Bragbook for Nov. 8

Gyimah Whitaker, area superintendent of Fulton County Schools South Learning Community; Chelsea Montgomery, executive director of counseling, psychological, and social work for Fulton County Schools; Langston Hughes High principal Charles Chester; Creekside High principal Frankie Pollock, and Banneker assistant principal Ramon Garner have been accepted into the Harvard Institute's Proving Ground Multi-Day Summit to be held November 19-22. The initiative is part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. The learning opportunity will provide strategies toward solving one of the most pressing problems educators face: chronic absenteeism.

Johns Creek High School had two major wins at the Bright Spark Invention Challenge competition in October. Junior Adi Bora won Best Overall High for his "Independence 1000." He created his invention to help a fellow schoolmate with cerebral palsy to exercise his hand muscles so he will be able to one day operate a motorized wheelchair. Additionally, a team of five seniors created a prototype called the "Life Protector," a device designed to help prevent hot car deaths in children and pets. Sagar Patel, Tyler Watson, Daniel Cooper, Ben Kleiner and Thomas Tostenson, researched models on the market and based their design on cost and accessibility.

McNair Middle School sixth grade student Jaidah Bienaimie was awarded first place in the 2019 Governor's Red Ribbon Poster contest.