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DeKalb County kids are back in school next week. Here's how to throw a great classroom party to get them back in the swing.

Email: jonathan.cribbs@patch.com
Phone: 678-490-6497
Hometown: Owings, Md.
Birthday: Aug. 2
Bio: I moved to the Atlanta metro area in 2008 and freelanced for several publications before The Champion Newspaper in Decatur hired me to cover the news in DeKalb County in 2009. I joined Patch in October 2010.
I live in the North Druid Hills community and have worked for daily and weekly newspapers in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas. I graduated from the University of Maryland in 2005 with a degree in English Language and Literature, a wonderful field of study that will challenge and engage you even as it lays the groundwork for your future unemployment. (But you'll know how to chart our nation's secular transformation from the works of Charles Brockden Brown to Seinfeld. FYI: Moby Dick is a turning point.)
I grew up in southern Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay. I'm a huge ice hockey fan and played the sport through middle and high school. I also love movies and own a somewhat sad collection of more than 500 movies.
As a journalist, I've covered everything from large national stories (the Washington, D.C., snipers in 2003) to the smallest story you can think of, including pizza day at Lady's Island Elementary School in Beaufort, S.C.
DeKalb County kids are back in school next week. Here's how to throw a great classroom party to get them back in the swing.

New academic and athletic facilities should be completed by December.
The incident occurred at North Shallowford Road and Peachtree Boulevard early Wednesday morning.
A list of things going on in and around the Brookhaven area this week.
The local NPR affiliate featured the park in the Medlock community.
A list of things going on in or around the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area this week.
The top five stories from the previous week in Brookhaven Patch.
The top five stories from the previous week in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch.
A summary of the new city department's first 48 hours.
The vote will be held at Druid Hills High School on Aug. 13.
Samantha Power, a 1988 graduate of Lakeside High School, was confirmed with an 87-10 vote Thursday.
A list of things going on this weekend in and around the Brookhaven area.
A list of things going on this weekend in and around the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area.
The city debuted the new 54-officer department before the public at Town Brookhaven on Wednesday morning.
The county also needs to provide voters with "unbiased" cityhood data, Lee May said last week.