Parents and students joined educators and other supporters downtown Thursday evening for the Fourth Annual First Day of School Education Celebration in DeKalb County.
This Education Celebration is nationally known as First Day of School America and is held annually in a lot of the bigger cities in the United States. Since 1997 the First Day Foundation organization has been assisting schools, families and communities to come together for a celebration on the First Day of each new school year to support education and begin a year-long partnership to promote student success. This is also a time when parents and students become more familiar with the faculty, staff and PTO of the school that they are entering.
All five schools in DeKalb County and their Parent Teacher Organizations were represented at the celebration and several local businesses, public officials, individuals, and community based organizations provided free school supplies, refreshments, and other materials and resources to parents and students
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The DeKalb County Education Celebration committee would like to THANK the following churches, community members, and businesses for donating to the 2009 celebration.
The DeKalb County Education Celebration committee would like to THANK the following churches, community members, and businesses for donating to the 2009 celebration.
Churches
Church of the Nazerene
New Hope Baptist Church/ Alexandria
Smithville Church of Christ
Jacobs Pillar United Methodist Church
Peoples Missionary Baptist Church
Salem Baptist Church
Liberty Methodist Church
Snow Hill Methodist Church
Bright Hill Methodist Church
Grace Bible Church
Keltonburg Church of Christ
Whorton Springs Baptist Church
Covenant Baptist Church
New Home Baptist Church
Indian Creek Baptist Church
Lighthouse In Home Ministries
New Union Baptist Church
Mt Zion Baptist Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Smithville Church of God
Johnson’s Chapel Free Will Baptist
Calvary Baptist Church
Smithville First Free Will Baptist
Dowelltown Methodist Church
Laurel Hill Church
Walker’s Chapel Church
Temple Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Laurel Hill Baptist Church
First United Methodist
New West Point Free Will Baptist Church
The Baptist Tabernacle
Smithville First Baptist
Keltonburg United Methodist Church
Banks Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Businesses
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Janney and Associates
Dr.David Foutch O D
Dr. Cliff Duke, DDS
T. Koen Orthodontics
Griffin’s Fruit Market
DeKalb County Elected Officials
Regions Bank
DeKalb Community Bank
First Bank
Judge Bratten Cook
DeKalb Co. Tee Ball Coach Pitch
Bumpers Drive In
Hendrix Financial
DTC Wireless
Infinity Athletics
Liberty State Bank
DeKalb County Public Libraries
Thank you to the County and City mayors for working with the committee to have the event on the square and assisting in the closing of the streets to protect our children.
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