The Fourth Annual First Day of School Education Celebration for DeKalb County will be held on Thursday, July 30th from 6-7:30 P.M. downtown around the Court House Square.
Michelle Burklow, Supervisor of Instruction for Pre-Kindergarten to 6th Grade, says the event is free and all parents and students are urged to attend to help kick off the new school year.” We are once again this year having our Education Celebration on July 30th at 6:00 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. downtown Smithville. All the schools will participate and our PTO officers will be part of each school booth. We’ll have a lot of vendors who will be coming out just to provide information to the parents about different resources in the community. We plan to have a fun night to kick off the beginning of the school year. Once again, we have several businesses and churches who have donated money or who have brought in supplies. Each child will be given supplies that night at their individual school booth. Please show up at your individual school booth to pick up the supplies. We want to invite everyone out on the evening of July 30th. It focuses on pre-k through 12th grade and everything is free. There is no charge. We’ll have pizza and different treats available around the public square so please come and partake.”
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 that parents and students can become more familiar with the faculty, staff and PTO of the school that they are entering.
The community can support First Day in a number of ways. Community based organizations can provide materials and resources to parents to make them aware of services available to them in the community. Community leaders- mayors, city council members, clergy, businesses, corporate leaders and others can show their support. Local businesses may partner with schools by donating products, services and volunteers to the First Day Celebration.
All five schools in DeKalb County and their Parent Teacher Organizations will be represented at the celebration. Many organizations will also be there distributing information about resources available to them. Enjoy FREE refreshments and take advantage of FREE school supplies .
If you would like to help with this event please call Michelle Burklow at 215-2107.
This celebration is totally free of charge to those who attend so make plans now to join the fun downtown Smithville on Thursday, July 30th.
Please remember that one of the goals for the evening is to have a safe and fun event for all so the City of Smithville will block off traffic during the celebration. All those attending are urged to please cooperate and do not park in areas that have been closed to vehicle traffic. The safety of students and families is very important.
The First Day of School America– Education Celebration committee would like to thank the sponsors who are making this event possible.
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
Businesses
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Janney and Associates
Dr.David Foutch O D
Dr. Cliff Duke, DDS
T. Koen Orthodontics
Archived News & Obituaries