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GCPS Band Directors Jam!

This video was posted by Pinckneyville Middle School last week, and shows some Gwinnett band directors trying out a distance learning and collaboration platform for use with their classes. Pure awesome. Click here to view the video: https://www.facebook.com/PinckneyvilleMiddleSchool/videos/493925287952524/ Here's the original comment from the...

Georgia United Foundation School Crashers® Program

Georgia United Credit Union is part of a very big community, and they’re giving back in a big way. Through its School Crashers® program, Georgia United Foundation provides makeovers to elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the state. That’s some big love they’re showing for the statewide...

Where old rails meet new trails.

2020.  The year is a bit hard to fathom.  Gwinnett has come a long way on its journey since 1818 and now with more than 2 centuries under its belt some stories can be written which are wholly encompassed within the county’s confines.

Gwinnett History Continues to look “Back In The Day”...

We continue on our series on "The Twenties" on the podcast, looking back at the last 100 years of Gwinnett History, Back In The Day! In 1922, Duluth elected Georgia's first female mayor Alice Harrell Strickland. She donated 1-acre...

Buford High School Students Testify at the Capital

On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, student representatives from the Buford High School (BHS) Vaping Attention and Prevention Club (VA2P) met with Governor Brian Kemp to discuss current legislation being proposed to regulate the e-cigarette sales. Senator Renee Unterman sponsored State Bill 298 which would raise the purchasing...

A School Where Educating Is Our Number One Goal

Alphonsa Foward grew up in a two-parent household with his five siblings in Dayton, Ohio. His parents taught him and his siblings early on about the importance of independence and leadership, and education was held in especially high regard. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in...

Eight Students’ Dreams Coming True: Committing to College Sports...

Many kids grow up longing to be the next greatest college athlete. They want to be the next Trevor Lawrence or Tua Tagovailoa. Or maybe they dreamed of playing basketball and becoming the next RJ Barrett or Sabrina Ionescu. For these eight student-athletes from...

Four Wesleyan School Faculty Members Named GISA Master Teachers

The Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) has named four Wesleyan School faculty members GISA Master Teachers, the school announced today. Leah Baughn (middle school modern and classical languages), Kevin Kadzis (high school social science), Lisa McNearney (lower school music), and Madison Thomas (third grade...

Wesleyan School to Host “The Truth About College Admissions”...

Wesleyan School is hosting “The Truth About College Admissions,” an insider’s look at the college search and application process, on Wednesday, November 6 at 7 p.m. The event, led by Georgia Institute of Technology’s Rick Clark and Forbes contributor Brennan Barnard, will be held on Wesleyan’s campus...

Maggie Pruitt Named BCS Teacher of the Year

The title race for Buford City School's Teacher of the Year has ended. The school district recently announced its 2020 winner: Maggie Pruitt, who teaches Special Education at Buford High School. “I do not envy the difficult decision our esteemed panel of judges had...

GCPS Band Directors Jam!

This video was posted by Pinckneyville Middle School last week, and shows some Gwinnett band directors trying out a distance learning and collaboration platform for use with their classes. Pure awesome. Click here to view the video: https://www.facebook.com/PinckneyvilleMiddleSchool/videos/493925287952524/ Here's the original comment from the...

Georgia United Foundation School Crashers® Program

Georgia United Credit Union is part of a very big community, and they’re giving back in a big way. Through its School Crashers® program, Georgia United Foundation provides makeovers to elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the state. That’s some big love they’re showing for the statewide...

Where old rails meet new trails.

2020.  The year is a bit hard to fathom.  Gwinnett has come a long way on its journey since 1818 and now with more than 2 centuries under its belt some stories can be written which are wholly encompassed within the county’s confines.

Gwinnett History Continues to look “Back In The Day”...

We continue on our series on "The Twenties" on the podcast, looking back at the last 100 years of Gwinnett History, Back In The Day! In 1922, Duluth elected Georgia's first female mayor Alice Harrell Strickland. She donated 1-acre...

Buford High School Students Testify at the Capital

On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, student representatives from the Buford High School (BHS) Vaping Attention and Prevention Club (VA2P) met with Governor Brian Kemp to discuss current legislation being proposed to regulate the e-cigarette sales. Senator Renee Unterman sponsored State Bill 298 which would raise the purchasing...

A School Where Educating Is Our Number One Goal

Alphonsa Foward grew up in a two-parent household with his five siblings in Dayton, Ohio. His parents taught him and his siblings early on about the importance of independence and leadership, and education was held in especially high regard. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in...

Eight Students’ Dreams Coming True: Committing to College Sports...

Many kids grow up longing to be the next greatest college athlete. They want to be the next Trevor Lawrence or Tua Tagovailoa. Or maybe they dreamed of playing basketball and becoming the next RJ Barrett or Sabrina Ionescu. For these eight student-athletes from...

Four Wesleyan School Faculty Members Named GISA Master Teachers

The Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) has named four Wesleyan School faculty members GISA Master Teachers, the school announced today. Leah Baughn (middle school modern and classical languages), Kevin Kadzis (high school social science), Lisa McNearney (lower school music), and Madison Thomas (third grade...

Wesleyan School to Host “The Truth About College Admissions”...

Wesleyan School is hosting “The Truth About College Admissions,” an insider’s look at the college search and application process, on Wednesday, November 6 at 7 p.m. The event, led by Georgia Institute of Technology’s Rick Clark and Forbes contributor Brennan Barnard, will be held on Wesleyan’s campus...

Maggie Pruitt Named BCS Teacher of the Year

The title race for Buford City School's Teacher of the Year has ended. The school district recently announced its 2020 winner: Maggie Pruitt, who teaches Special Education at Buford High School. “I do not envy the difficult decision our esteemed panel of judges had...