GROW. LEAD. EXCEL.

Title I Distinguished School

C.B. Greer Elementary School, Satilla Marsh Elementary School, St. Simons Elementary School, and Glynn Middle School

2023 Glynn County STAR Student

Griffin Lee (Glynn Academy) was named the Glynn County and Region 11 STAR Student.

2023 Georgia Scholars

Emily Dey, Madigan Kirkland and Manas Patel (Brunswick High).

Future Educator Signing Day

21 Brunswick High and Glynn Academy students signed letters of intent to their respective colleges to pursue careers in education.

2023 REACH Scholars

The four recipients of the needs-based mentorship and scholarship program are Fortune Hicks (Glynn Middle), Waseem Murray (Jane Macon), Ri’Auna Ruff (Needwood), and Ty’Teanna Cantrell (Risley Middle). Each will receive $10,000 scholarships to be used at a Georgia university, technical college or private postsecondary institution.

GCSS Intervention Support Programs

Risley Annex was implemented to house four programs: Bright Beginnings (a Tier III intervention program for grades K-8), Glynn Learning Center (alternative education), Newcomers Academy (an English language learner transition program for grades 6-9), and Morningstar Academy (a unique special education program).

Glynn Early Education Childcare Center

The new childcare center will be open to all district employees and will serve children ages six weeks to 3-years-old, beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. The program will be housed at FACES Pre-K Center and at Altama Elementary School.

Cultivating Teachers Grant

GCSS is one of 38 school districts that will receive this Georgia Department of Education grant to support professional learning for teachers of the Teaching as a Profession Pathway courses and recruitment efforts of high school students to participate in the pathway. GCSS will receive $9,000.

Opportunity Grant Recipient

This Georgia Department of Education grant helps districts expand options and opportunities for their students. GCSS will receive Digital Media & Library ($1,880), Mathematics ($4,000), Science ($3,000), and Social Studies ($2,000) grants, for a total of $10,880.

“End Alternate Lunch” Campaign

Our School Nutrition Department partnered with Eat’n Together, a local organization fighting food insecurity in Glynn County and surrounding counties, to help alleviate student lunch debt and the need for the altenate lunch. Since November 2022, the organization has donated $31,000 to the initiative. No students were provided an alternate lunch in Spring 2023 thanks to their efforts.

Career and Technical Instruction (CTI) State Leadership Conference Winners

Of the 16 CTI students who competed in the conference, eight took home top prizes: Brantley Kate Jones (3rd place, Public Speaking); Demetrius Hart (3rd place, Technology Skills); Adam Sapp (2nd place, Automotive Service Technology); Asher Keller (2nd place, Community/Civic Awareness); Josiah Desameau (1st place, Catering/Table Set-up); Angelica Sorensen (1st place, School Project); Austin Spell (1st place, Most Improved Person); and Dharyn Usher (State Officer Leadership Award & Department of Education Exceptional Student Award).

BASC-3 BESS: Behavior Screener

As a first stage in our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), this program assesses a wide variety of potential behavioral challenges so that timely prevention and intervention services can be provided.