DeKalb Students Register for School Thursday, August 1

July 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Schools will re-open for registration on Thursday morning, August 1 from 7:45 a.m. until 9:15 a.m.

Meanwhile the Annual First Day of School Education Celebration for DeKalb County (free school supplies) will be held on Thursday, August 1 starting at 6:00 p.m. downtown around the courthouse square.

Students will not attend on Friday, August 2. That is an administrative day for teachers only.

The first full day of school will be Monday, August 5.

A system-wide in-service day will be Monday, July 29 with in-service continuing at individual schools on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30 & 31

Other reminders:
DeKalb County High School will host an Incoming Freshman Orientation on Tuesday, July 30 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

DeKalb Middle School will have 6th grade registration on Tuesday, July 30 at 6:00 p.m. for students whose last names begin with the letters “A” to “K” and at 7:00 p.m. for students whose last names start with “L” to “Z”

Northside Elementary School invites parents to 2nd & 3rd grade “Meet Your Teacher” Night on Tuesday, July 30 at 5:30 p.m.

Smithville Elementary School is hosting a “Sneak Peak” for Pre-K students on Monday, July 29 at 5:00 p.m. and for Kindergarten students at 6:00 p.m. If you pre-registered your child for kindergarten please attend. You will meet your child’s teacher and fill out forms or make any necessary changes to forms you have already submitted. If you did not pre-register your child, you will not need to attend this event. You may register your child on August 1.

Returning students may be registered for school on-line through their Skyward Family Access account. It is easier and faster than the standard paper registration forms. Families must have registered Skyward Family Access accounts in order to use the online registration tools.

All families are encouraged to register their Skyward Family Access account so they may keep track of their child’s school information.

If you do not have a Skyward account please email aprilhale@dekalbschools.net to get your account set up or stop by the Ernest Ray Education Center to speak with her if you have questions.

July 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The Friends of Edgar Evins State Park are the happy recipients of a $500 Small Grant from the Friends of Tennessee State Parks. The money will be used toward the cost of the new “pages” on the Storybook Trail. This is the second year a grant has been awarded to the Friends of Edgar Evins State Park by the Friends of Tennessee State Parks.

The check was presented to the Friends of Edgar Evins State Park at their July meeting by Fount Bertram, a member of the Board of Friends of Tennessee State Parks. Mr. Bertram is also the former president of the local group.

The Storybook Trail at Edgar Evins State Point, Silver Point, has become a popular attraction at the park for school and community groups as well as other visitors since it opened in June 2018. It’s purpose is to encourage youngsters to read and to be outdoors for exercise and pleasure. The trail is a project of the Friends of Edgar Evins State Park, an all-volunteer group that is dedicated to helping the park. It is planned to change the story displayed on the trail each year. Pages from a nature themed children’s book are reproduced in in full color on large metal signs that are framed with wood and posted at child height at intervals along the ½ mile trail near the Interpretive Center. This year the book is Anybody Home? by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Rebecca Dickinson and published by Arbordale Books. The story is about an expectant mama possum looking for a home among the many other forest creatures. Last year the story was about the life cycle of butterflies.

For information about the Friends of Edgar Evins State Park please visit the website at www.foeesp.com or find them on Facebook. The website for Friends of Tennessee State Parks is http://friendsoftennesseestateparks.org The nonprofit Friends of Tennessee State Parks is comprised of Friends Groups from Tennessee State Parks and Tennessee State Natural Areas statewide and individual members.

(Pictured: THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF THE GRANT CHECK: Pictured left to right – Ron Davies, Woodbury, Barbara Comfort and Jerry Comfort, both of Smithville, Lynn Brown, Treasurer, Brush Creek, Fount Bertram, Bradyville, representing Friends of Tennessee State Parks, Brad Halfacre, Park Manager, Anna Bertram Bradyville.

July 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County unemployment rate for June was 4.8%, up from 3.6% in May but below 5.2% in June 2018.

The local Labor Force for June was 8,001. A total of 7,614 were employed and 387 were unemployed.

Data released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) indicates unemployment increased in Tennessee’s 95 counties during June 2019.
Sixty-one counties have unemployment rates below 5 percent, while 34 counties now have unemployment rates at, or above, 5 percent.

With a rate of 3 percent, both Williamson and Davidson counties have the state’s lowest unemployment. The new figure represents a 0.8 of a percentage point increase for Williamson County and a 0.7 of a percentage point jump for Davidson County.

Sevier County has Tennessee’s second-lowest unemployment rate for June at 3.1 percent, which is 0.6 of a percentage point higher than the county’s rate in May. Sumner and Rutherford counties have the third-lowest rate at 3.2 percent, which is up by 0.8 of a percentage point in both counties.

Hancock County recorded Tennessee’s highest unemployment in June. At 7.7 percent, the county saw a 2.4 percentage point increase in unemployment when compared to May. The current rate is 1.4 percentage points higher than it was in June of last year.

Clay County’s unemployment rate is up by 2 percentage points to 7.4 percent. That figure is also up 2 percentage points from June 2018.

“No one likes to see unemployment increase in every county across the state,” said TDLWD Commissioner Jeff McCord. “But the rates typically increase this time of year because we see a lot of seasonal unemployment during the summer months, mostly because school is not in session.”

Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate also experienced an uptick in June. The current statistic is 3.4 percent, up 0.1of a percentage point from the previous month. The state reached its all-time low unemployment rate of 3.2 percent in February and it remained at the level for three consecutive months.

Nationally, unemployment increased from 3.6 percent to 3.7 percent in June.

County unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted, while the state and national rates use the seasonal adjustment to eliminate outside influences on the statistics.

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