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Hall County, Gainesville school superintendents thank community mentors for service
Center Point provides mentors to local schools
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Hall County superintendent Will Schofield speaks Wednesday about the importance of mentors at a dinner honoring Center Point mentors at McEver Road United Methodist Church in Oakwood. The mentors usually work with their student once a week for about 45 minutes. - photo by Erin O. Smith
All that children need to succeed is one adult who cares about them. Center Point works to give Hall County and Gainesville students an adult role model, and the program’s mentors were recognized and celebrated in a dinner Wednesday at McEver Road First United Methodist Church in Oakwood. Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield and Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Wanda Creel were both present to recognize the work mentors do in their schools.