Ninth Grade Academy
Director: Steve Bartlett
"What is the Ninth Grade Academy? Here at the NGA, we take the ninth graders and mold them into adults, academically and emotionally. The transformation these teens undergo while they're here is such a unique and rewarding transformation. And it's all thanks to the hardworking teachers and staff here at the NGA" -Steve Bartlett.
Directing A Better World
Directing a Better World is a collaborative student approach to identifying the needs of our community and suggesting creative ways to remedy those problems using the medium of video and social media. Students are able to demonstrate civic engagement and express their opinions on these topics wielding various rhetorical techniques. Student groups submit their videos addressing their selected topics and then students vote on the videos that they find most convincing." -Dr. Cash
Teacher of the Year:
Mandy Housley
Employee of the Year: Jeannie Redditt
Jeannie Redditt moved to beautiful Cleveland, Georgia sixteen years ago from South Florida to enjoy the mountians and the wonderful people of White County. Jeannie has been White County's Ninth Grade Academy School Secretary for five years. "My favorite thing about working for the BOE is the Ninth Grade Academy's faculty and staff. Everyone works together to acomplish the same goal... that of our students' success. Our students continue to learn from dedicated, knowledgable and compassionate individuals" -Jeannie Redditt.
Originally from Blueridge, Georgia, Mandy Housley came to White County two years ago with her dog Scout to teach English at the Ninth Grade Academy. She says, "My educational philosophy is that every student has the ability to learn and to do great things with his or her life. It is the responsibility of the educator to help students reach their full potential by guiding them on a self-directed journey of discovery and to create a classroom of lifelong learners."
Photographed here are several of 2015's Directing a Better World project winners on the night of the award ceremony.
Washington D.C.
Visiting Washington D.C. is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to experience. From visits to Washington’s famous monuments, memorials, and institutions students get to experience the origins of America. Students visit multipule monuments and memorials that display the history of their country. With the help of our Ninth Grade Academy staff and chaperones, students consider how the people and events represented in DC’s memorials impact their lives today.