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GCS SYSTEM TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Gordon County Schools recently honored school-level teachers of the year, employees of the year, and the community partner of the year during the first annual Golden Gordon Awards held on May 4 at the Gem Theatre. The evening concluded with the announcement of the system-wide winner of the distinguished Teacher of the Year title.
Christy Smith of Fairmount Elementary School was named the 2023-2024 Gordon County Schools Teacher of the Year. Smith currently serves as a Kindergarten teacher at Fairmount Elementary. She has served in education for over twenty-four years, twenty-one of which have been with Gordon County Schools.
She holds an Educational Specialist degree in Administration and Supervision from Lincoln Memorial University, a master’s degree in Special Education from Georgia State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Georgia Southern University. Smith and her husband of seventeen years, Gary, have three daughters, Kasie, Haley, and Emma, and one granddaughter, Wrenley Mae.
School-level winners were first selected by their peers and local community and submitted applications as their school’s nominee for the system-level competition. Utilizing a rubric reflecting state and national teacher of the year scoring, a panel of judges made up of educators from across Georgia determined the three finalists that would be observed in consideration of naming the district teacher of the year. Finalists for the system-wide honors, announced in April, were Jacqueline Cascio from Red Bud Middle, India Bennett from W.L. Swain Elementary, and Smith.
Before naming Smith as the recipient of the district title, the panel of judges was then given the opportunity to observe each finalist in the classroom, review the finalist applications, and speak with students, colleagues, and administrators at each of their schools in an effort to effectively evaluate how each finalist would represent Gordon County Schools with the System-Wide Teacher of the Year title.
As the Gordon County Schools Teacher of the Year, Smith received a banner, certificate, trophy, a pair of Apple AirPods and gifts from local community partners in honor of her achievement. She will now advance as the Gordon County Schools nominee for the Georgia Teacher of the Year competition.
Thank you to our community partners for your sponsorship of the 2023-2024 Golden Gordon Awards: Prater Ford, Booth Western Art Museum, Savoy Automobile Museum, Longhorn Steakhouse, Southern Creamery, Gordon County College and Career Academy of design and Advanced Manufacturing, and the Milton M. Ratner Foundation.
To learn about each of the school-level Gordon County Schools Teachers of the Year and finalists, navigate to www.gcbe.org/teacheroftheyear.
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We have had a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week at FES. Our Bulldog Family was blessed to choose between a FES shirt, FES cup, or an Amazon gift card as a gift from our PTO and then we ended the week with a catered lunch from Oakwood Cafe with:
Hamburger steak
Chicken Parmesan
Mashed Potatoes
Broccoli Casserole
Brownies
Peach Cobbler
FES is the place to be!! BULLDOGS ROCK!
Fairmount Elementary Awards Schedule!
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It's day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week!
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It's day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week!
Who likes Trail Mix?? We do!!!
Today our Faculty and Staff are enjoying a Build your own Trail Mix Bar!
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Field Day 2023
It's day 2 of Teacher Appreciation Week. Make sure to leave comments for your teachers today!
Faculty and Staff enjoyed a delicious breakfast from Chick-Fil-A this morning and office supplies from Farm Bureau! Thank you to our community partners!
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