Brookwood High School teacher Cindy Quinlan was awarded the 39th annual Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. She will receive $7,500. Quinlan was one of 12 U.S. educators winning the award, presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Washington, D.C. Quinlan earned it for a program she leads, The Brookwood Entrepreneurship Program, which teaches skills that improve students' employability in an uncertain economy. Students are shown how to create their own earning opportunity in the spirit of self-employment. They also have the opportunity to start their own small business by the end of their 10th-grade year. The students also are part of the "Entrepreneurship Alliance" with the City of Snellville. Each student business is provided a local entrepreneur mentor who volunteers to be a guest speaker, works with students in developing their businesses and prepares students to pitch their business startups successfully.
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