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Volunteers teach Atlanta students with Project for a Day event

By Mark Niesse
Oct 23, 2013

Volunteers from business and community organizations will work on learning projects in Atlanta public schools Thursday to encourage students to stay in school and go on to become successful members of the workforce.

The event, sponsored by Atlanta Partners for Education, includes activities such as helping students complete college applications, teaching them to create their own formula for a carbonated drink and providing information about potential careers.

The activities will take place in all of the city’s public schools, with volunteers from IBM, Gas South, The Zeist Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and others.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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