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PAGE Makes Full Use
By Michelle Crawford, PAGE Student Programs
PAGE student programs enrich academics, recognize achievement and promote education as a viable, rewarding career path. Amid this most unusual time, PAGEsponsored student activities — the PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades, PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon (GAD), Future Georgia Educators (FGE) and the PAGE Student Teacher Achievement As we begin the Recognition program (STAR) — carry on. 2020-2021 school The Academic Bowl had already year, PAGE is making full use concluded its 2019-2020 activities by the time schools shuttered in March. GAD’s state competition, held in of technology to support student February, was also spared. However, sadly, GAD teams that had earned the right to compete at the United programs. The PAGE Academic States Academic Decathlon (USAD) Nationals in Alaska were not able to travel, nor was the online part of the Bowl is exploring platforms to host competition held. STAR — Georgia’s premier recognition for high-achieving high school seniors and their chovirtual rather than in-person sen top teachers — had to cancel its 2019-2020 crowning event: the PAGE
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State STAR Banquet. Thus, STAR’s program concluded at the region event level, with 21 STAR students and teachers celebrated. (See the list of winners at www.pageinc.org/star/ star-region-winners.)
Making Full Use of Technology As we begin the 2020-2021 school year, PAGE is making full use of technology to support student programs. The PAGE Academic Bowl is exploring platforms to host virtual rather than in-person competitions. And because GAD is an official charter of USAD, Georgia’s program has access to the online testing platform in place for eight of the 10 decathlon events, and USAD is exploring ways to bring the Speech and Interview events to the virtual platform as well. The GAD Fall Workshop, currently being planned for coaches, coordinators and decathletes throughout Georgia, will be a virtual event.
As decisions are reached about any changes to PAGE student programs, the information will be shared via the PAGE website and additional communications channels. To find out more, please visit https://bit.ly/2FEydnv. n
