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Catoosa County Public Schools

is a Georgia Charter System.

EDUCATION Becoming a Charter System gives the district Preparing students and teachers to use 21st Providing academic programs and support Our Family Serving Your Family
century technology productively:
to improve student achievement:
broad flexibility to implement innovative
programs to improve student achievement.
Let’s Get CONNECTed!: The system’s Middle School Online Academy:
Catoosa County Public Schools began
1:1 technology initiative. Every student
Charter System initiatives and
programs:
12th grade students in 2013. To allow
or Chromebook. Elementary and middle
To Increase the number of students who in Catoosa County schools has an iPad the Catoosa Online Academy for 9th –
graduate high school prepared for career school students use their device at school, middle school students the opportunity
and/or college: and high school students may use their to get a jump-start on high school,
device at school and at home. Every students may take some high school
Catoosa U: A system-paid student classroom in Catoosa County Public classes online and receive dual credit. Fort Oglethorpe Chapel
internship program where students are Schools is equipped with 21st century 706-866-5555 J. Avery Bryan Chapel in Chickamauga
hired for a job in the system to earn course technology, and teachers integrate STEM (Science Technology 706-375-2161
credit and real-life job experience. technology with instruction to prepare Engineering and Math): Using
flexibility as a Charter System, more
Partnerships with Georgia students for a digital global economy. STEM opportunities are available for
post-secondary schools: High Professional Learning: Teacher students.
school students have the opportunity to development is essential to prepare
earn high school course credits while teachers to use technology productively Flexible Scheduling: To individualize
taking college courses. in the classroom. The district has an learning and expand opportunities to
improve student achievement, schools
From HERE to CAREER: An internship annual technology-focused system-wide use flexible scheduling for remediation LaFayette Chapel Wallis-Stewart Chapel in Ringgold
program with local businesses where instructional fair that is unique in our and acceleration. 706-638-1122 706-935-2331
students are hired and paid to work while area. This teacher preparation program,
earning high school course credit. The to develop instructional technology
goal of this program is for the internship specialists, earned the attention of the CATOO SA
to lead to a career in the company upon Georgia Association of Educational Local Personality Denia Reese
graduation from high school. Leaders. is a noted Catoosa academic leader.

Denia Reese was born and raised in Catoosa County, and she new superintendents.
attended Catoosa County schools. She attended West Side Mrs. Reese has worked
Elementary, Lakeview Junior High, and she graduated from in Catoosa County Public
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School in 1980. Mrs. Reese Schools since 1984. She
attended college at University of Tennessee in Chattanooga was a teacher and an
where she received her undergraduate degree in elementary administrator at Graysville
education. She continued her education and earned a M.Ed. Elementary School before
from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga and an Ed.S. becoming Superintendent
in administration and supervision from the University of Tennessee of Schools in 2005.
in Knoxville.

Superintendent Reese has served as chairperson of Northwest
Georgia RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency), she is “I am very fortunate to have been in Catoosa County
on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and she is Schools my entire life. I had great teachers who inspired
a past president of the Ringgold Rotary Club. She received the me to become a teacher. It has been an honor to serve as
GSSA (Georgia School Superintendent’s Association) President’s superintendent in a community that values the school system.
Award in 2012 for leadership, and the GMEA (Georgia Music I appreciate that the board of education and the community
Educators Association) Award for Administrative Leadership are committed to doing what’s best for our children.”
in 2014. She currently serves as a GSSA coach and mentor to – Denia Reese

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