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Wednesday, April 6,2022
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5A
Riverview Elementary SchooPs Reynolds named
GAESP National Outstanding Assistant Principal
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Riverview Elementary
School Assistant
Principal Denise
Reynolds has been named
the 2022 National
Outstanding Assistant
Principal by the Georgia
Association of
Elementary School
Principals (GAESP),
according to a press
release by the organiza
tion.
Reynolds has been the
assistant principal at
Riverview Elementary
School for the past six
years. According to the
GAESP release, she was
selected for the honor
because of her commit
ment to serving the chil
dren in the Dawson
County school system.
“Mrs. Reynolds’ com
mitment to excellence is
reflected in her work with
programs designed to
meet the academic and
social needs of all chil
dren and the establish
ment of community ties
with parents and local
business organizations,”
GAESP Executive
Director Hal Beaver said
in the release. “She con
tinually ‘raises the bar’
academically, working
with teachers, staff and
students. Additionally,
she is constantly working
towards bridging the gap
between school and com
munity. These relation
ships are vital for student
success.”
Reynolds will be
awarded with a $500
check through the spon
sorship of Istation and
GAESP, and she will be
honored at the Georgia
Elementary Principals fall
conference in October at
Saint Simons Island.
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Above: Reynolds received a $500 check and will
be honored at the Georgia Elementary Principals
fall conference in October. Right: Riverview
Elementary School's Denise Reynolds has been
named the GAESP's 2022 National Outstanding
Assistant Principal.
that work with Reynolds
said that she is committed
to her job, and that she is
deserving of the honor of
being selected for the
award.
“She is passionate
about ensuring our collec
tive efficacy is strong and
thriving — in fact, she is
so committed to this ideal
that she has chosen it as
her dissertation topic,”
Riverview Elementary
School Principal Adam
Maroney said in the
release. “She has her fin
ger on the pulse of the
staff. She provides guid
ance as to when to push
the staff toward change
and when to pull back.
She knows when it is time
to celebrate and when it is
time to ‘move the dial’.”
“Mrs. Reynolds is a ser
vant leader who, along
with our principal, has
created a positive work
environment for teachers
and staff, and a positive
learning environment for
students,” first grade
teacher Lauren
Stephenson added.
Reynolds holds a BS
degree in Middle Grade
Education from Brenau
University, a Master’s
degree from Piedmont
University, an Ed.S from
the University of North
Georgia and is currently
working on her Doctorate
at the University of West
Georgia.
DCHS students participate in
state Future Business Leaders
of America competition
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Nine Dawson County
High School Future
Business Leaders of
America (FBLA) mem
bers recently participated
in the state FBLA compe
tition, and two will move
on to compete at the
national level in June.
According to a release
by the DCHS FBLA
organization, senior
Carson Rider and junior
Alysa Reeves excelled at
the state competition and
will move on to compete
at the national competi
tion in Chicago in June.
Rider competed in two
categories, placing in the
top three in Networking
Infrastructures, and will
be moving on to compete
at the national competi
tion in that category.
“Carson placed second
in Networking
Infrastructures and sixth
in Help Desk,” the release
said. “He will be advanc
ing to the national compe
tition in Networking
Infrastructures, which is a
testing event that covers
all the standards and mod
els of network topology.”
Reeves took third place
in Client Services, which
is an event where students
are presented with a busi
ness scenario with a prob
lem that needs to be
solved. Students are given
10 minutes to prepare a
solution to the problem
and present it to the judg
es, who play the role of a
client of the business as
the students play the role
of a customer service rep
resentative.
“Some of Alysa’s judg
es’ comments included:
‘Awesome job! You han
dled the conversation and
situation very well. You
had solutions and
changed them quickly
when we weren’t okay
with it.’,” the release said.
In addition to Rider and
Reeves, several other
DCHS students competed
in the state level competi
tion. Sophomore Jonathan
Graves competed in
Introduction to
Information Technology
and took 12th place.
Other state competitors
from Dawson were senior
Megan Wright in
Advertising and Personal
Finance, senior Riley
Barfield in Business
Communications, senior
Jacob Hamil in
Economics, junior Macy
Clark in Human
Resources Management,
senior Ethan Smith in
Personal Finance and
junior Owen Walls in
Spreadsheet Applications.
Rider and Reeves are
both currently fundraising
to help pay for their trip
to Chicago in June to par
ticipate in the national
competition. For more
information on how to
help the students with
their trip, contact FBLA
Advisor Beth Hamby at
bhamby@dawson.kl2.
ga.us.
Photo courtesy of Beth Hamby
Left to right: Owen Walls, Ethan Smith, Macy Clark, Carson Rider, Alysa
Reeves, and Johnathan Graves.
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