FY 2017 Summary Report

Empowering Students for STEM Careers

GYSTC at Kennesaw State University3201 Campus Loop Road NW

Kennesaw, GA 30144www.gystc.org

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Dr. Tom Brown, Director of Statewide InitiativesMelody Chapman, Communications Coordinator

Aubrey Crook, Program Specialist

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

GEORGIA YOUTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INC.

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The Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers, Inc. (GYSTC), headquartered at Kennesaw State University, is a not-for-profit educational delivery and support system for promoting interest and enthusiasm in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers and students in typically underserved areas. GYSTC was founded in April, 1989 by local groups of government, education, business and corpo-rate leaders. GYSTC operates with nine regional centers, which are located at seven colleges/universities and two Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESAs) across Geor-gia.

Today, these groups work together to empower students for STEM related careers. This is done by providing content knowledge and research- based teaching methods for teach-ers and allowing students to participate in hands-on and inquiry based activities while introducing them to various STEM related careers. GYSTC programs provide profession-al learning opportunities for teachers and extracurricular activities for students. GYSTC supplements, rather than supplants existing educational resources.

GYSTC programs inspire students not only to appreciate STEM subjects, but also to pursue STEM careers by focusing on four major goals:

• Promoting enthusiasm for STEM subjects; • Encouraging students to enter STEM fields; • Improving the teaching-learning process by enhancing teaching methods and content knowledge; and • Providing more and better-qualified employees for our state’s industries.

Georgia’s business leaders need great STEM talent to stay competitive. GYSTC is committed to introducing STEM relat-ed careers to students at a young age.

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Making the Connection:“From the classroom to the cubicle, while

introducing teachers to STEM related careers”FY 2017 STEM Teacher Academy

2016-17 STEM Teacher Academy was themed: “Bridging the Gap between Public Health and Transportation”. This was a timely theme as current news centered on the Zika Virus and travel warnings to various locations; some of which suffered a tremendous economic impact (e.g., the Brazil Olympics). This made the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) an ideal setting for Session One of the Acade-my. Teachers engaged in tours of the facility, participated in hands-on projects designed by CDC personnel related to their grade-levels and was afforded the oppor-tunity to ask a panel of scientists about Zika and other diseases.

The STEM Teacher Academy next three sessions focused on building math, science and engineering principles and translating them into classroom activities and lesson plans. We were able to show the teachers how to incorporate various technological tools into the classroom like, spheros (programmable robots) and motion detectors. In order for teachers to apply the content they learned in each session, they began a STEM Design Challenge during session two. The intent was to present a problem, and each session would allow the teachers time to complete a step in the Engineering Design Process. This Year’s challenge was the “Sick City Challenge”. Each grade-level cohort was given a public health concern, such as obesity or asthma and was asked to improve the health of the people by changing a transportation related feature (see next page). During the “Imagine” Stage, teachers engaged in a cooperative learning activity that allowed them to extract ideas from stimulus for their city. In the “Plan” Stage, teachers created a scaled blueprint of their healthy cities and during the “Build” Stage, teachers used the blue prints to construct their cities with Legos. To offer insight into how this activity can be modeled and used to address math and science standards, teachers were given various activities related to their design to complete.

Overall, this year’s cohort of teachers gained rich pedagogical knowledge in the area of implementing STEM education in their classrooms. They engaged in various hands-on activities at every session that could be replicated and shared at their schools across the state of Georgia. The recognition ceremony/session seven included a tour of the Georgia Ports Authority. This opportunity provided a noteworthy con-clusion to our theme and allowed the teachers to see the intersection between public health, transportation and commerce

Session One – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Session Two – Georgia College Graduate Center, Macon, GA Session Three – Georgia College Graduate Center, Macon, GA Session Four – Georgia College Graduate Center, Macon, GA Session Five and Six – Individual Classroom of each teacher participating in the Academy Session Seven - Georgia Ports Authority and Effingham College & Career Academy, Savannah, GA

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COHORT HEALTHY CITY DESIGNSBUILDINGBLOCK:SCIENCE

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The 5th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city that focused on cleanenergy use as well as healthy food choices through communitygardening. The design features solar roofing and sustainable living options like “tiny houses”.

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The 6th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city that sought to reduce vehicular emissions through public transit options like buses and trains.The design features a walkable community and centralized transportation systems.

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The 8th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city around the central theme of active living and reduced vehicular traffic. The design includes a walking trail equipped with various exercise stations and sports fields, all surrounding a lake that offers active water activities (e.g., kayaking).

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The 7th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city that promoted healthy living for the mind and body. The design offers tranquil community gardens as well as reflecting pools to promote meditation and healthy eating habits.

The 7th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city that promoted healthy living for the mind and body. The design offers tranquil community gardens as well as reflecting pools to promote meditation and healthy eating habits.

The 7th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city that promoted healthy living for the mind and body. The design offers tranquil community gardens as well as reflecting pools to promote meditation and healthy eating habits.

The 7th Grade Cohort designed a healthy city that promoted healthy living for the mind and body. The design offers tranquil community gardens as well as reflecting pools to promote meditation and healthy eating habits.

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INNOVATIVE PROJECTS EXHIBITION

GYSTC featured its 2nd Annual Innovative Projects Exhibition in June. GYSTC Centers, along with local school systems, colleges, universities and local businesses identified and researched solutions to address real-world problems in various regions in Georgia. The purpose of the event is to bring awareness to STEM related problems and careers in Georgia and the role they play in the economy. The event was held at Geor-gia Power Environmental Laboratory, Atlanta, GA. The innovative project presentations reflected solutions developed by these Centers to address STEM related problems. To mention a few, we featured projects such as introducing young students to poultry science, the STEM related careers associated with it and the 100% job placement rate for poultry science college graduates. Another project illustrated the impact of honey bees and how they help produce the food we eat and how everyone can help to save them from a crisis called Colony Collaspe Disorder. We also introduce students to careers associated with the TV and film industry. TV and film production growth in Georgia has been rapidly increasing, but Georgia has a workforce shortage for this talent. Many of the movies have to be sent to Hollywood for production completion. We are making our students aware of the STEM related jobs associated with TV and film industry so they may consider these career options as they prepare for their future. It is very important to make a relevant connection with STEM related careers and students at a young age. Hopefully they will strongly consider a STEM related career, and Georgia can continue to attract hi-tech industries.

Etowah GYSTCPresenter: Chris Wilson

Project: “Coding in the Classroom”Abstract: Etowah GYSTC continues to develop and implement a program that teaches computer programming to K-8 grade levels. They use the Sphero robots and have developed lessons and activities to make coding excit-ing. Teaching computer coding in elementary schools is very important; it fosters creativity, collaboration, persistence, and abstract thinking. The goal of this project is to teach programming and these associated skills while implementing current math and science standards into the lessons. This year aviation was introduced and by introducing the concept of landing a small airplane, the students get to apply their coding knowledge to simu-late a real-world situation. The lesson begins with a discussion with the students about how small airplanes operate around airports. The traffic pattern is discussed, which is simply a rectangle around the runway that airplanes use to take off and land in an orderly fashion. We use a strip of masking tape on the floor to represent the runway. The kids are given the task of making their “sphero-airplane” take off and complete a traffic pattern around the runway with a return to land. The task requires a good degree of computational thinking, and the kids are very excited after they figure it out.

Gordon/ Museum of Aviation GYSTCPresenters: Dean Laskey and Vivian Childs

Project: “Engineering in Agriculture”Abstract: Farming in Georgia plays a major role in the state's economy, contributing billions of dollars annually. The economic impact of the food, fiber, and related industries has been estimated at more than $56 billion or about 16% of the state's total economic output. Approximately one in six Georgian’s works in agriculture, forestry

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or a related field. Agriculture contributes 15% of the state's employment and 12% of the value added in Georgia's economy. Gordon/ MOA GYSTC’s “Engineering in Agriculture” project introduces teachers and students to Poultry Science and the important role it plays in their community. Teachers are advised about the objective to task students with solving the real world problem of the transportation of baby chickens. Students research the process of delivering chickens from the hatchery to the farm to the processing plant. After the research, students identify how engineering is used in the process. Students must then innovate one aspect of the delivery system they see can be done differently. Using the engineering design process, students create, modify or innovate one of the many engineering concepts used in the delivery process.

West GYSTCPresenters: Cathy Fontenot and Dr. John Green

Project: “Alternative Energy and Our Carbon Footprint”Abstract: America’s schools spend more than $7.5 billion annually on energy: more than they spend on textbooks and computers combined. The cost of cooling school buildings, lighting the interior and exterior areas of the schools and all of the plug loads (computers, copiers, and printers) can easily be reduced if students and teachers were made aware of the personal impact they could have on reducing the cost of electric energy in schools. West GYSTC and community partners, Southwire, University of West Georgia and Carrollton City Schools, worked together to bring awareness to renewable energy. This projected provided opportunities for students to become more aware of alternative forms of energy by providing authentic problem based learning stations/kits including lessons, materials and equipment to at their Saturday STEM Programs and In-Class Field Trips. West GYSTC launched the Mobile Renewable Energy Education Stations at a Sustainable Energy Expo. Reaching 500 families of students and teach-ers at the Sustainable Energy Expo can have a huge impact on bringing awareness to Renewable Energy Education Station. If students become engaged with the station kits at the expo, the exposure and education of renewable energy and managing our carbon footprints can have a substantial impact on lowering the cost of electricity to run the schools these students attend.

Southwest GYSTCPresenters: Tammy Nowell, John Monk and Marian Monk

Project: “Preserving Our Future- Water Conservation in the Flint River Basin” Abstract: The Flint River helps feed the world, the local economy, and provides recreation and tourism, but how can we use it more sustainably? Water conservation is a real world problem, all of the water we have now is all that we will ever have. What do we do to ensure the present generation and those after us will have clean and abundant water? Southwest GYSTC works strategically to form partnerships dedicated to raise awareness of challenges in water management for humans and nature as well as to the stewardship of our natural resources for future genera-tions and the exploration of conservation-driven technologies and strategies that enhance agricultural sustainabili-ty. Southwest GYSTC educates students, teachers, and community in making choices that will guarantee the present generation and those after us will have clean and abundant water that is essential for our survival. The central idea of this event is to educate students, parents, and the community of how “clean” water is becoming a limited resource as our population grows, and how we care for our water influences our daily lives, affects life on land and in the oceans, and shapes our future on Earth. Students leave this event with firsthand knowledge of the Flint River, water conservation practices, and a heightened knowledge of the water cycle and the realization that all of the water we have now is all that we will ever have.

Chattahoochee-Flint GYSTCPresenter: Heidi Goodin

Project: “Riveting Robotics and Computer Coding for Striving Successful Students”Abstract: Chattahoochee-Flint GYSTC and community partners, are working to bring awareness to the need of more innovative robotic and computer science coding instruction with an emphasis of STEM into the classroom at a younger age and in the earlier grades. Chattahoochee-Flint GYSTC is working to guide students to become more aware of robotics and computer coding with Riveting Robotics and Computer Coding Classes. At these exciting events, students, parents and teachers rotate through various stations that introduce them to and promote

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enthusiasm for learning robotics, computer coding, and various STEM activities. Bringing awareness of the importance of STEM related careers, robotics and computer science programming-coding to those involved in schools will increase the excitement of student’s learning and promote interest of robotic skills for the future workforce of the Chattahoochee-Flint GYSTC District.

Magnolia Midlands GYSTCPresenters: Erin Youmans, Kenny Griffin, and Dr. Jimmy Wedincamp

Project: “STEM: What’s All the Buzz”Abstract: Since 2006, honey bees have faced substantial loss attributed to Colony Collapse Disorder. Colony Collapse Disorder is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappears and leaves behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. The State of Georgia recognizes the importance of honey bees and has adopted several statutes to protect beekeepers. Other efforts, such as the Georgia Beekeepers Associations, have been formed to educate and try to get honey bees placed in parks around the state. We also joined forces with Emanuel/Candler County Extension Services to continue to generate interest and educate students and teachers on the plight of honey bees. This year’s special event, the pollinator garden challenge, was open to area middle school students. The challenge was to research plants that would grow in our particular region that would be beneficial to honey bees. Through this project, we are cultivating a sense of responsibility for both honey bees and the environment, and encouraging a generation of learners to protect the honey bees not ignore them. If we can educate our future decision makers, we can potentially help solve the real world problem of “How can we save the honey bees?” By doing this, we can also impress on society the importance of our practices on the natural world and how STEM can help solve the every-day challenges that we often face. By engaging students in bees and beekeeping, MMGSYTC hopes to encourage students to a lifelong love of science and wonder and to encourage a curiosity that never ceases.

Oconee River GYSTCPresenters: Jolaine Whitehead, Gary Hawkins, and Paul Chambers

Project: “‘Water’ You Doing to Keep Our Community Clean”Abstract: While we like to think that our water will last forever, this crisis is real. We must educate our commu-nities, especially our youth, on the effects of our actions, the need for protecting our water sources, and develop alternative methods to recycle water use. So, how do we help prevent our water crisis? This project engages students in discovering the issues with our local water sources, providing an impetus for discovering ways we can protect our communities from water pollution and scarcity. The goal with this project is to expand the scope of STEM integration through the use of technology and problem-solving through a real-world phenomena. Sustain-ing a clean water supply is essential for our community’s health. Maintaining water quality is equally important to preserving the water source itself. Educating our youth on how to maintain a clean water source will impact the community for years to come.

Aubrey Crook, GYSTC State OfficePresenters: Aubrey Crook, Anthony Miele, Chris Fragale, Carrie Sagel Burns

Project: “The STEM Behind Hollywood”Abstract: Currently, there is a need for well-developed talent in front of and behind the camera along with ways to keep all aspects of TV & Film projects in Georgia. The state of Georgia offers tax incentives to attract film producers to make movies that are produced in the state. However, there is a shortage of skilled workers who can meet this growing need. This program will allow students the opportunity to explore STEM related careers through applied technology and project-based learning, which includes recording technology with digital audio, commercial and film music composition, music theory and ear training software, sound synthesis, sound design as applied to computer programming and multimedia applications. Digital platforms, multimedia software, computer-generated special effects, 3D renderings, advanced video, audio and lighting technologies explain why STEM skills are highly valued in this non-traditional STEM industry. Entertainment careers in STEM such as sound designers, animators, gaffers, and special effect supervisors are all vital roles that are needed in establish-ing a workforce for meeting Georgia’s growing need.

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FY 2017 Funding Source

GYSTC operates efficiently. More than 80% of its

functional budget is used forprograms and program support.

GYSTC operating funds come from state and other funds such as private

and program income.

State

Other

Founders Club ($10,000 and above) STEM Teacher Club ($5,000 - $9,999)

Innovation Club ($1,000 - $4,999) Visionary Club ($1 - $999)

The Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable FoundationLockheed MartinMorgan County School District/Governor’s Office of Student Achievement Grant

AT&TGeorgia Power IBM

Athens Janitor Supply, Inc.Mr. Elliott Basil, Eagle Scout – Troup 39Mr. Bruce Murdock

Altamaha EMCDr. Dorothy ZinsmeisterHabersham EMCJackson County EMC

GYSTC SupportersGYSTC, Inc. Board of Directors would like to thank the GYSTC donors,

regional board members, pals, partners, sponsors and employees for their continued support and commitment to empowering Georgia’s students for

STEM careers.

FY 2017 Teachers and Students Served

Consistently, GYSTC strategies have been

to implement its mission through

Professional Learning Workshops,

STEM Teacher Academies, STEM

Discovery Camps, Saturday Sciences,

In-Class Field Trips, Family STEM

Events, and Afterschool Activities Students

Teachers

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ORGANIZATION EDUCATION PARTNERSGeorgia Department of EducationTechnical College System of GeorgiaUniversity System of Georgia

HOST EDUCATION PARTNERSBainbridge State CollegeChattahoochee-Flint RESACollege of Coastal GeorgiaEast Georgia State CollegeGeorgia Highlands CollegeGordon State CollegeKennesaw State UniversityMiddle Georgia State CollegeNortheast RESASouth Georgia State CollegeUniversity of North GeorgiaUniversity of West GeorgiaValdosta State University

STEM TEACHER ACADEMY SPONSORSCareer Paths to Public Health-Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEffingham College & Career AcademyGeorgia Ports Authority

MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION PARTNERS:

Barrow County Bartow CountyBleckley CountyBremen CityCalhoun CountyCandler CountyCarroll CountyCarrollton CityChattahoochee CountyChattooga CountyClarke CountyClay CountyCommerce CityCrisp County Decatur CountyDodge CountyDooly CountyDougherty CountyDublin CityElbert CountyEmanuel CountyFloyd CountyGrady CountyGreene CountyHaralson CountyHenry CountyHouston CountyJackson CountyJefferson CityLamar CountyLaurens County

Macon CountyMadison CountyMarion CountyMcIntosh CountyMitchell CountyMontgomery CountyMorgan CountyOak Mountain Academy Oconee CountyOglethorpe CountyPaulding CountyPolk CountyPulaski CountyQuitman CountyRandolph CountyRome CitySchley CountySocial Circle CityStewart CountySumter CountyTalbot CountyTattnall CountyTattnall Square AcademyTaylor CountyTelfair CountyThomas CountyThomaston- Upson CountyTreutlen CountyWebster CountyWheeler CountyWilcox CountyWorth County

PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION PARTNERS:

Appling CountyAtlanta Public SchoolsBerrien CountyBibb CountyBrantley CountyBryan CountyBuford CountyCherokee CountyCobb CountyCoffee CountyColumbia CountyDawson CountyDecatur CityDeKalb CountyEarly CountyEffingham CountyFayette CountyForsyth CountyFulton CountyGainesville CityGilmer CountyGlynn CountyGordon CountyGwinnett CountyHall CountyJasper CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyJones CountyLee CountyLiberty CountyLincoln CountyLowndes CountyMarietta CityPickens CountyPierce CountyRichmond CountyRockdale CountySavannah/Chatham CountyStephens CountyToombs CountyUnion CountyValdosta CityWayne County

GYSTC Regional Centers Board Members, Pals, Partners and Sponsors

CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT GYSTCBoard Chair: Ms. LaTonja Turner,Taylor County School District Chattahoochee-Flint RESA121 E. College StreetP. O. Box 1150Ellaville, GA 31806

Mr. David McCurry, Chattahoochee County School District Ms. Johnnie Grimsley, Clay County School District Dr. David Mims, Crisp County School DistrictMr. Marc Maynor, Macon County School District Mr. Richard McCorkle, Chattahoochee- Flint RESAMs. Victoria Harris, Quitman County School DistrictMr. Glenn Tidwell, Randolph County School DistrictMr. Adam Hathaway, Schley County School DistrictDr. Valerie Roberts, Stewart County School DistrictDr. Torrance Choates, Sumter County School DistrictDr. Jack Catrett, Talbot County School DistrictMs. Jennifer Albritton, Taylor County School District Dr. Julie Harrelson, Dooly County School DistrictMs. Janie Downer, Webster County Schools(Treasurer) Ms. Grace Pless, Chattahoochee-Flint RESA(Secretary) Dr. Melissa Roland, Chattahoochee-Flint RESA Mr. Jim Langley, Schley County School DistrictMs. Dory Bernard, Taylor County School District

HEART OF GEORGIA YSTCBoard Chair: Dr. Steven MilettoMiddle Georgia State University1100 Second Street, SECochran, GA 31014ETOWAH GYSTC

Board Chair: Ms. Sharryse Henderson, Georgia Highlands CollegeHeritage Hall415 E. 3rd AvenueRome, GA 30161

(Treasurer) Mr. Jerri Knowles, Northwest Georgia Credit Union(Secretary) Ms. Rhonda Sosebee, Georgia Highlands CollegeDr. Gregory Ford, Georgia Highlands CollegeMr. Louis Byars, Rome City School District Ms. Debbie Downer, Rome City School DistrictMs. Holly Amerman, Rome City School DistrictMr. Jim Linderman, Chattooga County School DistrictMr. Jared Hosmer, Chattooga County School DistrictMr. Mike Martin, Chattooga County School DistrictMs. Angie Culbert, Chattooga County School DistrictMr. Greg Teems, Polk County School DistrictMr. David Tucker, Polk County School DistrictMr. Chris Carey, Logical Systems, Inc.

GORDON and Museum of Aviation GYSTCBoard Chair: Ms. Vivian Childs, VLCHILDS/VICF, LLCGordon State College419 College DriveBarnesville, GA 30204

(Secretary) Ms. Mellissa Spalding, Museum of Aviation FoundationMs. Sonya Jenkins, Robins Region ChamberMs. Rhonda Toon, Gordon State CollegeMs. Sharon Hansen, Community Representative(Treasurer) Dr. E.H. Harris, Lamar County School District (Retired)Dr. Ann Williams-Brown, Houston County School DistrictMs. Jennifer Thomas, Houston County School DistrictMs. Cheryl Thomas, Houston County School DistrictMs. Ashante Y. Childs, Newton County School DistrictMs. Dana Wiggins, Houston County School DistrictMs. Ava Sue Dryden, Robins AFB – Lockheed MartinMs. Darlene McClendon, Perry Area Chamber of CommerceMs. Chrissy Miner, Museum of Aviation

Mr. Steve Smith, Bleckley County School DistrictDr. Fred Williams, Dublin City School DistrictMrs. Julie Childers, Wilcox County School DistrictMr. T. Michael Hillard, Dodge County School DistrictMr. Len Harrelson, Telfair County School DistrictDr. Mark Davidson, Wheeler County School DistrictMr. Hugh Knight, Montgomery County School DistrictDr. Cheryl Conley, Treutlen County School DistrictDr. Julie Alligood, Laurens County School DistrictMr. Jody Rogers, Earl Rogers CPAMr. Kennon Graham, Citizens Bank and TrustMr. Henry Whitfield, Middle Georgia State University

MAGNOLIA MIDLANDS GYSTCBoard Chair: Mr. Kenny GriffinEast Georgia State College131 College CircleSwainsboro, GA 30401

Dr. John Barge, McIntosh County School DistrictDr. Bob Boehmer, East Georgia State CollegeDr. Larry Calhoun, Georgia Southeastern Technical College

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Dr. CaDeisha Cooper, Candler County School District(Past Chair) Mr. Carrol Gay, Magnolia Midlands GYSTCMr. Cliff Gay, East Georgia State CollegeMr. Jack Hill, State SenatorDr. Noris Price, Baldwin County School DistrictMs. Jean Schwabe, Sudie A. Fulford Community Learning CenterDr. Toni Terwilliger, Emanuel County School DistrictDr. Carla Waters, Tattnall County School District

OCONEE RIVER GYSTCBoard Chair: Mr. Paul Chambers, AT & TNortheast Georgia RESA375 Winter StreetWinterville, GA 30683

Dr. Chris McMichael, Barrow County School DistrictDr. Joy Tolbert, Commerce City School DistrictDr. Chris Houston, Greene County School DistrictDr. April Howard, Jackson County School DistrictMr. Chuck Bell, Elbert County School DistrictDr. John M. Jackson, Jefferson County School DistrictDr. Allen McCannon, Madison County School DistrictDr. James Woodard, Morgan County School DistrictDr. Jason Branch, Oconee County SchoolMs. Beverly Levine, Oglethorpe County SchoolMr. John Chittom, Athens Janitor SupplyDr. Keith Everson, Northeast Georgia RESAMr. Nathan Bartlett, Georgia PowerDr. Jack Parish, Clarke County SchoolMrs. Susan Daniel, Noramco, Inc.

SOUTHWEST GYSTCBoard Chair: Mr. John Monk, Bank CEO (Retired)Bainbridge State College2500 East Shotwell StreetBainbridge, GA 39819

Mr. Robert Adams, Mitchell County School DistrictMs. Laura Elliot, Grady County School DistrictDr. April Aldridge, Decatur County School DistrictMs. Sherica Harvey, Calhoun County School DistrictDr. Kermit Gilliard, Grady County School DistrictMs. Marvalynn Carroll, First Port City BankDr. Steve Golladay, J.W. Jones Research CenterDr. Melanie Chavaux, Thomas County School DistrictDr. Tim Cochran, Decatur County School DistrictDr. Mark Hughes, Retired BiologistDr. George Kornegay, Thomas County School DistrictMr. Rob Starner, Grace ChristianDr. Bronwyn Ragan- Martin, Early County School DistrictDr. Yolanda Turner, Calhoun County School DistrictMs. Christy Wray, Mitchell County School DistrictMr. Marian Monk (Retired Accountant) Dr. Stuart Rayfield, Bainbridge State CollegeDr. Daniel Oldham, Thomasville City School DistrictMs. Jennifer Brown, Early County School District

WEST GYSTCBoard Chair: Mr. Victor Rundquist, Southwire, LLCUniversity of West GeorgiaCollege of Education1601 Maple StreetCarrollton, GA 30118

(Vice Chair) Mrs. Anna Clifton, Carrolton City School District(Secretary) Mrs. Donna Armstrong Lackey, Carrol Tomorrow & Carroll County Chamber(Treasurer) Mr. Lealon Anderson, United Community Bank of West Georgia (Retired)Ms. Delisa Gledhill, Oak Mountain AcademyMs. Sarah Graham, Paulding County School DistrictDr. John Green, Carroll County Education CollaborativeMr. Martin Smith, Carroll Electric Membership CooperativeDr. Karen Strickland, Carroll County School DistrictDr. Brian Ridley, Haralson County School DistrictMs. Kathy T. Yates, Georgia Power

GYSTC PALSMr. Danny Black, Georgia PowerMs. Kim Cook Boyd, IBMDr. Ralph Cordell, Center for Disease Control and PreventionMs. Paige Brumby Gray, Polk County School DistrictMs. Lynn Larsen, Georgia Southwestern UniversityDr. Dana Neacsu, MD, Medical Creations Integrative MedicineDr. George L. Sanders, Gallup Indian Medical Center (Retired)Mr. Derrick Ward, Rockdale County School DistrictDr. Roneisha Worthy, Kennesaw State University

GYSTC EMPLOYEESDr. Frank Butler (Retired)Dr. Tom Brown, Director of Statewide InitiativesMs. Melody Chapman, Communication CoordinatorMr. Aubrey Crook, Program SpecialistMs. Cathy Fontenot, Regional CoordinatorMs. Betsy Green, Executive DirectorMs. Cindy Greene, Regional CoordinatorMs. Heidi Goodin, Regional CoordinatorMs. Lynn Hanson, Regional CoordinatorMr. Dean Laskey, Regional CoordinatorMs. Tammy Nowell, Regional CoordinatorMr. Cody Richards, Marketing InternMs. Jolaine Whitehead, Regional CoordinatorMr. Chris Wilson, Regional CoordinatorMs. Erin Youmans, Regional Coordinator

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