Dalton Public Schools held its annual Young Georgia Authors celebration on Wednesday, March 27 at Hammond Creek Middle School. Students and staff from across the district attended to be recognized for their hard work.  

Young Georgia Authors is a Georgia state writing contest. Every year there is one winner selected from each elementary school in each grade and 6 winners from grades 6 - 12. Then one winner is selected from each grade as our district winners. From there those winners are sent to our RESA where we compete against 18 school systems and again one winner per grade is selected. Then those winners go to the state level where they choose one winner per grade level. Winners at the state level will be announced soon.

Dalton Public Schools has participated in the Young Georgia Author contest for 17 years. This year, there was one RESA honorable mention and four RESA winners.

 

Here are the 2024 District Winners:

Kindergarten:  Park Creek - Camila Maldonado

 

1st Grade:  City Park – Amaia Rodriguez 

 

2nd Grade:  City Park – Reyna Gonzalez

 

3rd Grade:  Brookwood - Cal Carnes

 

4th Grade:  Brookwood – Angelina Cervantes

 

5th Grade:  Westwood – Riley Mederios

 

6th Grade:  Hammond Creek – Elinor Frye

 

7th Grade:  Hammond Creek – Jamie Aguirre

 

8th Grade:  Dalton Junior High – Lillian Bowers

 

9th Grade:  Dalton Junior High – Isabel Perez

 

10th Grade:  Dalton High – Hershel Logan Ridley

 

11th Grade:  Dalton High – Lilli Sharp

 

12th Grade:  Dalton High – Priyanshi Chaudhari

 

Here are the 2024 RESA Winners:

 

Honorable Mention: 1st Grade from City Park - Amaia Rodriguez

 

1st Place: Kindergarten from Park Creek - Camila Maldonado

 

1st Place: 3rd Grade from Brookwood - Cal Carnes

 

1st Place: 5th Grade from Westwood - Riley Mederios

 

1st Place: 9th Grade from Dalton Junior High - Isabel Perez