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- Thursday, June 20, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Lee Johnson
More local teachers to retire early
Rose Barton was planning on working for a few more years. But her plans have very recently changed. Last month, the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia announced the repeal of its discretionary tax offset, used to balance the income tax charged to retirement benefits. "When I did the math, I saw that it was not to my advantage to continue working," said Barton, who is finishing her 30th year as an educator, 21 of which ...
Hall student is national poetry contest finalist
A Hall County eighth-grader's thirst for knowledge landed her behind a podium at the Library of Congress, speaking in front of international students and former poet laureates.
Flowery Branch senior named state STAR Student runner-up
A senior at Flowery Branch High School has soared to heights that only one other student in the state can claim.
Bee spells H-E-L-P for area literacy efforts
Redintegrate. Definition please? To make whole or complete again; restore to a perfect state; renew. Can you use it in a sentence please? There are people in the Gainesville-Hall County community who are actively trying to redintegrate literacy in adults. Redintegrate. R-E-D-I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-E. The Gainesville-Hall County Alliance for Literacy held its 21st Annual Spelling Bee on Tuesday night, where teams committed to that restoration were pitted against each other in a friendly spelling competition. But this ...
Class Notes: 3 Hall high schools may allow students from out of district
It is all but official. During Monday night's Hall County Board of Education meeting, another discussion on opening up Hall schools to out-of-district students surfaced and another step in approving the move was taken. Superintendent Will Schofield will deliver a proposal to the board to open up three county high schools to out-of-district, tuition-paying students. If approved, those students could attend the International Baccalaureate Diploma programs at Johnson High School, North Hall High School and ...
Media specialists create instructional hubs
A new breed of library warrants a new breed of librarian. Correction - media specialist. "This isn't your mother's library," said Will Schofield, Hall County Schools superintendent. Even five years ago, school libraries were just that: a place to check out books. Now schools boast media centers, making them the technological and informational hubs of the school And running those media centers are the new age librarians: the media specialists. Hall County staffs a media ...
Baer: ‘Keep learning yourself. Keep focused on the kids.’
Kristi Baer | Lakeview Academy The veteran science teacher can't be stagnant in the classroom. Actually, she prefers to be outside of it while teaching. "I think that's the great thing about teaching science is that it changes all the time - it's not stagnant at all," Kristi Baer said. "There's always new things being learned and discovered. That inquiry makes me motivated to continue that." Baer has been teaching since 1987, starting as a ...
Bagwell: ‘Every child can learn.’Debbie Bagwell Lyman Hall Elementary
Debbie Bagwell | Lyman Hall Elementary Influence can happen at an early age. Debbie Bagwell, a Hall County teacher since 1987, understands that. "I do like to see kids learn," she said. "I've always wanted to create independent thinkers." Her extensive resume includes piloting a multi-age class at Myers Elementary as well as a reading and writing workshop as a literacy model at South Hall Middle School. At Lyman Hall, she teaches fifth grade and ...
McDaniel: ‘Make it something that you’re sharing,’ not pushing
Michallene McDaniel | Gainesville State College Michallene McDaniel has been with Gainesville State for more than a decade but said she feels like she hasn't worked a day in her life. "I think, if my job was just to get across curriculum every day, I think that would not be terribly gratifying," she said. "But the fact that education has the ability to help transform people's lives is extraordinarily gratifying." She has been published ...
Watkins: ‘Every day I come here, I accomplish something.’
Dawn Watkins | Gainesville Middle Dawn Watkins is a different teacher. She has a different class. She's effective and the students can't contain themselves - just step foot into the robotics classroom. "If that child becomes a mechanical engineer then that will affect generations," she said. Watkins has been teaching for 27 years and teaches robotics and gifted science. Why did you choose teaching? "I always knew that I was going to teach something, ...
Paglia: ‘They’re kind of like unmolded clay.’
Marc Paglia | Riverside Military Academy Marc Paglia may not spend as much time in the classroom as he does directing athletics at Riverside, but witnessing the growth of the cadets still resonates with him. "You see these young men mature and grow intellectually as well as character wise," he said. "We have a big influence here." He has been at Riverside for 23 years and has taught math along with coaching swimming for ...
Grant: ‘You just have to be patience personified.’
Donna Grant | First Baptist Church Preschool Donna Grant has spent the last 51 years teaching and plans to retire in May from the preschool at First Baptist Church. But her influence will last well beyond her tenure as an educator. Just like the influence of her fifth-grade teacher is still making an impact on her. "She was loving. She was all the things I wanted to be: kind, patient, which I need lots ...
Brenau University honors nine 'master' teachers
Nine area teachers recently were honored by Brenau University as masters in their field. The annual program highlights educators who care about their students and their subject. Click below to read their stories and advice. Kristi Baer - Lakeview Academy Debbie Bagwell - Lyman Hall Elementary Donna Grant - First Baptist Church Preschool Rick Howard - Gainesville High School Christie Lee - Lanier Technical College Michallene McDaniel - ...
Scriven: ‘You really are a change agent.’
Latricia Scriven | Brenau University Latricia Scriven is a "people person" - always has been, always will be. It's what makes her a good teacher. The Baton Rouge, La., native is an associate professor of math and science at Brenau and is also the department chair. And the flexibility of a college classroom keeps her smiling and interacting with students. "I've done different age groups," she said. "I've taught middle school and a little ...
Howard: ‘You’ve got to bring the passion.’
Rick Howard | Gainesville High The coach-turned-teacher brings the educational hammer down on his students. And they are the receptive nails. He's a passionate educator - with a hammer on his desk - who reaches his high school history classes. "Where (teaching) started off as a backup to coaching full time, now I consider myself a full-time teacher and a part-time coach," Rick Howard said. He has worked as an Advanced Placement history teacher ...
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