Education
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Athens-Clarke County
Local Government Funds Helps Montessori School Stay Afloat During the Pandemic
Dana Butler has been the owner and lead instructor at the Inspiring Minds Montessori Pre-School for the past 16 1/2 years. Over the years, Dana and her husband, John, who serves as the business manager for the school, helped educate hundreds of children from all over the world, but since…
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Education
Jackson County Library Provides Stable Environment For Digital Learners
Duncan Reynolds, a student at East Jackson Comprehensive High School, has not yet gone back to school in person. Lately, he has been doing the majority of his schoolwork at his local library in Nicholson. Harold S. Swindle Public Library in Jackson County offers Wi-Fi and a productive environment for…
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Athens-Clarke County
Teachers Navigate Self-Expression In Era of Zoom, Social Movements
Traditional classrooms have turned into scheduled Zoom calls, and in 2020 when social and political movements are on the rise, teachers must navigate what they are allowed to express in a classroom environment, especially when there are additional ears listening besides students. In August 2020, at Alton C. Crews Middle…
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Athens-Clarke County
A Community Rewired: How Clarke County is Providing WiFi Access to Virtual Learners
With no option for in-person learning, WiFi access can be a problem for students in Clarke County schools, but the Clarke County School District and the city of Athens are working together to address this issue. The Clarke County School District and the Athens Area County Chamber of Commerce have…
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Barrow County
Barrow Parents’ Preferences on In-Person, Distance Learning Vary
The Barrow County School System returned to in-person classes on Sept. 8 to the relief of parents whose children experienced difficulties with digital learning. Parents also had the option to continue distance learning. The school system chose to start classes virtually this semester after more than 90 staff members were…
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COVID-19 Coverage
Art Lessons in Minecraft: How Liberty County Schools Are Pivoting To Online Learning
Core classes like English or math translate relatively easily from classroom to computer. “Connection classes,” like art and band, require a little reworking in order to successfully make that transition. Liberty County, Georgia, is experiencing these transitions with all of their courses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the county…
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Athens-Clarke County
Community Rallies to Feed Athens’ Students
With no more than a week of preparation, faculty and staff of the Athens-Clarke County school district are now feeding thousands of children across the county. Ethan Monteagudo is a senior majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Schools Focus on Georgia Grown Foods
The Jackson County School System is partnering with Georgia farmers to bring fresh foods to the children of the county. Some of those farms are less than a mile from the schools so there is something locally grown on the school menu every day. Farm-to-school foods are important to the Jackson…
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Education
Program In Jackson County Provides Mentorship To Kids In Need
An organization in Jackson County, Georgia, is trying to help students find meaningful relationships outside of their homes. Legacy Youth Mentoring partners, a friendship-based, in-school, youth mentoring program partners with Jackson County, the city of Jefferson and Commerce City School systems to provide mentorship to children in need. Right now…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke County Library Presents New Community Volunteer Program at Cedar Shoals High School
If you can empower young high school girls to lead, one group says you are needed. The B.E.E. Club Inc. is looking for active volunteers in the community who can mentor and guide female students at Cedar Shoals High Schools for the club’s new program called B.E.E. Engaged. The new…