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Hall school system provides small shopping bonus to teachers
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Da Vinci Academy literature teacher Teresa Haymore gives instruction to students Thursday as she prepares them for a literature assignment on the James Hurst short story, “The Scarlet Ibis,” students recently read.
Prior to the beginning of the school year, the Hall County school system voted to approve giving classroom teachers an additional $50 each to spend on supplies. That $50 went toward a lesson in imagery for Teresa Haymore’s seventh-grade literature class at Da Vinci Academy.After spending the funds on a beanbag chair and some books for her classroom’s reading area, she spent the last few dollars on ingredients for a chocolate whipped topping for students to taste and then describe as part of her lesson plan. “The money, at least for me, was to be able to get some of the extras that you usually have to purchase,” Haymore said.