The Titan View - Northview High School

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Secondary Art Educator of the
Year for Georgia—Ms. Booth!
Jessica Booth from Northview High School was
named the Georgia Secondary Art Educator of
the Year and went on to win the Southeastern
Secondary Division Educator of the Year for
NAEA.
Four of the twelve Georgia Art Education Association
Art Educators of the Year are from the
Fulton County School’s art team. All were honored
at a gala dinner on Nov. 7 at the Georgia
Art Education Association Conference and three
were honored again in Minneapolis in April as
the National Art Educator of the Year in their respective
divisions for the National Art Education
Association. The number of these art educators
of the year from Fulton County Schools illustrates
the extremely high quality of the County
art education team.
Ms. Ritter Wins
Educator Award
Northview High School’s Honors Night
was extra special to language arts
teacher Judy Ritter this year. Ms.
Ritter was honored with the Coca
Cola Distinguished Educator Award.
This award is presented by students
who have been recognized as Coca
Cola Scholars to a teacher who has
inspired them during their high
school experience.
Coca Cola Scholar Jonathan Hsieh
chose to honor Ms. Ritter with the
following dedication on Honors Night.
―For your desire to see your students
excel in the classroom, for your dedication
to community activism and involvement
in IMPACT, for being a
great mentor, both inside and outside
of the classroom, and for all of the
time that you have invested in me, I
proudly designate you as my Educator
of Distinction.‖ Ms. Ritter says
that this award is incredibly meaningful
since it comes from a student, and
she will cherish this honor forever.
JROTC Cadets Among Nation’s Finest
Northview JROTC Cadets represented our school with honor at the George C. Marshall
JROTC Leadership Symposium in Lexington, Virginia, the home of Virginia Military Institute as
well as Washington and Lee University. Our cadets were among the 128 students selected
from over 300,000 JROTC cadets worldwide to participate in this event. Cadets Matt Nelson,
Chris Potts, Scott Barlow, and Sam Wolfson were recognized by the Marshall Foundation and
the United States Army Cadet Command as being the best of the best. Their selection placed
them in very elite company among the top 1% of all JROTC cadets, another Northview first!
In addition, members of the Titan Battalion were selected over thirty-three competing schools
to serve as the color guard for the closing ceremony. They were also privileged with the opportunity
to brief the National Director of Army JROTC on their mentorship program with State
Bridge Elementary School and their class project of developing an instructional DVD on cadet
academic portfolios.
During the symposium, students were exposed to history through guided tours, learned best
practices through peer interaction, and participated in seminars focused on leadership principles
established by George C. Marshall, the soldier, statesman and peacemaker. Students
attending the symposium received two college credit hours for attending the event, developing
presentations, and submitting reflective notes.