Citizen of the Week

Published 10:35 am Monday, April 30, 2007

The transition from elementary school to middle school can be tough for students. One Dalton Middle School teacher volunteers to ease the transition.

Kevin Keylon organizes the “Cougar Countdown,” a task she does outside her normal duties as a sixth-grade social studies teacher at Dalton Middle School. The Cougar Countdown brings fifth-grade students to the middle school for a day to learn more about what they will experience as sixth-graders.

“For the past two years, this special event has been anticipated by every fifth-grader in the Dalton Public School System,” said Debbie Carnes, who nominated Keylon. “She does not get paid extra for this.”

Keylon organizes a pep session, scavenger hunts throughout the school and a Cougar store with Dalton Middle School items.

“She also organizes and trains peer helpers who assisted the fifth-grade students with tours of the school as well as question and answer sessions,” Carnes said. “Kevin manages to do these things with patience and a smile on her face at all times. Kevin’s tireless work, exceptional creativity and abundant energy have helped to make this day informative, educational and entertaining for rising sixth-grade students.”

For her volunteer effort at Dalton Middle School, The Daily Citizen names Kevin Keylon as its Citizen of the Week.