Decatur County Schools
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📚 Get Ready to Kick off Georgia Reads Week! 💜💛
Reading together is one of the simplest ways to build vocabulary, spark imagination, and create meaningful connections with children. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, educator, community member, or friend—you can be part of building a stronger culture of literacy.
Grab a book, share a story, and help us show that WE CAN READ! 📖🐾
#GeorgiaReadsDay #GeorgiaReadsWeek #WeCanRead #BearcatPride #DecaturCountySchools
DECATUR COUNTY SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY STATEMENT 9/18/2026
Attention Bearcat Family,
Decatur County Schools Technology department is aware of a potential cyber concern that you may have received via email that looks like it comes from one of our employees related to a Docusign Document.
Please be aware that this is a phishing email, and Decatur County Schools would never ask you for any identifying information or passwords.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Attention Bearcat Family,
Decatur County Schools Technology department is aware of a potential cyber concern that you may have received via email that looks like it comes from one of our employees related to a Docusign Document.
Please be aware that this is a phishing email, and Decatur County Schools would never ask you for any identifying information or passwords.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
🐾 GUESS THAT BEARCAT! 💜💛
Does this little Bearcat look like a familiar face you may have seen around the DCBOE Central Office? 👀
Take your best guess, then scroll to the right to see who this Bearcat grew up to be! 🐾 (Answer Below)
#GuessThatBearcat #BearcatPride #TheBearcatWay #ProudTraditionPromisingFuture
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It's Abby Grubbs! Abby is a student worker at the Decatur County Schools central office. You may have heard her answering your phone calls, or she may have copied a flyer sent home to you! Ms. Grubb is also currently a college student at ABAC Bainbridge, studying History and Government. We are very proud to have Abby on our staff, Once a Bearcat.. Always a Bearcat!
📣Autism Learning Series!
The Marcus Autism Center and Georgia Autism Services Initiative are offering a virtual learning series on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m. EST, covering helpful topics for families, including early autism signs, communication growth, neurodiversity, navigating tears and tantrums, toileting strategies, IEPs and school services, and more.
💜💛 Parents are welcome to join Julie Lawler, Parent Mentor, for a Watch Party on Tuesday, September 22nd!
📍 Julie’s Office — 915 Zorn Road
🕛 9/22 at 12:00 p.m.
Come watch, learn, and connect while gaining helpful information and strategies to support your child and family.
We hope you’ll join us! 💜💛
The Marcus Autism Center and Georgia Autism Services Initiative are offering a virtual learning series on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m. EST, covering helpful topics for families, including early autism signs, communication growth, neurodiversity, navigating tears and tantrums, toileting strategies, IEPs and school services, and more.
💜💛 Parents are welcome to join Julie Lawler, Parent Mentor, for a Watch Party on Tuesday, September 22nd!
📍 Julie’s Office — 915 Zorn Road
🕛 9/22 at 12:00 p.m.
Come watch, learn, and connect while gaining helpful information and strategies to support your child and family.
We hope you’ll join us! 💜💛
Flu Vaccine Interest Form
Deadline to submit: September 29, 2026
The Decatur County Health Department can provide Flu Clinic packets for students who are interested in receiving the flu shot at school this year.
👉 Please complete this form: https://bit.ly/BearcatFLUshot
📌 A separate form must be completed for each child in your family for whom you would like to receive the flu shot paperwork.
📷 Scan the QR code below
Deadline to submit: September 29, 2026
The Decatur County Health Department can provide Flu Clinic packets for students who are interested in receiving the flu shot at school this year.
👉 Please complete this form: https://bit.ly/BearcatFLUshot
📌 A separate form must be completed for each child in your family for whom you would like to receive the flu shot paperwork.
📷 Scan the QR code below
Attention Bearcat Family,
Decatur County School's Technology department is aware of a potential cyber concern that you may have received via email that looks like it comes from one of our employees related to a Docusign Document.
Please be aware that this is a phishing email, and Decatur County Schools would never ask you for any identifying information or passwords.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Decatur County School's Technology department is aware of a potential cyber concern that you may have received via email that looks like it comes from one of our employees related to a Docusign Document.
Please be aware that this is a phishing email, and Decatur County Schools would never ask you for any identifying information or passwords.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Decatur County Schools is proud to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month. It is an annual observance in the United States from September 15 to October 15 that honors the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Decatur County Schools is proud to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month. It is an annual observance in the United States from September 15 to October 15 that honors the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Please help us welcome Ms.Harrell to the Bearcat Family! A Bainbridge native,Ms.Harrell enjoys photography, arts and crafts, and making others laugh. She loves the supportive environment at Decatur County and the willingness of everyone to help one another. A fun fact about Ms.Harrell is that she is a U.S. Army veteran and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do! We're excited to have Sina on our team and look forward to the positivity, dedication, and care she'll bring to her students this school year!
Please help us welcome Tiffany Madge to the Bearcat Family! Originally from Colquitt, Georgia, Tiffany enjoys expressing her creativity through her Cricut machine, making wreaths, and decorating for parties. She loves the supportive and caring environment that Decatur County provides for students each day. A fun fact about Tiffany is that she can really sing! We're excited to have Tiffany on our team and look forward to the creativity, kindness, and enthusiasm she'll bring to our students this school year!
Today, we pause to remember and honor.
On Patriot Day, we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and the countless acts of courage, compassion, and selflessness that followed.
We honor the first responders who ran toward danger, the service members who answered the call, and the everyday Americans who came together in the face of tragedy.
May we continue to carry forward the spirit of unity that reminds us we are stronger together.
We will never forget.
On Patriot Day, we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and the countless acts of courage, compassion, and selflessness that followed.
We honor the first responders who ran toward danger, the service members who answered the call, and the everyday Americans who came together in the face of tragedy.
May we continue to carry forward the spirit of unity that reminds us we are stronger together.
We will never forget.
💛 GO GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness! 🎗️
We’re asking our community to join Decatur County Schools in wearing GOLD on Tuesday, September 22 in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
Together, we can raise awareness and show support for children and families impacted by childhood cancer. 💛
#ChildhoodCancerAwareness #GoGold #TheBearcatWay #DecaturCountySchools
We’re asking our community to join Decatur County Schools in wearing GOLD on Tuesday, September 22 in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
Together, we can raise awareness and show support for children and families impacted by childhood cancer. 💛
#ChildhoodCancerAwareness #GoGold #TheBearcatWay #DecaturCountySchools
Being a Bearcat is about so much more than what happens inside the walls of our schools.
It’s sharing a meal with neighbors. It’s cheering on our students. It’s celebrating accomplishments. It’s serving others, building relationships, supporting local businesses, and showing up... rain or shine🙃... for the community we all call home.
Decatur County Schools and our community are connected. Our students are growing up surrounded by teachers, families, coaches, leaders, businesses, and neighbors who believe in them and our schools are stronger because of the community that stands beside us.
From our youngest Bearcats to our graduating seniors, from the classroom to the ball field and everywhere in between, there is something special about belonging to a place that takes care of its own.
This is more than a school system. This is our community. This is our family. This is Bainbridge. 💜💛
Proud Tradition. Promising Future.
#BearcatsInTheCommunity #TheBearcatWay #DecaturCountySchools #BearcatPride #ProudTraditionPromisingFuture
It’s sharing a meal with neighbors. It’s cheering on our students. It’s celebrating accomplishments. It’s serving others, building relationships, supporting local businesses, and showing up... rain or shine🙃... for the community we all call home.
Decatur County Schools and our community are connected. Our students are growing up surrounded by teachers, families, coaches, leaders, businesses, and neighbors who believe in them and our schools are stronger because of the community that stands beside us.
From our youngest Bearcats to our graduating seniors, from the classroom to the ball field and everywhere in between, there is something special about belonging to a place that takes care of its own.
This is more than a school system. This is our community. This is our family. This is Bainbridge. 💜💛
Proud Tradition. Promising Future.
#BearcatsInTheCommunity #TheBearcatWay #DecaturCountySchools #BearcatPride #ProudTraditionPromisingFuture
Please help us welcome Ms.Avery to the Bearcat Family! A Bainbridge native, Ms.Avery enjoys cooking, painting, reading, and swimming in her free time. She says her favorite thing about Decatur County is the encouragement and support that make it such a welcoming place. A fun fact about Ms.Avery is that she loves working with elementary students and helping them learn and grow. We're excited to have Ms.Avery on our team and look forward to the positive impact she'll make this school year!
Can't make it to the Bearcat Football game tonight v Spencer in Columbus?
You can still cheer the Cats on from right here in Bainbridge. Catch the entire broadcast live on Thursday night beginning with pre-game coverage at 6:45 p.m
https://www.youtube.com/live/-Hq2vAJ3ees?si=87GwWYCCHZ0MTPxx
Go Cats!
You can still cheer the Cats on from right here in Bainbridge. Catch the entire broadcast live on Thursday night beginning with pre-game coverage at 6:45 p.m
https://www.youtube.com/live/-Hq2vAJ3ees?si=87GwWYCCHZ0MTPxx
Go Cats!
A big Bearcat thank you to Lee Office Furniture & Supplies for providing breakfast for the staff at all of our Decatur County Schools on the first day of school!
We appreciate your generosity and continued support of our schools and the people who make them special. Thank you for helping us start the year on a great note! 🐾
We appreciate your generosity and continued support of our schools and the people who make them special. Thank you for helping us start the year on a great note! 🐾
In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Decatur County Schools is honored to help share the story of one of our DCS families. 💛🎗️
A family recently reached out to share Aliyah’s journey with our community. We are grateful for the opportunity to recognize her incredible courage and strength and to join her family in raising awareness for childhood cancer.
Aliyah’s Journey 💛🎗️
In January 2025, at just 3 years old, our sweet Aliyah was diagnosed with B- Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). In an instant, our lives changed. What followed were hospital visits, medications, procedures, long days, difficult moments, and experiences no child should ever have to face.
Today, Aliyah is 5 years old and in month 19 of her two-year treatment journey. 🎗️
Through it all, she has shown us just how much strength can live inside such a little person. There have been hard days, scary days, tears, and many adjustments, but Aliyah continues to smile, play, learn, grow, and simply be the amazing little girl she is.
Cancer is part of Aliyah’s story, but it does not define who she is. She is a daughter, a sister, a student, a friend, and one of the strongest little girls we know.
As we recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, our family is incredibly grateful for every doctor, nurse, teacher, family member, friend, and supporter who has helped Aliyah along this journey. We are also thinking of every child and family who has heard the words, “Your child has cancer.”
Aliyah still has a little more of her treatment journey ahead of her, but she has already come so far. We are so proud of our brave girl and look forward to the day we can celebrate the completion of her treatment.
Keep fighting, Aliyah. Your courage shines brighter than gold. 💛🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #GoGoldForAliyah #AliyahStrong
A family recently reached out to share Aliyah’s journey with our community. We are grateful for the opportunity to recognize her incredible courage and strength and to join her family in raising awareness for childhood cancer.
Aliyah’s Journey 💛🎗️
In January 2025, at just 3 years old, our sweet Aliyah was diagnosed with B- Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). In an instant, our lives changed. What followed were hospital visits, medications, procedures, long days, difficult moments, and experiences no child should ever have to face.
Today, Aliyah is 5 years old and in month 19 of her two-year treatment journey. 🎗️
Through it all, she has shown us just how much strength can live inside such a little person. There have been hard days, scary days, tears, and many adjustments, but Aliyah continues to smile, play, learn, grow, and simply be the amazing little girl she is.
Cancer is part of Aliyah’s story, but it does not define who she is. She is a daughter, a sister, a student, a friend, and one of the strongest little girls we know.
As we recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, our family is incredibly grateful for every doctor, nurse, teacher, family member, friend, and supporter who has helped Aliyah along this journey. We are also thinking of every child and family who has heard the words, “Your child has cancer.”
Aliyah still has a little more of her treatment journey ahead of her, but she has already come so far. We are so proud of our brave girl and look forward to the day we can celebrate the completion of her treatment.
Keep fighting, Aliyah. Your courage shines brighter than gold. 💛🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #GoGoldForAliyah #AliyahStrong
🎓 Progress Reports Coming Home 🎓
Decatur County Schools students’ progress reports will be released on September 10th
Parents and guardians can check grades, attendance, and more anytime through the Parent Portal (Infinite Campus):
👉 https://campus.dcboe.com/campus/portal/decaturco.jsp
#ProgressReports #DecaturCountySchools #TheBearcatWay
Decatur County Schools students’ progress reports will be released on September 10th
Parents and guardians can check grades, attendance, and more anytime through the Parent Portal (Infinite Campus):
👉 https://campus.dcboe.com/campus/portal/decaturco.jsp
#ProgressReports #DecaturCountySchools #TheBearcatWay
WE Are Bainbridge.
Last week, Decatur County Schools had the privilege of presenting the September Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, and what a great day it was to be a Bearcat!
From the moment guests arrived, The Bearcat Way was on full display.
BHS Band students welcomed guests outside the Kirbo Center. Buddy the Bearcat greeted attendees. Student ambassadors welcomed and directed guests, served and assisted in the food line, and interacted directly with Chamber members and community leaders. RobotCat was in the lobby shaking hands and showcasing technology. Throughout the luncheon, images and stories of our students and schools filled the screens.
Every part of the experience had a purpose: to show, not just tell, what it means to be a Bearcat.
Our students were serving, performing, demonstrating technology, connecting with business leaders, and sharing the talents and skills they are developing every day.
Decatur County Schools is the public school system of Decatur County. We are the public, and we give what no one else can.
We bring together students from across our community and provide opportunities through Academics, Arts, and Athletics that allow them to discover their strengths, develop their talents, find where they belong, and prepare for what comes next.
And what comes next matters to all of us.
The students in our schools today are the workforce, business owners, educators, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, leaders, and neighbors of tomorrow. When we invest in their education and their opportunities, we are investing in the future of Bainbridge and Decatur County.
That is why the relationship between our public schools and our community matters. Thank you to our teachers, staff, administrators, students, families, Chamber members, local businesses, and community partners who continue to invest in our students and believe in what we can accomplish together.
We invite our business community to stay engaged, stay connected, and continue creating opportunities alongside us.
Strong public schools help build a strong workforce, a strong economy, and a strong Bainbridge.
WE are students.
WE are educators.
WE are families.
WE are businesses.
WE are community partners.
Together, WE Are Bainbridge.
It’s a great day to be a Bearcat!
#WEAreBainbridge #TheBearcatWay #BearcatPride #DecaturCountySchools
Last week, Decatur County Schools had the privilege of presenting the September Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, and what a great day it was to be a Bearcat!
From the moment guests arrived, The Bearcat Way was on full display.
BHS Band students welcomed guests outside the Kirbo Center. Buddy the Bearcat greeted attendees. Student ambassadors welcomed and directed guests, served and assisted in the food line, and interacted directly with Chamber members and community leaders. RobotCat was in the lobby shaking hands and showcasing technology. Throughout the luncheon, images and stories of our students and schools filled the screens.
Every part of the experience had a purpose: to show, not just tell, what it means to be a Bearcat.
Our students were serving, performing, demonstrating technology, connecting with business leaders, and sharing the talents and skills they are developing every day.
Decatur County Schools is the public school system of Decatur County. We are the public, and we give what no one else can.
We bring together students from across our community and provide opportunities through Academics, Arts, and Athletics that allow them to discover their strengths, develop their talents, find where they belong, and prepare for what comes next.
And what comes next matters to all of us.
The students in our schools today are the workforce, business owners, educators, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, leaders, and neighbors of tomorrow. When we invest in their education and their opportunities, we are investing in the future of Bainbridge and Decatur County.
That is why the relationship between our public schools and our community matters. Thank you to our teachers, staff, administrators, students, families, Chamber members, local businesses, and community partners who continue to invest in our students and believe in what we can accomplish together.
We invite our business community to stay engaged, stay connected, and continue creating opportunities alongside us.
Strong public schools help build a strong workforce, a strong economy, and a strong Bainbridge.
WE are students.
WE are educators.
WE are families.
WE are businesses.
WE are community partners.
Together, WE Are Bainbridge.
It’s a great day to be a Bearcat!
#WEAreBainbridge #TheBearcatWay #BearcatPride #DecaturCountySchools
Recently, Decatur County Schools took On the Road to Attapulgus, bringing Board of Education members, district leaders, school administrators, and community leaders together for an evening of connection and conversation.
On the Road is all about taking Decatur County Schools beyond the walls of our schools and district office and into the communities we serve. It’s an opportunity for our families and community members to connect with district leadership, learn more about our schools and programs, ask questions, and strengthen the relationships that help our students and schools thrive.
A special thank you to Dr. Crycynthia Gardner, Parent & Family Engagement Coordinator, for coordinating this event and helping create another opportunity for our district to connect with the families and communities we serve. 💜💛
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Attapulgus and to Decatur County Nutrition for providing Grab & Go meals for the evening!
We enjoyed spending time with our Attapulgus community🚌🐾
#DecaturCountySchools #OnTheRoad #TheBearcatWay #BearcatPride #FamilyEngagement
On the Road is all about taking Decatur County Schools beyond the walls of our schools and district office and into the communities we serve. It’s an opportunity for our families and community members to connect with district leadership, learn more about our schools and programs, ask questions, and strengthen the relationships that help our students and schools thrive.
A special thank you to Dr. Crycynthia Gardner, Parent & Family Engagement Coordinator, for coordinating this event and helping create another opportunity for our district to connect with the families and communities we serve. 💜💛
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Attapulgus and to Decatur County Nutrition for providing Grab & Go meals for the evening!
We enjoyed spending time with our Attapulgus community🚌🐾
#DecaturCountySchools #OnTheRoad #TheBearcatWay #BearcatPride #FamilyEngagement
The BHS Lady Cats Volleyball team is Serving Up Breast Cancer Awareness early this year! This cause that is near & dear to them, they want to Honor & Celebrate any Survivors.
Grab a Pink shirt & come out to Cheer on the Lady Cats & Survivors!
Grab a Pink shirt & come out to Cheer on the Lady Cats & Survivors!
