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Elementary students consider career choices
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Gemologist Geri Cronier explains to second graders how to use drawing skills to design a piece of jewelry. - photo by Amy French Dawson County News
Amy French
Updated: Oct 19, 2016, 5:00 AM
Published: Oct 18, 2016, 6:49 PM
Students from Black's Mill Elementary School spent last Friday getting a glimpse into the future with their second annual "Crayons to Careers" event. On Oct. 14, representatives from all types of industries set up throughout the building. Inside classrooms and outside in the parking lot, they visited with kids regarding future career possibilities.
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Graduation rate in Dawson County remains above 95 percent
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Erica Jones
DCN Staff
Published: Nov 13, 2020, 3:10 PM
Despite the turmoil over the last year, as classes were canceled and pushed online due to COVID-19, the graduation rate in Dawson County for 2020 remains one of the highest in the state, according to Dawson County Schools Superintendent Damon Gibbs.
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