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Trends and Happenings in Georgia Education What You Need to Know to Stay Up to Date With Atlanta and Georgia Education Kroger Donates Gift Cards to Metro Atlanta Teachers The Kroger Company’s Atlanta division recently donated $95,000 in gift cards to metro Atlanta school districts to help teachers buy school supplies. The cards were distributed to teachers in Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry and Rockdale Counties, as well as Atlanta Public Schools. Marist Opens Goizueta Center The Marist School opened its new Goizueta Center for Immersive Experience and Design at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. The center, part of the school’s STEAM 2.0 initiative, features spaces for students to explore STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) subjects including robotics, 3D design and printing, 8
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broadcasting, podcasting and music technology. Metro Atlanta Schools Named Blue Ribbon Winners Five metro Atlanta public schools and one local independent school have been honored as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020 by the U.S. Department of Education. The winners were Brooks Elementary, Cornerstone Christian Academy, DeKalb Early College Academy, Martha Ellen Stillwell School of the Arts, Murdock Elementary and State Bridge Crossing Elementary. GACS Launces HighTech Platform Greater Atlanta Christian School has rolled out Synchronous Learning, a state-of-the-art remote access system that allows students in remote locations to collaborate in real time with interactive whiteboards, directional
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microphones and 55-inch monitors with 4K cameras in all K-12 classrooms. Fayette County Names New Superintendent Johnathan S. Patterson took the reins of Fayette County Public Schools as its newest superintendent in October. Westminster, GSMST Named State’s Best Niche.com, a website that reviews area schools, colleges, neighborhoods and companies, has once again named The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology as metro Atlanta’s best public high school, and The Westminster Schools as the area’s top independent high school. Pace Academy, Atlanta International School, The Paideia School and Fulton Science Academy rounded out the top 5 independent schools, with Northview, Walton, Alpharetta and Lambert
