the
new chief tech
nology and infor
mation officer.
Both positions
were approved at Darnell
last week’s Board
of Education
meeting, and
both
appointees will assume
their new positions
in the upcoming
2022-23 school
year.
Darnell current
ly serves as the
executive director
of instructional
support and stu
dent services.
According to the
school system’s release,
she has worked 30 years
in public educa
tion, 28 of which
have been in
Dawson County,
and during her
time in the district
she has served as
a teacher, assis
tant principal, Gaddis
principal and
director.
Gaddis currently serves
as the executive director
of technology and
has worked in the
school district for
K y seven years.
According to the
release, he will
continue to pro
vide leadership for
the district’s tech
nology department
and to ensure that
the infrastructure needed
to support the schools’
operational and instruc
tional needs are in place.
“Both Dr. Darnell and
Mr. Gaddis are senior
members of our leader
ship team and bring a
wealth of knowledge and
expertise to our 1 Dawson
team,” the release said.
“They will continue to
play a vital role in mov
ing us forward.”
Dawson County Schools holds Kindergarten Round-Up event
Erica Jones Dawson County News
On March 18, Dawson County Schools held its official Kindergarten Round-Up event, allowing parents
of upcoming kindergarteners to complete the steps necessary to get their children registered to start
school in the fall.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Friday March 18,
Dawson County Schools
held its official
Kindergarten Round-Up
event, welcoming incom
ing kindergarteners and
their families and helping
them complete all of the
necessary steps to get reg
istered to start school in
the fall.
Parents and their chil
dren came to the Dawson
County Schools
Technology Department to
complete the steps needed
to register for kindergar
ten. According to District
Registrar Tonia Bagwell,
this included administer
ing an assessment to each
student, finishing filling
out the necessary paper
work and giving the par
ents and children a chance
to become acquainted
with some of the district’s
resources.
“The kindergarten
teachers are here doing lit
tle assessments on every
student that comes in; they
take them back and work
with them and then bring
them back up to the parent
and give them a printout
of things they need to
work on at home — let
ters, numbers, that sort of
thing,” Bagwell said. “And
then we have tables for all
four of the PTOs, The
Place, the health depart
ment if somebody needs
to make an appointment to
get their shots updated,
Family Connection, our
social workers and our
liaison for if somebody is
in an insecure housing sit
uation, food services with
some little play toys for
the kids, and then all the
registrars and some of the
principals.”
Students were also pro
vided with hearing and
vision checks, and parents
had the opportunity to fill
out the online application
on the provided computers
if they hadn’t had access
to the internet to complete
that step ahead of time,
Bagwell said. As a fun
addition, representatives
from the Dawson County
Fire Department and the
Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office were outside the
doors of the center, offer
ing students the chance
to take photos with the
fire trucks or the police
K9s.
Among the parents and
students present at the
event were Yenifer
Antunez and Gavin Tice,
who were registering
their son Nate for kinder
garten. According to
Antunez, this is the first
child she’s registered in
the school system, but the
process went smoothly
for them.
“This is my first one so
I can’t believe it’s time
for that already; I’m a lit
tle bit nervous but I’m
excited,” Antunez said.
“He (Nate) is excited and
nervous; we’re excited for
him to meet new friends.”
Bagwell said that about
110 new kindergarten stu
dents were pre-registered
online before the kinder
garten round-up event,
and that she and other
administrators were hope
ful for a great turnout to
the event.
She added that for par
ents and students that
missed registration, it
isn’t too late to register
your child online.
“If you missed it, please
still register your child and
they’ll do those assess
ments at the school level,”
Bagwell said. “Online reg
istration is all through me
and on our website.”
Parents who still need to
register their child can do
so online by going to daw-
soncountyschools.org and
clicking on “Parents/
Registration”.
Documents required for
registration are:
• Proof of residency
(such as a utility
bill, purchase or
rental agreement)
• Birth certificate
• Social security card
• Georgia
Immunization
Record (3231)
• Georgia Hearing,
Vision, Dental and
Nutrition Record
(3300)
For more information or
further questions, contact
District registrar Tonia
Bagwell at 706-265-3246
or by emailing tonia.bag-
well@dawson.kl2.ga.us.
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Eggs
that it was going to make
people happy.”
Papa’s Place owner
Dawn Powell said that
she’s excited to have the
tree displayed at her res
taurant and hopes it will
help spread joy among
their customers.
“I think it’s truly benefi
cial to our customers to see
all of this; it just makes
you feel happy to look at
it,” Powell said. “Everyone
needs happiness in their
life.”
On March 25, Fewis will
announce 10 winners from
those who submitted eggs
to the contest, and the 10
winners will each receive a
$100 Visa gift card. But
even with the contest,
Fewis said that many of
the crafters who have sent
eggs to her don’t seem to
be doing it for the chance
to win the money.
“I really don’t think
they’re doing it because of
the contest itself; I think
they’re doing it because
they’re having fun,” Fewis
said. “We just did the con
test to try to get people cre
ative, and they’re super
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Above, below: Local crafting guru Barb Lewis
has received over a thousand submissions for her
egg decorating crafting challenge, sent in by the
followers from her popular crafting channel The
ShabbyTree.
excited about it.”
The tree containing the
eggs will be set up at
Papa’s Place, located at
3651 Dawson Forest Road
East, through Easter,
Powell said. Between now
and then, those interested
in seeing the tree can come
eat a meal at the restaurant
and spend time looking
through the dozens of cre
ative eggs hanging on dis
play. After Easter, she
added, restaurant custom
ers will be invited to pick
out their favorite egg to
take home with them.
Fewis added that those
who go by the restaurant to
view the eggs can take a
photo of their favorite craft
and post it on the Shabby
Tree’s group page on
Facebook at https ://www.
facebook.com/groups/
craftingwiththeshabbytree/
about/.
For more information
about the Shabby Tree, go
to https ://theshabbytree.
com/ or visit the main
Facebook page at https://
www.facebook.com/shab-
bytree/.
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