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PAGE 4A FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Wednesday, April 7,2004 Two Forsyth teachers named state science teachers of the year Forsyth County was the only school district to produce multiple district winners as well as multiple state winners at this year’s Georgia Science Teachers Association Awards. Three Forsyth County sci ence teachers were honored at the awards reception in Macon. Teachers Colby Counter and Bill Schuyler were named Georgia Science Teachers of the Year and Donna Governor was honored for being District 2 Middle School Teacher of the Year. Counter is a fifth grade teacher at Sawnee Elementary School and Schuyler is a biol- School notes Sawnee EMC ... Rebecca Gaal of Forsyth Central and Kaitlin Pniewski of South Forsyth High School were selected to represent Sawnee EMC dur ing the 2004 National Rural Electrification Association Washington Youth Tour. Gaal and Pniewski will join stu dents from across the nation in a tour of an EMC and Washington. Students get a first hand look at government in action, visit with senators and repre sentatives and tour monu ments and museums. Nicole Gabrielle Runfola ... of Cumming, has been awarded an academic schol arship for the fall 2004 aca demic year from Pfeiffer University. PTA Council Legislative Committee ... Chairperson Sharon Kasica and President Becky Martin accepted the first place District Award in Legislation and Arts in Education for the work of the Legislative Coalition and Council. Sharon also received spe cial recognition with an Honorary PTA Lifetime Membership Award for out standing service to children and youth in her work with both the PTA and PTO schools in our county. The PTA ' State Convention will be held April 30 through May 2 in Savannah. For more information, visit www.georgiapta.org. Jerel Arthur Langley ... of Ball Ground, a sen ior at North Forsyth High School, is a recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award, a competitive scholarship from Western Carolina University. Eva Chamberlain ... a fifth-grader at Dave's Creek Elementary is this year’s Spelling Bee champi- arthur court designs,inc® Etd A portion of your purchase is dontated to The Arthur and Elana Court Nature Watch Conservancy for the protection and preservation of wildlife and the environment Gitte • Collectibles • Home Decor 770-887-9991 Ufcebnd Mm go»M 10 . 7 Gwins. GA M GA 400 Felt 14« Hwy Ml (tnnj Surxbv- WWW.pSrSonSfiftl.Com ogy and chemistry teacher at Forsyth Central High School. Governor is a gifted sci ence teacher at Liberty Middle School. g Counter All three teachers were described in letters by their peers, students and supervi sors as being both know ledge able in science and motiva tional to students in their classes. Once nominated for on. Peter J. 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Students spoke on the topic “Thinking, Working and Expecting the Governor integration. He has an LCD projec tor toggle between computer presentations that he cre ates, web sites and live demonstra tions to help students see multiple real world examples of science standards they must learn. He also has used Palm Pilots to help make science lessons more engaging. Schuyler uses a technolo- Best.” First place winners were Catherine Abreu and Dalton Corbin. Runners up are Autumn Clark. Caity Hodge. Rebecca Martell. T.J. Miller. Muamer Music and Alex Wilbourne. The Interamerican University Studies Institute ... will offer two programs in Latin America this sum mer for high school students. Costa Rica Pura Vida! focus es on biology and includes Spanish immersion as well. Artes en Mexico provides an opportunity to work with professional Mexican arts teachers. Individual homes tays. excursions and small gy to bring learning alive in his classroom He is currently testing out how using Smartßoard technology will bring science alive in his classes. He also uses an LCD projector to do demonstra tions and to present pertinent information to students in an interesting way. He sponsors the school's Outward Bound group that takes on communi ty projects while studying the scientific and environmental impact of man on nature. Governor’s lessons on astronomy were highlighted at the awards ceremony. In her application Governor said she group instruction are features of both. The programs are open to students between the ages of 15 and 17 who will have completed two years of high school Spanish by June. For more information, call IUSI at 800-345-4874 or visit their website at www.iusi.org. Two students ... at Matt Elementary School are state-level award recipients for Georgia PTA Reflections competition. They won at the school level, then the county level and now the state level. Hannah Arner in Mrs. Barnick’s fourth grade class won for makes learning meaningful and engaging by using every day objects, like sweet pota toes, to make abstract con cepts about space come alive. All three teachers were awarded plaques and a S2OO check for winning their dis trict. Schuyler and Counter received additional plaques for winning the state as well as another monetary award. “We are very proud of these fabulous teachers and are very grateful they are a part of the Forsyth County Schools family,” said Paula Gault, Forsyth County Schools Superintendent. photography. Carly Wages in Mrs. Ransbotham first grade class won for photography, as well. The competition was very fierce this year. There were 1.500 entries at the state level. The state awards ceremo ny will be April 18 at North Atlanta High School on Northside Drive. Kindergarten Registra tion ... for Forsyth County Schools has been set for Thursday. April 29. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at each ele- See SCHOOL, Page 5A