Ernest L. Brown, Jr. is one of 300 college students from around the world selected to participate in the General Course at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The 101-year-old study abroad program gives students a chance to focus on social sciences. Brown is a third-year Robert W. Woodruff and Robert C. Byrd Scholar at Emory University, majoring in economics, political science and Arabic. He studied Arabic at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco in 2010. He is a 2009 graduate of Southwest DeKalb High School, where he was the salutatorian of the Magnet for High Achievers program.
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Arcado Elementary fourth grader Ryan Tay won highest honors in the Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge with a perfect score. Ryan is one of three students in the state and one of 108 students in the nation to achieve this level. Dawson Williams, Peter Fitzsimons, and Jackie Pham also achieved outstanding results. Students at the Gwinnett County school were coached by Dr. Kathy Dean. The WordMasters Challenge is an exercise in critical thinking. Students are encouraged to become familiar with a set of interesting new words and challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing logical relationships.
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Dr. Marcus Jackson, principal of Pointe South Elementary in Clayton County, is the author of a newly released children's book titled, "Because My Teacher Said I Can." The book focuses on the benefits of teacher praise and attention in response to working with students with learning and behavior problems. The 24-page book tells the story of a 7-year-old boy who is motivated to do his best because his teacher told him he was capable of doing so.
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Pamela Teems, a teacher at Etowah High School, was one of 40 teachers nationwide chosen to participate in a food science workshop developed by the Food & Drug Administration, National Science Teachers Association and the Graduate School USA. The week-long workshop for middle and high school teachers was held last summer in Washington, D.C. Teachers worked with scientists from FDA and conducted laboratory experiments at the University of Maryland to further increase their understanding of food science.
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