Dalton High School

The new math center is up and running. Check it out!

http://sites.google.com/site/dhsmathtutorcenter/

Dalton High Senior Joshua Parrott was named the overall "Best Actor" in the State AAA one-act play competition held in Warner Robins on November 5, 2011.  Parrott earned this honor for his portrayal of Leo Frank in the school's one-act competition play,"Parade."  The play placed fifth in competition. This is the second year in a row that Dalton High's drama department has earned the trip to state competition, following region championships in 7AAA competition.  Emma Phinney, in the role of Lucille Frank as shown in this coutroom scene photo with Parrott, earned the overall "Best Actress" honor in region competition.

Please congratulate the following students who are AP Scholars.
 
AP Scholars
Bhatter, Pratik
Davies, McLean
Espitia, Cruz
Esters, Katelyn
Keen, Zachary
Lee, Yeojin
Noles, Malorie
O'Neill, Andrew
Parrott, Joshua
Patel, Jenny
Pedroza, Manuel
Perez, Josheph
Plunkett, Paxton
Pope, Anthony
Rich, Nathan
Rodriguez, Pedro
Soni, Sagar
Stinnett, Sarah
Tharpe, Brandt
 
AP Scholar With Honor
Hooie, John
Hull, Megan
Maldonado, Monica
Mitchell, Meg
Prieto, Hector
Qureshi, Hira
 

The link is to an interesting CNN news article.

Students may purchase Dalton High School parking decals from 9 - 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 8, and Tuesday, Aug. 9, in the school lobby. Bring a completed application along with the decal fee. The application is available here.

 Joana Rosales was named Valedictorian of Dalton High at the Commencement Ceremony held at Harmon Field May 27.  Rosales is an IB Candidate, Honor Graduate, Scholar Athlete, and a member of the Beta Club and Key Club.  

Courtney Creswell was named Salutatorian.

We are celebrating:

• 300+ Graduates
• AP Scholars: 22
• Career Tech Completers: 212
• Honor Graduates: 61
• IB Candidates: 7

For the past few weeks, all AP Calculus students have been applying knowledge they have obtained this year into a Hot Air Balloon Project. Students design and construct balloons to fly on the day of their finals, and compare the distance flown to the surface area and volume of the balloon. While the balloon are launched from the soccer fields, some have gone far out of sight and are still currently MIA. Pictured: Malaka Awad watches as Mr. Maskarinec inflates the balloon.

The 2011 Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) recipients have been announced and Jeffrey Ramos has been selected as one of 1000 for the honor.

“We commend you on your strong leadership, community service and academic achievements that contributed to your selection… and very pleased to confer this distinct honor that distinguishes as a Leader for America’s Future,” said Cathy Makunga, Vice President of Scholarship Programs with the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.

French Teacher, Shanda Hester, was one of the nominators for Ramos. “I'm so proud of Jeffrey and so very happy that he's been given this amazing opportunity. He's worked so hard and I feel that he's truly deserving of this honor. This couldn't have happened to a better young man. I've been honored to teach him, to get to know him, and I was happy I could help him in some small way to get this scholarship,” said Hester.

Ramos plans to attend Berry College and major in English and History with a minor in Secondary Education. The GMS program will fund Ramos’s education through masters and doctoral levels if he continues in the field of education.

This year the GMS received over 23,000 applications.

The GMS Program began 1999 with funding from a $1 billion grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential.” (http://www.gmsp.org)

Other GMS recipients from DHS include Tommy Tran (2010), Karen Sanchez (2009), Janet Figueroa (2009), Erica Figueroa (2009), Rocio Jacobo (2008) and Tiffany Taylor (2008).

Seniors: Yea Jee Bae*, Courtney Creswell*, Elena Lopez*, Annalee Houston*, Paige Finley, Heba Qureshi, Tanner Karr, Jalika Joyner*, Joana Rosales*, Rebecca Tull.

* Represents Top Ten for all four years.

Juniors: Hira Qureshi, Jin Park, Yeojin Lee, Jinny Patel, Katelyn Esters, Paxton Plunkett, John Hooie, McLean Davies, Hector Prieto, and Monica Maldonado.

Sophomores: Julia Guerrero, Claire Lutrick, Kara Pendley, Sarah Stinnett, Patrick Simms, Robert Enck, Rachel Bakker, Cole Calfee, and Pratik Bhatter, and Jessica Fannin.

Freshmen: Marion Hawkins, Erin Farmer, Susannah Tighe, Ashley Yarbrough, Luis Rosales, Shazman Ali, David Jewell, Kate Orr, and Austin Richard, and Diana Hernandez

The 2010 AP Scholar results have arrived. The students above achieved a 3 out of 5 or higher on the Advanced Placement exams given at the end of AP Courses. Students must qualify in at least in 3 exams.

Christian Tuchez and Rebecca Tull received the AP Scholar with Honor award, passing four AP Exams with a 3.25 or above.

2010 AP Scholar Recipients: (Front Left to Right) Mary Faith Erwin, Yea Jee Bae, Heba Qureshi, Courtney Creswell, Molly Clark, Maritza Herrera, Jalika Joyner, Marlen Hernandez-Garcia, Afrodita Aguilar, Paige Finley, Mimi Huerta, (Back) Christian Tuchez, Elissa Lopez, Emanuel Sanchez, Christian Pineda, Gordon Gross, Tanner Karr, Mark Hernandez, Jeffrey Ramos, Manuel Aguilar. Not Pictured: Rebecca Tull

Sports Schedules for Volleyball, Girls Softball, Football, Cross Country, and Cheerleading have been posted online.

View current sports schedules

The Dalton High AJROTC Color Guard is a common sight presenting the colors at Harmon Field for sporting events. Did you know, however, that they help community groups honor the flag many times each month?

Visit the AJROTC page on the school's website for more information about the unit.

DALTON, GA - Dalton High School's (DHS) average composite score of 21.7 exceeded both the 2010 state and national averages, and increased as compared to the previous year. In addition, the average content scores of Dalton High's 2010 graduating class exceeded the state averages in all four areas – English, math, reading and science.

"We want all of our students to have the option of college upon graduating from Dalton High," said Debbie Freeman, DHS principal. "Therefore, we provide application and scholarship assistance and we continue to encourage all of our seniors to take the ACT and/or SAT tests. In 2010, we had one of our highest participation years for the ACT."

Ninety-three DHS graduates took the ACT this past year, compared to 51 students five years ago.

DHS 2010 graduates' average ACT scores improved in every content area as compared to the DHS average last year, with the exception of math. For 2010, the average math score decreased two-tenths of a percentage point compared to the average math score the previous year (20.8 in 2010 and 21 in 2009). 

"We continue to have two sets of math standards taught in Georgia's schools as the Quality Core Curriculum standards will continue through the class of 2011," Freeman noted. "Students in the graduating class of 2012 have experienced the more rigorous, performance-based math standards, implemented through the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) curriculum, since they were in the sixth grade." 

Freeman added that she had reviewed a recent state-level report that indicated mean scores of Dalton Public Schools' high school students on the spring 2010 state-required, end-of-course-tests (EOCT) in Math I and Math II were the 13th highest as compared to the 187 school districts in the state. These two courses incorporate the new GPS math standards for high school and includes concepts of statistics, geometry, Algebra I and Algebra II.

She cautioned that data from state and national standardized tests are only a "snapshot" of students' achievement and must be considered alongside many other types of data before instructional adjustments are made for individual students or school coursework.

"Math continues to be a curriculum focus for our school and for our school district," she said. "One of the conclusions in the ACT report is that 'it is the rigor of coursework—rather than simply the number of core courses—that has the greatest impact on …college readiness.'

"During the past few years, we have consistently increased our rigor in all content areas, including math. As the rigor increases, our faculty continues to have high expectations and they are working hard to offer many layers of math support for all of our students."

Click here for web access to state and national ACT reports .

Every DPS school, and the school district, made adequate yearly progress (AYP) this year as determined by Georgia's criteria to comply with the federal "No Child left Behind Act." Of note, Dalton High's official graduation rate for 2010 is 89.5% and DPS was one of only 27 districts in Georgia where all schools made AYP. For more information on the results by school, click here.