2006 Georgia Teacher of the Year(May/June 2005) - Ciclt.net

Foundation News$500. The PAGE Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and AGLResources sponsored the State Banquet. The Coca-ColaCompany also sponsored the evening’s reception and awardedeach of the 28 finalists with a $100 gift.Following the regional winner interviews by Nwandi Lawson,senior correspondent for Georgia Public Broadcasting, PAGEExecutive Director Dr. Allene Magill and Carolyn Lovett presentedeach of the finalists and teachers a hand-blown glassstar. At their region events, region winners received a $500 cashaward from the Cecil B. Day Foundation. Sponsors of this year’sevent were represented by Georgia Chamber of CommerceGovernmental Affairs Representative Hunter Hopkins andDirector of Corporate Relations for AGL Resources and a PAGEFoundation Trustee Rene Pennington.◆▼The 2005 First Runner-up State PAGE STAR Student Joseph Song(right), a senior at Gwinnett County’s Brookwood High School, andhis STAR Teacher Dr. Dan Rawlins, who taught Song AdvancedPlacement biology and was a STAR Student himself.▼2005 Runner-up State PAGE STAR Student Joseph Song (secondfrom left), accepts a $1,000 Scholarship from The Coca-ColaCompany presented by Coca-Cola representative Bill Covington(far left) and a $1,000 Scholarship from the PAGE Foundationpresented by PAGE President Dr. Diane Ray (far right). Joining themfor the presentation is Mozelle Christian (second from right), firstdirector of the STAR Program. Five years ago Christian establishedthe $500 Mozelle Christian Award to honor the Runner-up StatePAGE STAR Teacher.▼The regional winners posed for a groupphoto prior to the Judge’s Luncheon.Pictured here are the 28 finalists (leftfrom bottom of stairs to top) CarineDavilla,, of Marietta; Michelle Brouner,of Atlanta; Saranya Selvaraj, of Lilburn;Elizabeth Godbey, of St. Simons Island;Sarah Richards, of Snellville; SarangShah, of Acworth; Johannes Liem, ofAlpharetta; Tony Fan, of Marietta; andZach Strother, of Martinez, and (centerrow, from bottom to top) Jenny Zhang,of Duluth; Ginger Tanton, ofLawrenceville; Ming Jyh Lin Jr., ofValdosta; Allie Chambers, of Gray;Steven Orr, of Atlanta; BriannaVeenstra, of Columbus; NakulShekhawat, of Evans; and Joseph Song,of Snellville, and (right row, frombottom to top) Brad Hamilton, ofGainesville; James Hildreth, of Bremen;Marsha Kocherla, of Albany; GrantFiddyment, of Alpharetta; MitchCostley, of Conyers; Sylvia Richardson,of Cumming; Wei Ho, of Atlanta;Thomas Harley, of Hampton; GregHowe, of Savannah; Lucas Bermudez,of Lilburn; and Shuo Zhang, of Duluth.12 PAGE ONE May/June 2005