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| Participants
gather tools of their trade at a workshop during the 9th biennial
Family Connection Conference in Athens. |
Biennial
Conference Challenges Participants to Keep Our Work Fresh and
Real
Nearly
500 practitioners, researchers, and policymakers from across the
state flocked to Athens in October to participate in the ninth
biennial Georgia Family Connection Conference.
2007
Outstanding Community Achievement Award Recipients
Read
about how the 2007 Family Connection Community Achievement Award
recipients are working to improve conditions for Georgia's children,
families, and communities.
Six
Collaboratives Receive Proficient Status
Family
Connection Partnership awards six collaboratives who receive proficient
status at the Family Connection Conference.
2007
Service Awards
Georgia
Family Connection Partnership recognizes coordinators for their
years of service and dedication.
Thank
You
Family
Connection Partnership acknowledges the sponsors, exhibitors,
and counties for contributing door prizes to the 2007 Family Connection
Conference.
The
Conference in Pictures
'KIDS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION' TV Program Gaining More Viewers and Guests
"KIDS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION," is a bi-weekly program that spotlights the
faculty, staff, students and achievements of the Sumter County
Public School System.
LaGrange
Teen Named Boys & Girls of America Youth of the Year
Demetrice
Tuttle, a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Georgia, was
named the 2007-08 National Boys & Girls Clubs of America Youth
of the Year during a Congressional Breakfast in September.
Bartow
County Awarded $35,000 Certified Work Ready Community
Grant
The
new Georgia Work Ready initiative sounds like economic development
and it is.
Clay
County Schools Meet AYP
The
faculty and staff of Clay County School on Hobbs Lane in Fort
Gaines had plenty to cheer about when the State Deptartment of
Education recently released the Adequate Yearly Progress report.
Turn
Off the TV and Read
State
Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox (second from right) greets
Family Connection representatives during her tour of Camilla schools.
Laurens
County Family Connection Participates in Hands On Georgia Week
Laurens
County Family Connection Peer Leadership Program kicked off Hands
On Georgia Week 2007 by joining all 159 counties in Georgia, flooding
the state with more than 30,000 volunteers to tackle the pressing
needs of their communities.
