Professional Development at Athens Academy

On January 22, eight Athens Academy teachers and administrators got an exciting first-hand look at the Ron Clark Academy, an Atlanta middle school that has earned both national and international acclaim for its innovative and highly energetic approaches to teaching and learning. Jacqueline Land, Jennifer Rorabaugh, Stefan Billmayer, Ginna Ezernack, Caroline Ridlehuber, Brenda Klein, Bob Sears, and Pat Cuneo spent the day at the school meeting with teachers and students, observing classes, and attending workshops--all just hours after students and faculty from Ron Clark had returned from Washington, DC where they performed their song "Dear Obama" at four inaugural events.

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Athens Academy staff member Robbie Link was recently recognized by the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) for 25 years of outstanding work in independent schools. Mrs. Link has served as an administrative assistant at Athens Academy since 1984 and has spent many of those years as the assistant to the Upper School director. She previously worked at the University of Georgia. Mrs. Link was honored by the GISA at their annual conference in November at Brookstone School in Columbus, Georgia. GISA is an association of private, independent, and parochial schools throughout the state sharing “a commitment to overall excellence and to the nurture and care of the physical, intellectual, social and moral development of all students."

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