Wednesday evening was Junior Night for all 11th grade students and their parents.  Junior Night is designed so that students and their families can understand the process in planning for college.  Topics that were discussed included Study Skills, SAT vs. ACT, Joint Enrollment, Scholarships, Applications, Career Planning, and Exam Preparation. 

Last week, TEACH students learned and celebrated what it meant to be drug, alcohol, and tobacco free.  All week, students had the opportunity pledge to be drug free.  In addition, a lot of fun activities were planned.  Lunch classes created drug free door decorations  and competed for a pizza party, which Mr. Parlak’s lunch class won!  During lunch one day, Mrs. Davidson hosted drug trivia where students received candy for answering correctly.

On Tuesday, Juniors went to Georgia State for a college tour.  The pouring rain did not stop our students from being able to experience several areas of the college.  Led by two GSU students, the tour began at the Student Center and continued through the University Center and the Fitness Building. 

Our annual Fall Festival was last Saturday and was a great time for all!  Thanks to PVO’s efforts, there were fun games, such as pumpkin decorating, ring toss and bean bag toss and great food.  Mike Williams and Akhil Parmar were the DJ’s and provided us with wonderful music that we all felt the urge to dance to. 

Last weekend we had a great time at the Turkish Festival. Visitors from all over Georgia packed the Gwinnett Convention  Center to watch marvelous shows of rich Turkish culture. The food was awesome and the shows were spectacular. Mehter Band, thought to be the world’s oldest military band, had back to back shows. World renowned Turkish composer/singer Omer Faruk  Tekbilek  mystified the festival with his music.

We were awarded a  Certificate of Improvement and a Certificate of Achievement in Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) English, and a Certificate of Improvement on the Georgia High School Writing Test (GHSWT). We are very proud of our students’ achievements, as well as the dedication of our faculty, and hope to make the receiving of these awards a TEACH tradition! 

On Wednesday, September 23, juniors had the opportunity to attend a college tour at UGA.  About 40 students attended and had a great time!  The first portion of the tour remained on the school bus where we were guided by two current UGA students.  They pointed out various buildings while discussing UGA history, student activities and so forth.  At the historic UGA arch, we began the walking portion of the tour. 

During this time, with so much illness going around, we want to make sure that everyone is clear on the TEACH absence procedures/policies:

On Monday, September 14, TEACH hosted our first Grandparent’s Night to honor students’ grandparents.  So often, we provide events that include parents, but rarely do we have the opportunity to meet the students’ extended family. 

Parents,
If anyone has moved over the summer, please contact the front office and give us your new address so that we can update our records. Any time that you do move, you must fill out a new affidavit of residence, as well, and provide us with two proofs of residence for the new address. 

This school year, TEACH is offering SAT Prep Class as a credited class, covering SAT curriculum as well as coaching and professional college counseling. We encourage our parents to keep in touch with our College Counseling Department and to get feedback from our SAT department.Our SAT Class curriculum follows the College Board’s curriculum

GA Natural Gas will give TEACH a $40 donation just for signing up with GA Natural Gas. Anyone who signs up (Parents, grandparents, neighbors, etc.) and selects TEACH will be helping our school raise money.  Find out more about The Trueblue Way.