We are pleased to announce that the Butts County Board of Education and the Family Enrichment Center  will partner with Butts County Public Library and Donn V. Taylor, the Library Branch Manager, to share a corner space to use as our Title I District Family Resource Center.  Cochran Library has agreed to designate this section of the library for our Butts County District Title I Parent Involvement resources.   We will house our Title I Parent Involvement books and DVDs, sample textbooks provided by the schools, and free pamphlets and flyers for parents and students.  We will also announce parent involvement workshops and activities offered in our schools and for the district on the bulletin board above our bookshelf.   This initiative was conceived during a District Title I Parent Task Force Meeting discussion in August by our Title I parent and grandparent, Gwendolyn Parks, and approved by Mr. Robert Costley, Butts Board of Education Superintendent.   Dr. Sheree Bryant; Associate Superintendent for Instruction;  Dr. Melinda Ellis, Deputy Superintendent ; Duane Kline, Director of Operations; Melissa Morris, Program Director of the Butts County Family Enrichment Center; Dianne Davis, Title I District Title I Director; Anna Arnold, Title I Parent Coordinator; and representatives from our District Title I Parent Task Force will host our Grand Opening on May 10^th at 2:00 PM.    

Welcome to Stark Elementary School "HOME OF THE EAGLES!"

The Title l annual review of the CLIP and all Parental Involvement Policies and School Parent Compacts will be held on Tuesday,May 29, 2012.  The meeting will take place at the Ernest Battle Building from 10:00 AM until noon.  We will discuss funding and possible suggestions for involving more parents in our schools.  RSVP to the school by sending an email to hodgesj@butts.k12.ga.us, call 770-775-9470 or send a FAX to 770-775-9478.

Welcome to Stark Elementary School! 

I am truly honored to be named Principal of such a wonderful school.  I have been an educator for 15 years.  During this time, I was the Assistant Principal of Stark Elementary, formerly North Mulberry Elementary, for six years.  Prior to that, I taught Physical Science and Biology at Jackson High School.  My wife of 17 years is Tracie Vander Ven.  We have a 16 year old daughter, Adrianna and an 11 year old son, Caleb.

I look forward to many productive years here at Stark working with an energetic and determined faculty who are committed to the success of all students.  I greatly appreciate the support of our parents and community and hope you share my desire to work cooperatively toward the continued success of our school.

Thank you,

Derek Vander Ven
Principal

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• North Mulberry Elementary Was Renamed Stark Elementary in 2008.
• North Mulberry Elementary School was recognized as a "Pay for Performance" school for the years 2002-03 and 2003-04.
• "Distinguished Title I" school in 2004 for meeting Adequate Yearly Progress(AYP) for 3 years.
• "Distinguished Title I" school in 2005 and received $12,492.00 for meeting Adequate Yearly Progress(AYP) for 4 years.

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Please save any Campbell's product labels, Coke products caps, ink cartridges, Box Tops, and old cell phones for our school.  We will redeem these for items needed for our school.  Please turn these in to the media center.   Pop Secret popcorn and BIC stationery products have been added to the Campbell labels..  Please save the UPC codes for these products along with Campbell soup labels.  Thank You for participating.

Teacher of the Year
Mrs. Nancy Hamlin is Stark Elementary's

eChalk Mobile is Here!
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