April 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Cut the cake. It’s time to celebrate!
Kudos to the students and staff at DeKalb County High School, DeKalb Middle School, and DeKalb West School for recent academic growth.
Staff at each school recently gathered for the celebration with the cutting of a cake.
“We are celebrating DWS being named a Reward School for the 2021-2022 school year. They were a level 5 out of 5 school in growth, achievement and attendance for the 2021-22 school year. This means our students had more than expected academic growth from the 2021 year to the 2022 school year. The Tennessee Department of Education recognizes Reward schools when they demonstrate high levels of performance and/or improvement in performance by meeting their annual measurable objectives across performance indicators and student groups, and the Reward school distinction places significant emphasis on improvement from the prior school year. We had exceptional growth and achievement in English, math, science and social studies for grades 3-8,” said Supervisor of Instruction Dr. Kathy Bryant.
Meanwhile DCHS and DeKalb Middle School each celebrated being named a Level 4 out of a 5 school in growth for the 2021-22 school year.
“We are really excited about that growth. We had outstanding growth in Algebra II and English 10 at DCHS and I think that is what put us over the expected growth for the 2021-22 school year,” said Dr. Bryant.
“DeKalb Middle School also had exceptional growth in English, math, science and social studies for grades 6-8,” said Dr. Bryant.
“We are super proud of our schools and the academic growth shown there because last year we were coming off of COVID with some students being in school with others being remote and the previous year when we were out of school from March going forward,” said Dr. Bryant.