Bliss Jones is being celebrated for her dedication to excellence throughout the 2020-2021 school year. As the district COVID coordinator, Jones is recognized for playing an essential role in implementing the COVID response for Dalton Public Schools.

From the time that Jennifer Sumner was a child, she knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up: a teacher. Sumner was named Dalton Public Schools' Teacher of the Year at the district's annual employee convocation on Thursday, August 5.

As a part of the third-grade science curriculum, all students must learn about solar heat. Each year, third grade students make a solar oven using pizza boxes. At the end of last school year, they used their pizza box solar ovens to cook their own smores using the heat of the sun.

The Dalton Board of Education will hold the second of two public hearings on the Fiscal Year 2022 budget on Monday, June 14 at 6:30 pm as part of the regular monthly meeting at the Dalton High School auditorium.

For her outstanding work in helping the school and the district through the global pandemic, Bliss Jones was named the 2021 Dale Cook Support Educator of the Year in Dalton Public Schools.