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Teacher of the Year: Gwinnett search committee narrows field to six finalists

Six Gwinnett County Public Schools teachers have been announced as this year’s finalists for the Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year (TOTY) title. The finalists for the 2019-20 honor are Vivarine Argilagos of Lovin Elementary School, Ellen Hill of Dyer Elementary School, Anthony Dramis of Hull Middle School, Brad Zickefoose of Radloff Middle School, Rebecca Carlisle of...

Gladiators Debut New Brand and Players This Opening Weekend

The Atlanta Gladiators open the 2019-20 season home schedule on October 18th and 19th at the Infinite Energy Arena. The Atlanta Gladiators' opening weekend is here! It's already looking like an exciting season with the new branding, new players, and even a new radio partnership. The Gladiators have most recently added...

Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Awarded $10K Bank of America Charitable Foundation Grant

Gwinnett County Eco-Focused Nonprofit to use grant funds in the production of multilingual, educational and reusable recycling bags made from recyclable materials. Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. These grant dollars will be used to manufacture Green Communities reusable bags printed with recycling...

Iceforum Celebrates Their 25th Anniversary with Parties Every Saturday in October

Iceforum Ice Skating Facility in Duluth, Georgia, is Celebrating 25 Years of Operation. Since 1994, Iceforum has provided the Greater Atlanta community with wholesome family ice skating recreation including hockey, figure skating, public skating, and fundraising. Every Saturday at 2:30 pm, Iceforum will be throwing a huge celebratory ice-skating party....

Converge! 40+ Students Learn About Convergent Journalism in Intern Program

Have you heard about Converge? Big things are happening! We recently had 40 students from all Gwinnett County Public Schools come together for Converge, our multi-media internship program. We talked about convergent journalism, our LoveGwinnett initiative, storytelling, and so much more. We're excited to see what these students come up with and work on! The...

Georgia cancer partnership to receive $11M in research funding from National Cancer Institute

After a successful first five years, a statewide cancer research organization has been awarded a six-year grant expected to result in more than $11 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to enroll even more Georgians in important clinical trials. The Georgia NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) is a collaboration between the...

Who will be the next Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year?

Local educators honored as schools select Teachers of the Year Every year, Gwinnett County Public Schools recognizes teachers from each school for their outstanding work to teach and help our students. And each year, one teacher is named GCPS's "Teacher of the Year." Last year, Heidi Campbell, a language arts teacher at Parkview...

Gwinnett Animal Welfare receives $50,000 grant from Best Friends Animal Society

Pets are like family. And thanks to Gwinnett Animal Welfare receiving its biggest grant to date, more pets can stay with families who might otherwise have a hard time financially caring for pets. Best Friends Animal Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting pet adoptions and no-kill animal rescue, awarded Gwinnett County Animal Welfare...