Escalating enrollment in two Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) charter programs demonstrates a desire among parents and students for the non-traditional classroom.

Gwinnett Online Campus (GOC) charter school, the GCPS’s full-time online learning option, has extended registration to Mar. 15, 2012 for middle and high school students for the 2012-13 school year. Students may also get details from local middle and high school counselors’ offices or online at www.gwinnettonlinecampus.com.

Please note: for students who have already completed a registration packet, their information is on file and there is no need to submit another form.

Gwinnett Online Campus is a system charter school and therefore enrollment is open to all current Gwinnett County middle and high school students who reside in Gwinnett County. The school opened this year as a full-time high school and will extend its reach next year as it offers middle school students the opportunity to attend the online school full time.

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2012 STAR Students and Teachers

Two Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) students earned the title of 2012 STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition) Students representing Gwinnett County public schools and Gwinnett County private schools. Michael Song of Brookwood High and Andrew Alin of Norcross High both were announced as the Gwinnett County winners during the recent annual STAR Student and Teacher Luncheon at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in Duluth. The event celebrates all local school STAR students from each GCPS high school, as well as the top student from Buford High (Buford City Schools) and Gwinnett private high schools.

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 Move over textbooks, paper and pen, the new learning tool at Providence Christian Academy (PCA) is an iPad 2!  More than 500 of the popular and interactive gadgets were distributed to students seventh through 12^th grade in November.  Students like 12^thgrader Alex Mele, admit this new resource helps increase her study habits.

“We can now use flashcard apps (applications) to help us with our studying and that, I think, really makes a difference because before, my hand would cramp up from writing as much,” Mele said.

Efficient note taking is just one perk students are experiencing.  Principal Sean Chapman said the entire school has utilized 25-30 applications, which in turn helps students and teachers use the technology more efficiently.

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Jennifer Dunn

A teacher who as a child once beat a learning disability was named the 2012 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year (TOTY). During the annual celebration of the district’s greatest asset, its teachers, CEO/Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks announced Jennifer Dunn, a 5th grade teacher at Pharr Elementary, as the districtwide honoree. In all, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) recognized 129 Teachers of the Year who were named by their colleagues at their local schools. The annual event to honor Gwinnett’s educators took place during the Teacher of the Year banquet on Thursday, November 3, at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth.

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