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Salute the troops
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Appen Media ‘Best of the Best’ at AFCP awards By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com
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1: Our editorial staff from left Jonathan Copsey, Kathleen Sturgeon, Hatcher Hurd and Shannon Weaver. 2: Sales team members Mike Dorman and Wendy Goddard. 3: From left production team members David Brown, A.J. McNaughton and general manager Hans Appen. 4: Sales team members Abby Breaux, Regan Schoch and Paige Roman.
SAVANNAH, Ga. – For the second year in a row, Appen Media Group returned from its annual Association of Free Community Papers (AFCP) Conference April 8-11 laden with awards including “Best of the Best” for highest number of individual awards. This year’s conference at Savannah’s Marriott Riverfront saw staff winning honors for writing/commentary, design, photography and ad design. There were 72 national award categories in all with 1,250 submissions to the judges. Appen Media took home 28 awards, including Best of the Best and 12 first place awards. That was almost 17 percent of all firsts awarded. “The quality of the graphics and editorial content in our member publications continues to raise the bar every year as indicated in our Best of the Best Awards Competition,” said AFCP Executive Director Loren Colburn. “Appen Media continues to lead the charge when it comes to maintaining a serious focus on quality. “Their impressive domination in this year’s competition demonstrates truly the Best of the Best
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Forsyth Central gets STEM certified By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — The acronym STEM may stand for science, technology, engineering and math, but to a group of students at Forsyth Central High School, it means so much more. On April 14, FCHS was officially certified by State School Superintendent Richard Woods for its STEM program, making it the sixth STEM high school
in the state. This certification is something the senior STEM students are proud of, especially because they’re the first graduating class to go all four years through the program. “In the 2010-2011 school year, we sat around a conference table and talked about this idea of STEM,” said Assistant Principal Kim Head. “In about six months, we were breaking ground. That summer we went through a
renovation and in the 20112012 school year, we began the FCHS STEM Academy. These 21 graduates will have been with us all four years through the program and we’re proud of what they’ve accomplished and what we accomplished together.” A poster in the school’s lobby asks each reader, “What does STEM mean to you?” Head said reading that poster
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From left, Forsyth Central High School Principal Mitch Young, FCHS Assistant Principal Kim Head, Rachel Fratt, Trent Callan, Forsyth Superintendent Jeff Bearden and Georgia Superintendent Richard Woods with the official STEM certification banner.
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