Country Financial Agency Managers Hermon Mason and Kyle Hosick can attest that you never know when a community need will land in front of the right pair of eyes. Many schools have turned off their water fountains to stop the potential spread of COVID germs, and students are asked to bring their own water bottle to school. Country Financial saw the need for bottled water and responded immediately.

PIE is pleased that the latest edition of GreyStone Power Corporation's Power Line Podcast focuses on ways GreyStone Power gives back to schools in the company's service area. The podcast also shares ways other businesses and organizations can partner with schools.

Congratulations to Partners in Education Board Chair Lyndsey Sargent for winning the Spirit Award from the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce!

The principals of all 35 schools hosted a "Principal 4 A Day" recently! The annual event allows community members to learn more about our schools. It is sponsored by Partners in Education and the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce.

The Alpha Phi Alpha - Rho Pi Lambda Chapter, along with Community Teen Coalition, 100 Black Men of Douglasville (a Partner in Education) and the Douglasville Parks and Recreation Department, are offering a family food box giveaway on March 27 at Hunter Park from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

While PIE works to give all it can to teachers and students, a small budget is needed for operations, promotions, partner and school recognitions, and handling emergency requests on behalf of students when we're unable to match the requests with partners. March 14 is pi (3.14) day, but we're calling it PIE Day and claiming it as our own! Join us on PIE Day and all week leading up to it by participating in a micro fundraiser.

Students at Chapel Hill High School (CHHS) recently experienced ‘real work’ where they not only designed a structure, but built it themselves, along with a little help from several Partners in Education. The CHHS Play House project is a collaborative effort with our Partners in Education and the Douglas County Home Builders Association.

Thanks to numerous businesses and organizations, many of whom are Partners in Education, around 1,800 high school students in the Douglas County School System now have firsthand knowledge of various professions and potential employers.

Bring your friends and family to Taco Mac on March 14 as we celebrate our version of PIE Day! Taco Mac will give PIE a portion of all receipts received from opening time at 11:00 am until closing at 11:30 pm. Come by. Hang out. Have fun. Raise money!

Attention past, present, and future partners! Please join us on March 26 for our virtual “Tour of Schools” featuring the amazing students and staff of Stewart Middle School.

Ever wonder how principals keep their schools running, their staff happy, and their students engaged? Principal 4 a Day is your opportunity to find out!

Several local organizations and individuals, including Partners in Education, have made generous financial and product donations designed to keep students and their families safe as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. 1,000 COVID Care Kits are being packed at Douglas County School System’s Central Office and will be delivered to every District school.

The farm families of Cabot Creamery Co-operative know that public school teachers and staff are working harder than ever to ensure that students continue to grow and learn! To say thank you, the co-op gave away 190 gift boxes filled with delightful treats!

Partners in Education is pleased to welcome two business leaders to its volunteer governing board, Chris Rentz and Andrew Jordan. Rentz is an associate broker with Pioneer Residential | Pioneer Land Group, and Jordan is a partner and CPA at Connally, Jordan & Associates, P.C. CPA.

A generous $10,000 grant from Medline will help deliver vital COVID Care Kits to Douglas County students. Communities in Schools of Douglas County and Partners in Education of Douglas County joined forces to leverage the grant designed to provide safety to students on the go during the current COVID-19 crisis.

Congratulations to Mirror Lake Elementary, South Douglas Elementary, Mason Creek Middle, and Douglas County High Schools on winning last month's rain barrel competition!

On December 16, Superintendent Trent North made a visit to all 35 schools where he honored the Teachers of the Year with a $250 Kroger gift card to be used on behalf of their students or grade level. The cards are made possible by a donation from Kroger through the company’s annual Teacher Supply Giveaway and the Douglas County Board of Education.

Thanks to generous community philanthropists who want to remain anonymous, Mount Carmel Elementary School was able to give away boxes of non-perishable food the week before winter break began.

Thank you to First Presbyterian Church for generously joining Partners in Education's initiative to create 3,500 COVID care and prevention kits for at-risk students in District schools.

Thousands of community members have cast votes for the best decorated barrels, and you can, too! To make art and water education fun for schools and to involve the entire community, the Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) has partnered with the Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/Douglas County (CAC) and the school system on a rain barrel project.

Hightower Family Funeral Homes, a longtime Partner in Education with the Douglas County College & Career Institute (CCI), recently delivered a number of cases of water to CCI.

With the majority of students participating in digital learning, earbuds and head phones are in great need. When MembersFirst Credit Union found out Mirror Lake Elementary School had earbuds on their Wish List, the partner responded with a donation of 70 earbuds!

Have you heard? You can now support Douglas County Partners In Education through the AmazonSmile program! You shop ~ AmazonSmile gives to PIE!

By registering your Rewards card with PIE, Kroger will make a donation to PIE every time you shop! Linking your card to PIE will not change your gas rewards and coupon offerings.

The Mirror Lake Elementary School Golden Garden is about much more than growing vegetables. In the years since the first soil was tilled and seeds were planted, the Golden Garden, along with help from partners, has grown and blossomed in many unexpected ways!

Through First Presbyterian Church’s "For Our Teachers" initiative, over 60 teachers in Douglas County were blessed with gifts, prayers and notes of support last week.

An exciting rain barrel project sponsored by the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (WSA) and the Cultural Arts Council (CAC) will help students show off their artistic and creative talents and learn about water conservation efforts.

As long as there are coronavirus-related concerns, school water fountains will remain closed. GreyStone Power Corporation is making sure students at Beulah Elementary School stay hydrated!

We appreciate Target for generously donating school supplies to students and staff at Arbor Station Elementary School.

Anchor Heating & Air Co. is a great Partner in Education to Arbor Station Elementary School -- supporting both staff and students at the school.

Keep It Moving Yoga & Barre recently provided breakfast for staff at two schools. The yoga studio also sponsors the Special Needs Strong program for school system staff and families.

Thanks to a generous donation from Douglas Smith, Turner Middle School was able to purchase almost 700 desk shields to help keep students and staff safe during the coronavirus pandemic and flu season.

School water fountains are unavailable right now as a coronavirus-related precaution. Thank you to our partner for keeping students hydrated and focused on learning!

Thank you to Papa John's Pizza for providing a card for discounts and free menu items to every teacher in the Douglas County School System.

The Partners in Education (PIE) program helps identify caring adults who are interested in serving as mentors and connects them with Communities in Schools (CIS), a school-based organization that empowers at-risk students to succeed inside and outside the classroom and to stay in school through graduation.

Douglas County Farm Bureau and LifeGate Church are helping Mirror Lake Elementary School kickoff the 2020-2021 school year.

Thank you to Partner in Education Connally, Jordan & Associates for recognizing all school system Teachers of the Year, something the firm has done the past several years!

Volunteers comprising the boards for PIE and Douglas CORE met last Friday for a planning retreat led by Bob Kucher, vice president for partnerships and programs at PENCIL. PENCIL serves public schools in the Nashville, TN area and is very successful at building strong, active business and faith-based partnerships with schools.

School System staff are asked to like and share the PIE Facebook page to help spread the word about the great work of PIE. Participants will be eligible for a drawing for 16-$25 Target gift cards.

First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville organized a prayer project that had over 60 people scattered on the campuses of every secondary school in the county the weekend before the start of the 2020-2021 school year. The purpose: praying for a safe and successful school year.

Thank you to West Metro Church of God for providing snacks to Douglas County High School during pre-planning.

Churches in our community have been particularly thoughtful of schools as preparations are finalized for kicking off the 2020-2021 school year. First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville partners with Eastside Elementary School and provided lunch and a prayer walk.

Thank you to First United Methodist Church of Douglasville, our faithful Partner in Education at Burnett Elementary School! The church provided a delicious breakfast and encouragement for the staff at Burnett to kickoff the new school year.

The Douglas County Chamber of Commerce recently focused on Partners in Education during "Chamber Connect Live." This informative segment is a great overview of PIE and its impact in schools.

This year, PIE began a Partners of Excellence awards program to recognize businesses, religious organizations and other non-profit organizations that go above and beyond serving schools.

Lynn Dunaway and Debbie Wolfe have joined PIE's leadership Board. They will work to build mutually beneficial partnerships between the business community and schools.

Ms. Baker recently retired from Chapel Hill High School. She knows from firsthand experience the importance of community and school partnerships and will be a great asset as PIE works to increase and strengthen those partnerships.

For several years, Douglasville FUMC has been delivering bags of food weekly to Factory Shoals Elementary School for students in need.

Thank you to PIE partner Chapelhill Church for providing meals during spring break.

The Douglas County School System has added the Raptor Visitor Management System for an extra layer of security at all schools. Checking-in through the system is quick and easy and ensures the safety of our students.

Every second grade student at New Manchester Elementary was able to select a book to keep at the annual Book Brigade event sponsored by the Junior League of Douglas County.

Congratulations to PIE Board Members Vonda Thorpe and Patty Wenck for being recognized at the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce's Winter Ball.

The donation represents record-setting proceeds from the 16th annual DaySpring 5K run sponsored by the church.

At Dorsett Shoals Elementary School (DSES), weather is a hot topic every day. Through a grant provided by the Douglas County Education Foundation, a Partner in Education, the Weather Wiz Kids program provides tools for students to learn about the weather.

Sweetwater Elementary School received a donation of brand new books and toys from Arbor Place Books-A-Million!

Partners in Education at AWES were very good to teachers and students in December.

Tyler Johnson, a 6th grader at Mason Creek Middle School, was recognized in December at the Georgia State Capitol and at a Douglasville Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority board meeting, for writing a winning essay on the topic “How do you value water?”

Believers Harvest Church replenishes school supplies mid-year at NMHS.

Lithia Springs High School students taking Advanced Placement Environmental Science from Antoine Philidor and Brandie Jones recently enjoyed a field trip to the Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority.

Pioneer Residential provided a delicious breakfast for staff at Bright Star Elementary School.

Partners in Education (PIE) has enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards Program. By registering your Rewards card with PIE, Kroger will make a donation to PIE every time you shop!

North Douglas Elementary School is taking the time to spotlight each of their Partners in Education during faculty meetings this year. "They support our scholars, so our community needs to support them." Principal Karna Kelly

Company donates backpacks and school supplies to students.

PIE recently kicked off the 2019-2020 school year with an ice cream social attended by business, community, and school system leaders.

Business, organization, and school system leaders met on June 4, 2019 to celebrate a successful year as partners in education.

North Douglas Elementary School (NDES) recently invited their Partners in Education (PIE) to an appreciation breakfast and planning meeting at the school.

DWSA Donates School Mobile Water Lab