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- Thursday, May 23, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Amanda Woodruff
Parents helping shape education policy through council
Two local parents will be on hand to deliver input on the progress of schools at today's meeting of the state's first Parent Advisory Council.
Fidel Castro’s daughter speaks about her father
Alina Fernandez, daughter of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, shared personal stories of her life in Cuba on Tuesday, including her escape nearly 20 years ago and memories of the father she said she wouldn't care to meet again.
Brian Sloan runs for re-election to Hall school board
Brian Sloan announced Monday his bid for re-election to the Hall County Board of Education Post 2.
Hall school board discusses cell phones, language programs
Hall County school board members took strides on Monday to ensure schools continue to progress in technology initiatives and multicultural learning despite a weakened economy.
Habitat High program welcomes first girl
Habitat High is now officially coed. The program, which gives Hall County students the chance to build homes for families in need, welcomed its first female worker to the job site this semester. Megan Davis, 18, joined Chestatee High School's construction class and learned about Habitat High on field trips to their work site, she said. A collaborative effort between Hall County and Habitat for Humanity, the program began in 2007 and participants have since ...
Student runs his race to the runway
At 17, most teens lose sleep over prom and the latest Facebook gossip. But Zach Lurie is well on his way to becoming a mini mogul in the fashion world.
Chicken pies for progress
In 1925, Brookton Elementary School raised $63 selling homemade chicken pies that they carted to the school in washtubs and sold in order to build a much-needed road. Eighty-five years and thousands of pies later, the Chicken Pie Supper is still held at Wauka Mountain Elementary, the school's successor, and has become the largest and most anticipated fundraiser of the year.
Students learn about cultures at Chinese New Year celebration
The World Language Academy rang in the Chinese New Year Friday evening, drawing together students and their families for a multicultural celebration.
PBS features Gainesville’s Interactive Neighborhood for Kids
A Gainesville organization will be featured as one of the state's top stops for kids on a Georgia Public Broadcast program airing Friday night.
Message from a Freedom Rider: Love the people, change the politics
When Diane Nash left for work in 1960s Nashville, Tenn., she knew might not ever make it home again.
Olympian connects with local students
Even when speaking with an Olympic athlete vying for gold in the 2010 Winter Games, kids still say the darnedest things.
Gainesville CRCT investigation spurs a local look
Gainesville city school officials will move forward with an investigation into last week's Criterion-Referenced Competency Test erasure analysis that found two system schools had an abnormally high number of erasures on last spring's test.
Teachers eager to learn, add new technology
The media center at Flowery Branch High School was somewhat of an alternate universe Tuesday afternoon.
Private schools, students push to keep grant in budget
At 40 years old, Maureen Hewag doesn't look like the typical first-year student studying on a Monday afternoon in Brenau University's student center.
Technology delivers homework -- on a snow day?
The walls at Lakeview Academy in Gainesville echo with the racket usually associated with school halls: lots of chatter, locker doors slamming and footsteps racing to beat the tardy bell.
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