Cherokee Schools Win Top Georgia PTA Awards

CANTON, GA -- The Cherokee County School District has won top Georgia PTA Awards for school nurses, teachers and school PTA.

The Georgia PTA, which is led by Cherokee County resident Lisa-Marie Haygood as its president, presented statewide awards to outstanding educators and school PTAs at the organization's summer conference.

Johnston Elementary School Nurse Laure Carroll won the Georgia PTA Outstanding School Nurse Award, and Indian Knoll Elementary School teacher Jennifer Schroter won the Birney Butler Outstanding Educator Award for the elementary-school level.

Mill Creek Middle School's PTSA group won the Outstanding Local Unit award out of all middle schools in Georgia and the President’s Membership Award. Additionally, Woodstock High School won second place in the state for Outstanding Local Unit among all high schools in Georgia.

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The River Ridge High School PTSA won the Overall Heart Family-School Partnership Award at the state level, and Indian Knoll, Macedonia Elementary School and Mountain Road Elementary School PTAs all won top awards for specific areas of service.

Four school PTAs won the Platinum Membership Award: Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy, Dean Rusk Middle School, Hickory Flat Elementary School and Indian Knoll.

A great showing of district school PTAs earned the State’s Model PTA designation: Bascomb, Boston, Clark Creek, Hickory Flat, Holly Springs, Johnston, Little River, Macedonia, Mountain Road, Sixes, Oak Grove elementary schools; Dean Rusk, Freedom and Mill Creek middle schools; and Sequoyah, River Ridge and Woodstock high schools.

“Our schools, teachers and students benefit greatly from the outstanding alliance we foster with our PTA volunteers,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian Hightower said. “The PTA’s support – whether raising funds for schools’ needs, logging thousands of volunteer hours or advocating for public schools locally and at the State Capitol – is invaluable to our success. We’re so proud to see our employees honored by the Georgia PTA, and we’re delighted to see our PTA volunteers recognized at the state level for their dedication.”

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Photo 1: Mill Creek Middle School PTSA leaders, from left to right, Jessi Brenneman, Brenda Page, Ambrea Holman and Olga Spivey, celebrating winning the Georgia PTA’s Outstanding Local Unit award out of all middle schools in Georgia! The school’s PTSA also won the President’s Membership Award and Model PTA designation.
Photo 2: Johnston Elementary School’s School Nurse Laure Carroll, right, is presented with the Georgia PTA Outstanding School Nurse Award by Georgia PTA President Lisa-Marie Haygood.
Photo credits: Cherokee County School District