Best in class: 3 Georgia teachers honored for teaching innovation
Gov. Nathan Deal announced this week that three teachers are winners in round one of the Innovation in Teaching Competition, which rewards those who demonstrate innovative strategies in language arts and math.
The winners are Sarah Welch, who teaches ninth grade literature and composition at Fannin County High School; Charles Trader, who teaches eighth grade math at St. Mary's Middle School in Camden County; and Amanda Cavin, who teaches first grade gifted, math and English language arts at Union Grove Elementary in Henry County.
Winning teachers receive a $2,000 stipend, and their schools get a $5,000 grant.
Deal said classroom teachers have the biggest impact on student learning, and these award winners serve as an example of effective and engaging teachers.
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Woodward Academy fourth grader Vishal Sareddy recently won first place in the Junior Geography contest of the Georgraphy Bee National Finals by the North South Foundation.
Sareddy, who attends the Woodward North campus in Johns Creek, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship that’s redeemable in his freshman year of college.
The North South Foundation’s educational contests are designed to encourage academic excellence among Indian American children through both regional and national competitions.
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Juanita Londono of Marietta High School recently earned the Distinguished Cadet Award, the highest award presented at the Summer Leadership School at Converse College.
Londono was one of 28 cadets from Marietta High’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps who attended the Summer Leadership School.
Twelve of the Marietta cadets received top awards.
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Seven students who attend Atlanta colleges or who are from Atlanta recently completed the Black Retail Action Group’s 2013 summer internship program.
They are Jerrell Barnes of Clark Atlanta University, Cornell England of Morehouse College, Jalisa Jones of Spelman College, Marcus Riggs of Georgia State University, Jamie Williams of Spelman College and Atlanta natives Ade Lawal of Columbia University and Jackson Willis of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
The students interned at companies including Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s.
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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.
