Gwinnett’s STAR teacher named a “Top Ten Educator of Year”

Gwinnett County’s STAR teacher has yet another distinction to add to his list of awards: that of being named one of the “Top Ten Educators of the Year.” The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) recently announced that Mr. Dana Kling of Brookwood High is one of 10 teachers from around the country named a 2013 Claes Nobel Educator of the Year. Mr. Kling, an American Literature and Advanced Placement Literature teacher, was formally honored  Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Carter Center in Atlanta. The other nine teachers had been invited to the event in Georgia where Governor Deal had declared December 7 as National Society of High School Scholars Day. The event also included scholarship presentations and panel discussions.

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Dropping back in... after Mission Tanzania
By Beth Volpert

In 2008, when Pat and Paige Combs told their kids that the idea of taking on a mission assignment was going to be a reality, Madison and Brandon prepared to pack. The family was assigned to Dar Es Salaam on the coast of Tanzania. It was about as different from Grayson, Georgia as the family could get and would turn out to be a life-changing experience for everyone. Reentry into the lives they had left showed each member of the family exactly how they had been forever changed-for the better. 

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Wanda Sandels dances with hope, determination and gratitude for a life that will make you believe in second chances. In January of 2002, Wanda was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia just shortly after her 51st birthday. “I had no symptoms at all; just went for my annual physical & had blood work done,” says Wanda.

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The Japan-America Society of Georgia (JASG) will host the Winter Session of Japanese Classes. These Japanese classes will focus on communication skills needed in business environments as well as everyday conversation.  The courses will also center on inter-cultural communication and integrating important Japanese business and cultural etiquettes.

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