First Day of School Education Celebration Canceled This Year

The Back to School Education Celebration is back again but at a new location. Instead of the public square where the event was held for several years, this year’s Back-To-School Bash” for free school supplies will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM inside at the Smithville First Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center, 101 West Church Street, Smithville.

In 2019 parents and kids stood in line for free school supplies at Education Celebration. The 2020 event has been canceled due to COVID 19

June 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Education Celebration held annually on the square in downtown Smithville the first day of school, has been canceled for the 2020-2021 school year.

If you or your organization would like to make a monetary donation or any type of school supplies those may be dropped off at the Ernest Ray Education Center located at 110 South Public Square Smithville from 8:00 to 3:00 Monday through Thursday beginning July 6, 2020.

Meanwhile, all DeKalb County students in grades K-12 will be provided a chrome book for the 2020-2021 academic school year. It will be necessary for these devices to be transported from school to home and back. These devices are 13 inches long, 9 inches wide and inches thick. This information is provided for your consideration prior to purchasing your child’s backpack for the upcoming school year.

Back to school information will be released throughout July to students and parents. This information will be released through WJLE and DeKalb County Schools, TN Facebook page.