Gwinnett Technical College received a $50,000 grant to plan more than 1,000 trees, shrubs and grasses near a portion of State Road 316. The Georgia Department of Transportation gave the GATEway Grant to the school, and the plants will begin being planted this fall.
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A Marietta teacher attended the week-long Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, a professional development program of third- through fifth-grade teachers. Naomi Beverly, a teacher at Park Street Elementary, was selected by math and science experts to attend the program.
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Assistant Superintendent for Special Student Services in Cobb County Carol Seay was named the 2014 Georgia School Counselors Association Advocate of the Year. She will be recognized in November at a conference in Augusta.
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A teacher in Cobb County was awarded the National Association for Gifted Children A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Scholarship. Teresa Reddish, teacher at Clay Elementary School, was chosen for her dedication and success in teaching gifted students. The scholarship provides money for or reimburses teachers to further their teaching skills.
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Cobb County Schools was awarded a GaDER (Georgia Diesel Emissions Reduction) Gold Award by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. The award is given to schools systems that reduced emissions in 26-75 percent of their school bus fleet.
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Gwinnett County Public Schools received a GaDER Gold Award from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for reducing the emissions in its bus fleet.
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Students, teachers and staff in Forsyth County participated in Project Connect on July 31. The group provided students in the Central Cluster with school supplies and information about being successful in school. The volunteers distributed 650 book bags thanks to donations from the United Way and other area organizations.
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A teacher in Henry County was named Georgia History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Eagle's Landing High School teacher Nina Kendall is eligible to be named National History Teacher of the Year. She also won $1,000, as well as books and resources for her school.
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Hall County Schools received a GaDER Green Award from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. The district was awarded for reducing emissions in 25 percent or less of its bus fleet.
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