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Smith named DCHS teacher of the year
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Christine Miller
editor@dawsonews.com
Updated: Oct 24, 2017, 4:24 PM
Published: Oct 25, 2017, 2:09 AM
Dawson County High School English teacher Jennifer Smith always wanted to become a teacher. “This has always been God’s plan for me and I feel that as long as I am serving the kids then I am doing my best work,” Smith said. Smith was voted as the 2017-2018 teacher of the year for DCHS, and was chosen for her love of seeing her students succeed and for her true passion for teaching.
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Graduation rate in Dawson County remains above 95 percent
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Erica Jones
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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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