Education Notebook: Northeast grad wins school counselor award
Macon native and Northeast High School graduate Carletta S. Hurt was named the 2016 D.C. School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association. In January of 2016, Hurt along with other SCOY finalists will visit with Michelle Obama at the White House and attend a gala for her formal recognition.
Hurt is a counselor at Howard University Middle School, a public charter school in Washington, D.C., where she serves on the leadership team. She is the President-Elect of the D.C. School Counselor Association and represented the organization at the 3rd annual White House Convening on Strengthening School Counseling and College Advising.
BIBB DIRECTOR WINS NATIONAL AWARD
Cassandra Miller-Washington, the Bibb County school district's director of career, technical and agricultural education, was named National Administrator of the Year by the Association for Career and Technical Education on Thursday in New Orleans.
Miller-Washington was named the Region II CTAE Administrator of the Year earlier this fall. She advanced to regional competition after being named State Administrator of the Year by the Georgia ACTE at the association's conference last summer.
PRINCIPAL NAMED FOR VETERANS ELEMENTARY
Board members authorized an administrative appointment. Cleveland Johnson III was appointed Principal of Veterans Elementary School. Johnson is currently the assistant principal of East Clayton Elementary School and has more than 13 years of experience in education. He holds degrees in early childhood education and educational leadership with various gifted and subject endorsements.
PERRY HIGH WINS STATE COMPETITION
Perry High School won first place at the State AAAA One Act Play competition on Nov. 14 with its performance of "Spooks is Real, Bobby T."
Three students also won individual awards. Cole Brown won Best Supporting Actor, and Ansley Berry and Eve Hardy won All Star Cast.
The play was written by Perry High Drama Director Joe Sendek. The tale is a "Southern fried comedy of terrors." This is Sendek's second original play that centers around main character "Bobby T" and his small town of Possum Trot.
GEORGIANS EARN DROPOUT PREVENTION CREDENTIALS
The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network recognized the first two graduates of its National Dropout Prevention Specialist certification program during its recent network conference in San Antonio, Texas. These first two to complete the program are Charlene Hampton, GEAR project director for Jones County schools, and Melinda Faye Williams, director of the Upson-Lee Learning Academy in Thomaston.
The NDPS certification program was announced in November 2014 at NDPC/N's national network conference and inaugurated at NDPC/N's February 2015 At-Risk Youth National Forum. The NDPS certification verifies participant knowledge and expertise in at-risk youth issues and strategies for increasing graduation rates. The certification program is open to all professionals who work with or on behalf of students, including educators, counselors, school administrators, at-risk youth workers and board of education members.
REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR CGTC CHILD CARE
Central Georgia Technical College's Early Childhood Learning Center located on the Macon campus is now accepting applications for children to enroll. Attendance will begin with spring semester, starting Jan. 5, 2016.
The weekly rate is reasonable or, in some cases, free. The center accepts CAPS, Childcare and Parent Services, which is a division of the Georgia Department of Human Services.
The center is open to the community and offers childcare for children ages 3-5. Lunch and snacks with a focus on nutrition are provided daily. Children enrolled at the center experience enriching activities as well as social skill development with age-appropriate materials and a safe playground.
For more information about CGTC's Early Childhood Learning Center, call 478-757-3492 or email childcare@centralgatech.edu.
FVSU EARNS RANKING FOR BLACK MATH GRADS
A national diversity magazine recently ranked a Fort Valley State University degree program as No. 1 in the nation for producing the highest number of black graduates in mathematics. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, ranked FVSU as number one in the country for producing graduates in the field of mathematics and statistics. The school outranked major national institutions that included Harvard University and Georgetown University (tied for No. 36). The campus also beat all Georgia institutions such as the University of Georgia (which ranked at No. 50), Georgia State University (ranked at No. 9), and HBCUs Spelman College (ranked at No. 3), Morehouse College (ranked at No. 4). Savannah State University (ranked at No. 6) and Albany State University (ranked at No. 22).
SORORITY GROUP ACCEPTING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
The Macon Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is accepting applications for the 2016 Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Scholarship Award. Applications are available through Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Wilkinson, Monroe or Twiggs county school districts' school counselors or at the Macon Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta's website at http://www.dstmaconalumnae.org. Deadline for submission is Jan. 31, 2016.
Telegraph writer Jeremy Timmerman contributed to this report.