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Jeb and Joanna Bethel help Suzanne Harbin, director of the early childhood initiative for the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia, cut a cake alongside Count Von Count in October 2019 as Sesame Street celebrated its 50th birthday at Dalton s Burr Performing Arts Park. The strides made in recent years in Whitfield County with early education, especially literacy gains, was one of the main reasons Sesame Street came to the county last year.Â
Whitfield County has been recognized as a Pacesetter in Grade-Level Proficiency for the second consecutive year, honored both for strides made in early literacy as well as in the category of Bright Spot for Parent Success for parent outreach efforts.
GNTC Students Receive Scholarships From Chattanooga Technology Council Thursday, December 10, 2020
Lori Gallagher received a $1,000 scholarship from the Chattanooga Technology Council
Two Georgia Northwestern Technical College students were among the 18 recipients of scholarships awarded by the Chattanooga Technology Council ranging from $1,000-$2,000.
Cybersecurity majors Brittany Wattenbarger of Walker County received a $2,000 scholarship and Lori Gallagher of Bartow County received a $1,000 scholarship. ChaTech partnered with Volkswagen Chattanooga, Chattanooga’s DevOpsDays, the ChaTech CxO Auction and Sirius to award a total of $22,000 in scholarships.
“Lori Gallagher and Brittany Wattenbarger are both excellent students with great communication skills,” said Dwight Watt, program director and instructor of CISCO and Computer Information Systems at GNTC. “Both are very appreciative of the scholarships they won.”