Lumpkin County Schools

Below is a 3 question survey to check-in on your child's emotional health at the time. Please take a moment to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZKKMJZ2

Happy Independence Day from Lumpkin County Schools! We pray you and your family have a safe weekend! #TR1BE

With the legislative session ending last Friday and the cuts to state education announced, Lumpkin County administrators are continuing our work on the plans for the 2020-2021 school year. Our task force participants have been meeting virtually and in-person, we are monitoring what other school systems are announcing, and sharing ideas with our colleagues across the state and southeast. Please know that we are using the feedback from your survey responses, consulting health officials in our county, region, and state, and we will continue to develop a plan that meets the needs of our community. When our plan is finalized in a couple weeks, we will share it via social media, our websites, and in the Dahlonega Nugget. We hope that you are enjoying the mild weather in Georgia, that you are being safe and responsible with your interactions with others, and we cannot wait to see you all soon! #TR1BE

Lumpkin County Students in grades 6-12 who would like to join the Gold City Composite Mountain Bike Team*, please check out the site below and contact Coach Carney. Practices will start in July and be every Tues/Thurs at 6 p.m. & on Sundays at 2:30 p.m. https://m.facebook.com/goldcitycomposite/ *This is not affiliated with the Lumpkin County School System

Congratulations to Head Girls Soccer Coach, Don Brock, on being named a Blitz Legendary Coach! We couldn’t agree more! #TR1BE https://blitzsportsga.com/2020/06/24/legendary-coaches-2020/

TR1BE, With so much uncertainty remaining as we navigate our days, weeks, and months, we know that many questions are swirling concerning the plans of our upcoming school year. We could put out a plan today that would likely need to change multiple times as health concerns and guidance changes over time. We are not behind the eight ball. Rather, we are taking things seriously, studying our options, and formulating research-based plans of action for the new school year. Our leadership team in Lumpkin County is currently meeting through email, virtually, and in person to work out details for the following areas: student and staff wellness, facilities, technology, school nutrition, transportation, instruction, assessment, and virtual learning. These focus groups will work in coordination with our school board to publish a final plan in mid-July. In the meantime, it’s important for you all to know this—student safety has been, is, and always will be our top priority in Lumpkin County. As parents, you will have a face-to-face option and a virtual option for your children. What those look like will be determined by the findings of our focus groups over the next month. Rest assured, we are working tirelessly to provide the best education in the safest environment possible for your children. We know other school systems are posting their tentative plans now, and we want you to know that we aren’t asleep on this topic. We like to take a calculated, strategic approach to our planning process. If you have questions or concerns that you would like to share with any of the focus groups mentioned above, please email jason.lemley@lumpkinschools.com or rob.brown@lumpkinschools.com. We will be sure to pass along your correspondence to the focus group leader. Thank you for your continued support of Lumpkin County Schools!

Are you new to Lumpkin County? Do you need to enroll your student in our system? You can do online registration by clicking here: https://campus.lumpkinschools.com/campus/OLRLogin/lumpkin If you need help with registration, we are also available on July 9th and July 13th.

Are you a Georgian under the age of 18? Do you want a chance to receive a $25 Visa gift card? Fill out this survey before next Wednesday! Survey: https://mailchi.mp/georgiavoices/calling-all-of-georgias-kids-we-need-you-382718?e=014dda42a1

Thank you to the voters of Lumpkin County for continuing the one-penny sales tax and supporting our school system! #TR1BE

Congratulations to our Ideal Indians recognized at tonight’s Board of Education meeting! LCES: Elizabeth Williams LBES: Jessica Self LCMS: Mariam Brunner and Casey Rhodes

We are so excited to have received over 3000 lbs. of new books from KPMG Family for Literacy Atlanta. Thank you, KPMG, for helping the students in our schools by providing books to help promote reading this summer! #TR1BE

Lumpkin County FFA donated 171 pounds of pork to LC Family Connections this morning. FFA embodies their motto, "Doing to Learn, Learning to Do, Earning to Live, Living to Serve!" #TR1BE

Attached are flyers for FREE support groups Georgia Hope will be offering to school staff and to students during this time. The groups are open to anyone needing the support, you do not have to be a client with Georgia HOPE to participate. Participants can even attend anonymously if desired. To join, simply call in with the number provided. These groups will start next week and be offered weekly at the same time: Thursdays 9-10 (support group for school staff) Wednesdays 10-11 (students)

Lumpkin County School System's Press Release on LCHS 2020 Yearbook

Called BOE Meeting Wednesday AM for LCHS Yearbook Discussion

As the school year comes to a close, we want to make sure your children and families have access to mental health services now and during the summer if needed. The below survey was created by our partners at Georgia HOPE for parents to complete and help identify if their child needs emotional support in this time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RLMRG8F

This decision was not made lightly. Please help us spread the word about the cancellation of our summer camps.

Boys Basketball Fundraiser With the situation surrounding COVID, fundraising is going to be more difficult. Our boys basketball program has partnered with Cotton Eyed Joes to help find a way to fundraise during these difficult times, and also show your #TribePride. Get your Lumpkin Basketball shirts and support our boys basketball program! The sale is open until June 7th. Order online. Once the order window closes, CE Joes will print, package, and ship the shirts directly to your home. Go to www.cejoes.com/lumpkin to order yours today and support our boys basketball program!

𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐊𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐑 Due to current times, it seems that meat can be scarce. The LC Wrestling team has a high quality and reliable meat fundraiser with individual wrapped meats of your choice (see photos) that can be ORDERED and DELIVERED (if you pay shipping) or PICKED UP at LCHS. This is a great way to support LC Wrestlers as well as get the needed items you may be looking for right now. 𝑤𝑤𝑤.𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.𝑐𝑜𝑚 (𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 "𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟" 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑘𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 & 𝑊𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑥𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑒).

It might have been raining and traffic might have been heavier than any of us expected, but today’s farewell to this school year was epic! We love our LC #TR1BE! We hope you all have a safe, healthy, and happy summer!