Agenda Item
g. Recognition: Barack H. Obama Elementary School Girls' Basketball Team ~ Updated 5.12.2025
Summary: Presented by: Mrs. Deirdre P. Pierce, Board Chair
RECOGNITION
Honoring Barack Obama Elementary School Girls’ Basketball Team
WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School District is dedicated to developing students academically and
athletically. Barack Obama Elementary School Girls’ Basketball Team has been committed to
working hard and representing DeKalb athletics; and
WHEREAS: Today, we want to celebrate the Barack Obama girls’ basketball team and coaches Marquel
Crowder and Kourtney Goines for winning the 2025 DeKalb County Elementary Girls’
Basketball Team.
THEREFORE: We, the DeKalb County Board of Education, acknowledge the outstanding athletic
accomplishments of the Barack Obama Elementary School Girls’ 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.