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Springdale Park Teachers Receive Surprise Awards

Atlanta Families' Awards for Excellence in Education presents 10 APS educators with $7,500 awards.

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Jennifer Lockwood and Brianne Turgeon were two of 10 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) educators surprised on Tuesday with $7,500 awards from Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education (AFAEE).

The awards include funds for innovative classroom projects, professional development and a personal stipend.  

The following educators were named 2013 AFAEE winners:

  • Jennifer Hall – Joseph E. Brown Middle School, seventh & eighth grades gifted language arts teacher
  • Corendis Hardy– Frederick Douglass High School, French and world literature teacher
  • Dwight Ho-Sang – KIPP WAYS Academy, principal
  • Jennifer Lockwood – Springdale Park Elementary, fourth grade teacher
  • Kelly Petrello – Garden Hills Elementary, fifth grade teacher
  • Alison Shelton, Centennial Place Elementary, principal
  • Tiffany Stembridge-Taylor – Booker T. Washington High School, math teacher
  • Amber Stewart – KIPP STRIVE and KIPP Vision Academies, gifted education teacher
  • Brianne Turgeon – Springdale Park Elementary, music & chorus teacher
  • Haena Yoo – Charles L. Gideons Elementary, first grade teacher
AFAEE worked APS school administrators and staff to throw 10 surprise parties in the span of six-and-a-half hours throughout the district. Some were surprised by a knock at their door in the middle of a lesson, some had lunch brought in by ChicK-fil-A and others were summoned to a last minute “meeting.”  Winners were celebrated with balloons, over-sized checks, T-shirts for their students and special guests.

The 2013 winners will be formally recognized on Nov. 21 at The Carter Center. 

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AFAEE has granted over a million and a half dollars to APS educators, their classrooms and schools over the last eight years.

“The Atlanta Families’ board and selection committee were blown away by the commitment, talent, creativity and passion of these 10 educators,” said Katie McDowell, co-founder and president of AFAEE, in a press release. 

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