Agenda Item
j. Recognition: Smoke Rise Elementary School Boys' Basketball Team ~ Updated 5.12.2025
Summary: Presented by: Ms. Allyson Gervertz, Vice Chair
RECOGNITION
Honoring Smoke Rise Elementary School Boys’ Basketball Team
WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School District is dedicated to developing students academically and
athletically. Smoke Rise Elementary Boys’ Basketball Team is committed to working hard and
representing DeKalb athletics; and
WHEREAS: Today, we want to celebrate the Smoke Rise Boys’ Basketball Team and Coach Rashid Scales
for winning the 2025 DeKalb County Elementary Boys’ Basketball title with a 34-32 over
Midvale Elementary; and
THEREFORE: We, the DeKalb County Board of Education, acknowledge the outstanding athletic
accomplishments of the Smoke Rise Elementary Boys’ Basketball Team for having achieved
one of the highest levels attainable by an elementary school basketball program. In official
recognition, we affix our signatures on this 12th day of May 2025.