Cherokee County Community,
On Thursday, March 7, I will officially begin my service to you and our community as your next Superintendent of Schools.
As I shared with you last month, my first priority is to engage with our community – with our students and their families, our educators and support staff, and our community partners.
Last week, I began that engagement by meeting with our Principals, district leadership and parent leaders. On Saturday, I attended the CCSD teacher job fair, where I met more school administrators and teacher leaders, as well as potential future CCSD teachers.
Through these experiences, my excitement about joining the CCSD family has only grown. The pride everyone feels in our schools and community is contagious, and I’m incredibly thankful for the warm welcome that has been extended to me already.
I am dedicated to a process of active listening, learning from the community and leading with a strategic vision that enhances our district’s legacy of excellence. My leadership approach is centered on collaborative engagement, innovation in education and fostering a culture where every member of our community can succeed.
My goal for my first 100 days that begins Thursday is to “Listen to understand, Lean-in to remember, and Learn to Lead.” I’ll start that journey by visiting all of our schools this month to see teaching and learning in action and to begin getting to know as many of our students and teachers as I can. At the same time, I’ll be meeting with parents and community partners to listen and learn from them as well.
I can’t wait to begin this important work of honoring the district’s commendable achievements and realizing our shared aspirations for the future.
100 Day Plan (link)
Connecting with Community
- Day One
- Week One
- Month One
Day One
Events and visits
- Good Morning Cherokee Breakfast, Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce
- Teasley MS
- Macedonia ES
- Sequoyah HS
- Johnston ES and Preschool
- Woodstock ES
- Bus Shop I (Woodstock)
- Etowah HS
- E.T. Booth MS
- Swearing-in ceremony at Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo Educational Services Facility
- Cherokee HS (girls varsity lacrosse game vs. WHS)
Mary Elizabeth Davis today, March 7, 2024, began her service to Cherokee County as our new Superintendent of Schools.
True to her 100-day plan’s mission -- “Listen to understand, Lean-in to remember, and Learn to Lead” – Mary Elizabeth spent her first day visiting schools and meeting students, teachers and support staff, families and business and community partners.
Over the course of the day, she visited a school in every one of CCSD’s six Innovation Zones and saw students learning in 15 classes across the district. Mary Elizabeth heard band students play and kindergarteners sing phonics songs. She shot hoops in PE class and stacked blocks for frogs to hop in the STEAM lab. Mary Elizabeth climbed aboard a school bus, went behind the scenes in video production class, shared lunchtime in the cafeteria and saw how CCSD students are learning to read, write, solve math problems, learn history, explore science, express creativity, succeed in careers and much more.
Mary Elizabeth started her day even earlier than the first bell for school by attending the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce’s Good Morning Cherokee breakfast. She ended it long after dismissal by cheering on, with her husband and their two children, both the Cherokee High School Warriors and the Woodstock High School Wolverines at their girls lacrosse match.
“I love the first day of school and the incredible excitement it brings. Today gave me that feeling thanks to the amazing people I met at every school,” she said. “I’m so thankful to now be a part of our school district and look forward to the next chapter in this story that we will write together.”
Mary Elizabeth will be visiting all of CCSD’s schools this month, and we’ll share more photos on this webpageand social media.
Day 1 for Mary Elizabeth Davis video
Week One
Day 2
Events and Visits
- Hickory Flat ES
- Meetings at ESF
- Hasty ES Fine Arts Academy
- Knox ES STEM Academy
- ACTIVE Academies
- Creekview HS
- Meetings with Community Partners
- Ball Ground ES STEM Academy
narrative
Cherokee County Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis spent her second day on the job visiting more of CCSD’s schools and meeting students, teachers and staff, families and community partners. This slideshow of photos and videos shares some of the joy from her continuing journey.
Video
Day2forMaryElizabethDavis.mp4
Day 2 for Mary Elizabeth Davis
Month One
Superintendent's Cabinet
Superintendent's Organizational Chart
