Community Calendar

The DeKalb County School District has announced 2025 Summer School Guidelines for DCHS to be held May 27 - June 6.

Parent Orientation will be May 15th from 4 pm to 5 pm

Please read before signing up:

(1) Summer school at DCHS is for students who fail a class or classes, who are eligible for credit recovery. No other students can attend.

(2) Credit recovery is for students who scored between 50 and 59 in a subject or multiple subjects.

(3) If your child meets this requirement, please sign him or her up for summer school.

(4) Teachers will be on staff during summer school to assist students with credit recovery.

(5) Students will not receive credit for the class until all of the work is completed and notes have been verified by a teacher. Credit cannot be given if a student does not take e-notes or paper notes.

(6) All school rules apply during summer school.

(7) Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided.

(8) Students who are brought to school will need to be dropped off in the middle school back parking lot and picked up there as well. Drivers will need to enter and leave from the middle school back parking lot also.

(10) Buses will also be provided for those that need it.

To sign up for summer school, please complete the following three pages, fill out all paperwork, and return it to the school by emailing it to emilywheeler@dekalbschools.net or by having your student drop it by the front office.

The Smithville Mayor and Aldermen will meet in regular monthly session Monday, May 5 at 6 p.m. at city hall. The agenda is as follows:

• Public Hearing for Hollinghead annexation request (Smyrna Ready Mix) on East Broad.

• 2nd Reading/ Public Hearing of Ordinance No. 532 amending current budget for sanitation vehicle

• Awarding bid for airline replacement at WWTP (sewer plant)

• 1st reading of Ordinance No. 533 amending the 2024-25 budget and adopting the 2025-26 City fiscal budget

Any other business properly brought before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen

THIS SATURDAY, May 3rd, a Mother’s Day Luncheon with 4 local speakers! Hosted by the Last Minute Toy Shop Charity at the DeKalb Co Community Complex in the Auditorium starting at 11:30am thru 1:30pm. Tickets are $20. Your ticket includes finger foods, drink, dessert; passionate guest speakers, and a start on your War Room Binder & Board. Enjoy Door Prizes, Games with prizes and fellowship with Moms, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts & Friends! Speaking will be: Billie Ann Tubbs-Trigueros, Beth Gill, Tara Hale and Wanda Redmon. Contact the Last Minute Toy Shop thru their Facebook page or any LMTS member or Angie Meadows @ the Smithville Review. 615-464-5056. Limited # of tickets for sale; tickets are not guaranteed to still be available at the door.

The annual decoration at Banks Cemetery in DeKalb County will be held May 30th, May31 stand June 1st 2025. Please plan to attend. Your support is needed to keep the cemetery properly maintained and kept looking nice. Someone will be onsite during decoration days to accept donations, or they may be mailed to:

Judy Miller McGee, Treasurer
1603 Banks Pisgah Road
Smithville, TN 37166

David Bratcher, President
9129 West Green Hill Road
Smithville, TN 37166

Bernard Houk, Vice-President
1085 Underhill Road
Smithville, TN 37166

The month of May is recognized nationally as Older Americans Month, a time when we acknowledge the vast contributions older adults make to their families, communities and the
nation.

Justin Potter Library is partnering with the Alexandria Activity Center and the Smithville Senior Center in hosting the Older Americans Day Celebration. The event will be held in the theatre area of the Mike Foster Multi-Purpose Center located at 712 S Congress Boulevard on Wednesday, May 14th. The vendor displays will be located in the gym area from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM with drawings for door prizes and entertainment to follow.

This year’s theme is “Flip the Script on Aging”. The featured entertainment will be the local ventriloquist, David Turner. They want to thank the local businesses and organizations for providing the door prizes, items for the goody bags and sack lunches for the older Americans to enjoy. Everyone who is an Older American is invited to this free event. For more information, call Justin Potter Library at 615-597-4359 visit us on Facebook, Instagram or our website at dekalblibraraies.net.

This year, the National Day of Prayer celebrates 73 years of prayer for America!

“We acknowledge how blessed we are to live in a country where, by law, every year on the first Thursday of May, our President proclaims a day of prayer for our nation,” said local minister Isaac Gray.

“The National Day of Prayer observance was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Truman,” said Gray. “Each year since then our president has called upon the citizens of our nation to pray, and in 1988 President Reagan established this day of prayer to be the First Thursday of May. The significance for us as a nation is that it enables us to recall and to teach the way in which our founders sought the wisdom of God when faced with critical challenges and decisions. It stands as a call for us to humbly come before God, seeking His guidance for our leaders and His grace upon us as a people”.

“Local pastors and churches would like to invite you to join with us, others from your community, and people from across our nation, as we plead for God’s mercy and guidance in our country,” Gray said.

Smithville will have a gathering on May 1, 6:30pm at Northside Elementary School gymnasium.

“We hope to see you there as we seek God together,” Gray concluded.

The DeKalb County Commission will meet in regular monthly session Monday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the auditorium of the county complex.

The agenda is as follows:

Call to Order

Invocation

The Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Public Comments

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Minutes

Financial Reports

Budget Amendments

Committee Reports

New Business:

Appointment of Committees

Appointment of Medical Examiner

Medical Examiner Policy

Annual Progress Report Solid Waste

County Policy and Procedures

Jail Discussion

Other Business

Notaries

Adjournment

University of Tennessee football coaching legend Phil Fulmer will be in DeKalb County next month at the 2nd Annual Man Up Dinner at Smithville First Baptist Church. The 2012 inductee into the College Coaches Hall of Fame will be the guest speaker for the event on Sunday, May 4. The dinner kicks off at 6:00 p.m. in the church’s LEC. Costs of the meal is free, but a $10 donation is suggested. A pre-dinner meet and greet with Coach Fulmer will begin at 5:00 p.m. and costs $30, which will cover the suggested meal donation. Anyone wanting to be part of the meet and greet will need to register at the church website, www.smithvillefbc.org.

You are invited to a Homecoming at Malone's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church , 6634 Walker Creek Rd. Alexandria on Sunday May 4th with Sunday School starting @ 10 a.m. then the Worship Service @11 a.m. with Brother Seth Presley. Lunch will follow the service and the day will conclude with singing by "The Glorylanders". The Revival will start on May 5th and end on May 9th with Brother Richard Harris holding the revival. Throughout the week will be the following singers -- Brady Driver , Alie Presley, Tristian Pope and Barbara Green. The nightly services will be at 7 p.m. All are welcome.

The Smithville Lions Club Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction will be held on April 26th at the DeKalb County Community Center from 7 to 10 am. Menu includes pancakes, freshly grilled sausage or bacon, eggs, fruit and orange juice, milk and coffee. Cost is $10 adults and children under 12 $6. Tickets can be purchased before event from Dr. Starla Meigs, and Vester Parsley or at the door. Our Silent Auction will have some great items for Mothers’ Day. All proceeds will be used to help citizens in DeKalb County.

World Vision Global 6K for Water

Saturday May 17 at DeKalb West School, 8am start time, 7:30 sign in opens

$50 registration

World Vision Global 6K for Water.

THIS SPRING, CHANGE A LIFE. Join thousands of people across the globe in our mission to bring life-changing clean water and fullness of life to children in communities around the world.

Walk, run or roll at the World Vision Global 6K for Water. Each registration provides lasting clean water to a child, like the child on
your race bib!

https://global6k.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=38051

Smithville Elementary and DeKalb West School will hold kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year on Friday, May 9, 2025.from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the County Complex for Smithville Elementary School students and from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. for DeKalb West School students at the school in Liberty. You must register for the school that you are zoned for. You can ask for an adjustment at a later date

Please bring COPIES of the following documents to Registration:

– Certified copy of the child’s birth certificate

– Current, up-to-date, physical examination and immunization record (These must be on a Tennessee Department of Health Certificate of Immunization, which can be obtained from your doctor’s office or the Health Department)

– Proof of residency for DeKalb County (i.e. gas/electric bill)

– Your child will need to attend. He/She will be assessed on this day.

* Children who register to attend kindergarten must turn five years old on or before August 15, 2025.

Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, cousins and lady friends, get your tickets now for the Last Minute Toy Shop’s event to be held on May 3, 2025 at the DeKalb County Complex auditorium from 11:30a-1:30p. Four guest speakers, including Wanda Redmon, Tara Hale, Billy Ann Tubbs-Trigueros, and Beth Gill will talk about standing together in prayer to fight the opposition, along with ideas of creating your own war board, war room or war binder. Tickets are $20, and include finger-foods, drink and desserts along with games and door prizes. Contact Angie Meadows 615-464-5056, or any LMTS volunteer for tickets. You can also visit the LMTS Facebook page. Tickets are limited, FCFS.

DCHS Summer School Guidelines

Smithville Mayor and Aldermen to Meet

Justin Potter Library May Storytime

Last Minute Toy Shop Mother’s Day Luncheon

The annual decoration at Banks Cemetery

45th Annual Older Americans Day Celebration

National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 1

D&D Knife Show

DeKalb County Commission Meeting

Smithville FBC 2nd Annual Man Up Dinner

DeKalb County Historical Society Monthly Meeting

Homecoming and Revival at Malone's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church

Liberty Mayor and Aldermen Special Meeting

Smithville Lions Club Annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction

Pomeroy Chapel Heritage Revival

World Vision Global 6K for Water

Smithville Elementary & DeKalb West Kindergarten Registration

County Commission Committee Meetings in April

Ladies Prayer Strategy Event

2024-25 DeKalb County School Calendar