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The Goddard School® is powered by STEAM, fueled by Fun! After practicing law for 21 years, Jay Bryan was ready for a career change. He decided to combine his passion for educating children with his dream of owning his own business, which led him to open The Goddard School located in Sandy Springs, GA. Jay, a father of three, works to make sure every family enjoys a warm, positive experience. “We strive to provide the best quality program for each child,” he says. “Our play-based F.L.E.X.® Learning Program ensures that we meet the high standards specific to early learning development and care.”

The F.L.E.X.® Learning Program (Fun Learning Experience) is grounded in research on how children learn best: children experience the deepest, most genuine learning when they are having fun. It’s designed to help build each child’s emotional, academic, social, creative and physical skills - including 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking (4Cs) - to provide a well-rounded experience and ensure each one becomes confident, joyful and fully prepared in school and in life. 21st century skills also tie in directly with STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, arts anda mathematics). Introducing STEAM concepts early only helps to promote children’s natural curiosity in STEAM, increasing the chance that children will pursue STEAM-related careers later in life.

“Supporting STEAM learning at the preschool level involves identifying activities children naturally do for opportunities to further guide them,” say Jay. “At The Goddard School, when children solve puzzles or play with blocks, they essentially create pathways in their brains that help with STEAM learning later on.”

This method of fun, playful learning has been endorsed by The Goddard School’s Educational Advisory Board (EAB). The EAB is a knowledgeable group of educators, researchers and experts in child development, early learning, technology integration, brain development, parent engagement and health and nutrition. The EAB evolves and shapes The Goddard School’s playbased learning program, putting research into action and empowering children to become school-ready, career-ready and life-ready.

Play-based learning is so effective that the results of a recent review by the Children’s Progress Academic Assessment (CPAA) show that Goddard School students score 45% higher on mathematics and literacy assessments compared to non-Goddard peers. These findings were verified by Hanover Research, and independent third-party research firm. The CPAA is an early childhood assessment system that assists teachers in making informed and individual instructional decisions.

For more information, please visit www.goddardschool.com/Sandy-SpringsGA or call 770-350-9001.

The Goddard School located in Sandy Springs is located at 1150 Hammond Drive, Atlanta, GA.

1150 Hammond Drive, Atlanta, GA.

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has attained international prominence as a major air transportation hub, with Hartsfield– Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998.

Atlanta, GA Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. With an estimated 2018 population of 498,044, it is also the 37th most-populous city in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5.9 million people and the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the nation.

Atlanta is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia. Portions of the city extend eastward into neighboring DeKalb County.

Atlanta was originally founded as the terminating stop of a major state-sponsored railroad. With rapid expansion, however, it soon became the convergence point between

multiple railroads, spurring its rapid growth.

The city’s name derives from that of the Western and Atlantic Railroad’s local depot, signifying the town’s growing reputation as a transportation hub. During the American Civil War, the city was almost entirely burned to the ground in General William T. Sherman’s famous March to the Sea. However, the city rose from its ashes and quickly became a national center of commerce and the unofficial capital of the “New South”. During the 1950s and 1960s, Atlanta became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and many other locals playing major roles in the movement’s leadership. During the modern era, Atlanta

Atlanta is rated as a “beta(+)” world city that exerts a moderate impact on global commerce, finance, research, technology, education, media, art, and entertainment.

It ranks in the top twenty among world cities and 10th in the nation with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $385 billion.

Atlanta’s economy is considered diverse, with dominant sectors that include aerospace, transportation, logistics, professional and business services, media operations, medical services, and information technology.

Atlanta has topographic features that include rolling hills and dense tree coverage, earning it the nickname of “the city in a forest.”

Revitalization of Atlanta’s neighborhoods, initially spurred by the 1996 Summer Olympics, has intensified in the 21st century, altering the city’s demographics, politics, aesthetics, and culture.

The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line’s terminus. The stake marking the founding of “Terminus” was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile

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Post). In 1839, homes and a store were built there and the settlement grew. Between 1845 and 1854, rail lines arrived from four different directions, and the rapidly growing town quickly became the rail hub for the entire Southern United States. During the American Civil War, Atlanta, as a distribution hub, became the target of a major Union campaign, and in 1864, Union William Sherman’s troops set on fire and destroyed the city’s assets and buildings, save churches and hospitals. After the war, the population grew rapidly, as did manufacturing, while the city retained its role as a rail hub. Coca-Cola was launched here in 1886 and grew into an Atlanta-based world empire. Electric streetcars arrived in 1889, and the city added new “streetcar suburbs”.

The city’s elite black colleges were founded between 1865 and 1885, and despite disenfranchisement and the later imposition of Jim Crow laws in the 1910s, a prosperous black middle class and upper class emerged. By the early 20th century, “Sweet” Auburn Avenue was called “the most prosperous Negro street in the nation”.

In the 1950s, blacks started moving into city neighborhoods that had previously kept them out, while Atlanta’s first freeways enabled large numbers of whites to move to, and commute from, new suburbs. Atlanta was home to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a major center for the Civil Rights Movement.

Resulting desegregation occurred in stages over the 1960s. Slums were razed and the new Atlanta Housing Authority built publichousing projects.

From the mid-1960s to mid-’70s, nine suburban malls opened, and the downtown shopping district declined, but just north of it, gleaming office towers and hotels rose, and in 1976, the new Georgia World Congress Center signaled Atlanta’s rise as a major convention city. In 1973, the city elected its first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, and in ensuing decades, black political leaders worked successfully with the white business community to promote business growth, while still empowering black businesses.

From the mid-’70s to mid-’80s most of the MARTA rapid transit system was built. While the suburbs grew rapidly, much of the city itself deteriorated and the city lost 21% of its population between 1970 and ‘90.

In 1996, Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics, for which new facilities and infrastructure were built. Hometown airline Delta continued to grow, and by 1998-9, Atlanta’s airport was the busiest in the world. Since the mid-’90s, gentrification has given new life to many of the city’s intown neighborhoods. The 2010 census showed affluent blacks leaving the city for newer exurban properties and growing suburban towns, younger whites moving back to the city, and a much more diverse metropolitan area with heaviest growth in the exurbs at its outer edges.

Scenic Drives

Hit the road this year and experience these unbeatable scenic routes in Georgia: The Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway, Dalton This drive travels through the stunning Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests.

Amid gentle rolling peaks, explore lush forest and streams with a relaxing stroll, kayak on the Ocoee River or enjoy the misty thrill of white-water rafting. Discover Native American history and trace the steps of the Civil War. The Russell Brasstown Scenic Byway, Blairsville If you’re drawn to majestic mountain scenery, enjoy a scenic drive through the Russell Brasstown Scenic Byway. This route, which takes you deep within the Chattahoochee National Forest, travels past sections of the Appalachian Trail, through Helen, Georgia’s little slice of Bavaria, up to Brasstown Bald, the highest mountain in Georgia, and past Vogel and Unicoi State Parks. Access the Russell Brasstown Scenic Byway by taking Interstate 985 north to Highway 23. Follow to State Route 384, then take State Route 75 North to the byway.

The Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway, Villanow Georgia is home to some of the most lush and fertile farmland in the South, and you can experience this for yourself on a journey along the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway.

Along this route, you’ll see 19th century farmhouses sprinkled in with breathtaking mountain stop-offs, including the Keown Falls Scenic Area, John’s Mountain Overlook and the Pocket. To get on the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway, take Interstate 75 north to Exit 306, then travel west on State Route 140. Follow to Highway 27 and continue along the highway north until you reach State Route 156.

The Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic Byway (cities of Ebenezer, Guyton, Springfield, and Rincon) Take a tour through Southern history with a drive along the Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic Byway. You can see the historic churches throughout Effingham County, explore American Revolution-era tavern sites, retrace the steps of George Washington and General Sherman and see the ferries and gorgeous waterways along the Savannah River. To take a scenic drive down the Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic byway, get on Interstate 95 to Exit 109, then follow Highway 21 north to Fourth Street in Rincon where the byway begins. (Note: this is a long way from Atlanta. To get to I-95 from Atlanta take I-75 south to I-16 east to I-95 north. Basically, you drive almost to Savannah then head north.)

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Easily discover: Making changes to your composition, health and wellness is science not magic. Live Lean Rx can help you by accurately measuring your metabolic health and cardio fitness level with our RMR, resting metabolic rate test and our VO2 Max cardiovascular fitness test. We use the same medical grade technology trusted by health, and fitness professionals as the most accurate and reliable. By utilizing the information obtained in these tests we can help you understand nutritional and caloric needs in addition to understanding how to efficiently train for whatever your goals may be.

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Week 13 11/28 Saints vs Falcons 8:20pm

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Week 8 Seahawks vs Falcons

Week 14 Panthers vs Falcons

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Week 3 9/22 Falcons vs Colts 1pm

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Week 15 12/15 Falcons vs 49ers 4:25pm

Week 4 Titans vs Falcons

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Week 10 11/10 Falcons vs Saints 1pm

Week 16 Jaguars vs Falcons

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