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College prep and vocational
accredited academy for grades
4-12 and postgraduate students
with high functioning Autism,
Asperger’s, ADD, ADHD and
other learning differences.
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650-A Mt. Vernon Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30328
(404) 835-9000 • www.cumberlandacademy.org
Junior entrepreneurs
win national competition
Bf DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Junior Achievement of Atlan
ta, which is headquartered in Sandy
Springs, teaches high school students
the fundamentals of running businesses.
This year, students in that club
showed their mastery of the subject in a
national competition.
This past summer, teenagers from
the Atlanta area won the National Ju
nior Achievement Company of the Year
Competition for starting up a business
that sells customizable coasters.
The appropriately-named Custom
Coasters was founded by 15 teens from
area high schools. Students from North
Springs Charter High School, The We
ber School, Riverwood International
Charter School, The Galloway School,
W.D Mohammed Schools and Pace
Academy each had representatives in the
winning company.
Leonard Shutzberg, a volunteer advi
sor for Junior Achievement and CEO of
Americo Manufacturing Co., said there
was something special about this year’s
team.
“They were all sophomores, up
against juniors and seniors,” Shutzberg
said. “They knew they had a great com
pany.”
Shutzberg’s daughter, Alison Shutz
berg, was a Custom Coasters executive
who was on the team that represented
Atlanta in the Junior Achievement com
petition. She is now a junior at North
Springs High School. Other representa
tives were: Bilal Gutu, now a junior at
North Springs High School; Jan Ber-
land, now a junior at Riverwood High
School; Matthew Kurzweil, now a ju
nior at The Weber School; Jenna Kahn,
now a junior at The Weber School.
Home Depot co-founder Bernie
Marcus is a supporter of Atlanta’s Junior
Achievement program and a member of
the Junior Achievement U.S. Business
Hall of Fame. Shutzberg said he was in
the program in high school.
“The experience that these kids get is
they start off as naive ninth graders and
when they leave, they are confident,”
Shutzberg said. “They learn about pre
sentation, about management and lead
ership, and how to overcome obstacles.
These are real-life scenarios. These are
not make believe.”
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Mt. Bethel Christian Academy
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OPEN HOUSE: NOV 14 AT 10AM
Mt. Bethel Christian Academy is a K-8 Christ-centered preparatory school
located at 4385 Lower Roswell Road in Marietta, Georgia. Visit us online at
www.mtbethelchristian.org or call (770) 971-0245 to schedule a tour today
TOURS OFFERED EVERY WED AT 10AM
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