Best in class for Oct. 26
Five metro Atlanta schools are among more than 250 across the nation to receive recognition from former President Bill Clinton and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The schools were recongized for their efforts in bringing awareness to childhood obesity. They are: Beecher Hills and Parkside elementary schools in Atlanta; High Point and Oakley elementary schools and Langston Hughes High School in Fulton County. These schools have healthy eating and physical activity programs and policies that meet or exceed standards set by the Healthy Schools Program.
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Nick Pallas and Lauren Spratte are recipients of the $1,000 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship. Pallas and Spratte have worked for the Chick-fil-A Northlake Festival location for more than four years. Pallas, a finance major at Georgia State University, expects to graduate in 2014. Spratte is a marketing major and will graduate from the University of Georgia this spring. Since the program's inception, more than 30,000 employees have received scholarships totalling $30.5 million. As Leadership Scholarship winners, Pallas and Spratte are eligible for the Chick-fil-A S. Truett Cathy Scholar Award, which provides an additional $1,000 scholarship to the top 25 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship recipients each year.
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As a fifth grader at DeKalb's Dunwoody Elementary, Carol Zhou was recognized nationally with a second place win in the Coastal America Art Contest. Carol recently picked up her award at the Georgia Aquarium, even though she earned the award last year. Sixteen students from kindergarten to college were recognized for their artwork that reflected one of the seven key principles of ocean literacy. The winning students were invited to Washington, D.C. for a celebration and exhibition. But since Carol wasn't able to attend the ceremonies there she took part in a celebration for the Georgia Aquarium's new interactive kiosk and display, donated by Coastal America. Carol and her former art teacher at Dunwoody Elementary School, Laura Fleury-Bell, also got a behind the scenes tour of the Aquarium. Carol is now a sixth grader at Peachtree Middle School.
