The City of Lawrenceville recently unveiled the renaming of the road connecting North Clayton Street and Collins Hill Road. Known previously as Collins Hill Extension, the roadway has been officially designated as "Grizzly Parkway" in honor of the partnership between the City and Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). The renaming was approved during the March 29th City Council...
You’ve seen it, haven’t you? The endless picture-perfect social media feeds filled with first-day-of-school photos. Perhaps you’ve posted some yourselves—don’t you love those parents who post comparison pics to see how much their kids have grown over a year? But now that the first day has come and school is now in session, the life of a...
If Buford City School System (BCSS) is known for one thing, it’s excellence. Excellence in academics. Excellence in athletics. Excellence in the arts. You name it, it’s on the BCSS list of things to achieve. BCSS empowers students from kindergarten to high school seniors to become globally competitive critical thinkers, innovative problem solvers, responsible individuals, productive citizens,...
The UGA Gwinnett Campus is a vibrant advanced learning center for non-traditional and working professionals. Located conveniently in Gwinnett County, the campus is accessible to students living in or near the north-central Atlanta and northeast Georgia areas. As UGA’s professional graduate campus, we offer numerous graduate degrees and professional certificates in Education, Public Health, Social Work, Public...
Thirty years of finding fun in education. That’s what Discovery Point brings to the child development game. Little explorers will go on big adventures in a warm, family-focused environment. With colorful learning in a nurturing setting, your children will grow through new experiences and be encouraged to follow their natural curiosity!
At Discovery Point...
Melanie Reed is a lifelong resident of Gwinnett County and superintendent of Buford City Schools. She was expecting her firstborn when she and her husband decided they wanted to raise their family in Buford. A Buford graduate himself, Reed’s husband appreciated the academic edge he’d been afforded at his alma mater district, and he and Reed wanted...
Teachers of the year are recognized for being exceptional, dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled teachers in active teaching status. For this reason, on June 3, 2022, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) had the unique opportunity to name Jamie Garcia Caycho—a 1st grade teacher at Arcado Elementary School who was selected as the 2022 runner-up during the original evaluation...
Written by Zeal Dobariya, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology (GSMST)
School as we know it has been scrambled. Now, we have to wear masks and try to stand far away in order to be safe. In the future, I feel...
