Richland One Honors 2009 Advocates of After-School Programs
Richland One’s Office of Extended-Day Programs held its annual convocation and reception September 2 at Gibbes Middle School. The theme was "Cooking Up Success!" The featured speaker was chef Janet Poleski. This year's Great Friend to After-school Award winners were recognized during the program and received beautiful ceramic plates hand-painted by after-school program students.
Winners were (from left) Mill Creek Elementary Principal Steven Cannon; Lawrence Moore of the Lower Richland Youth Development Organization; Essie Perkins, after-school teacher/tutor at Arden Elementary; Norvell Pettus of SCE&G/SCANA Corp.; emcee Joe Pinner of WIS-TV; Imogene Clarke of Student Nutrition Services; Ida Thompson of Instructional Technology Services; W.G. Sanders Middle assistant principal Ceasar Leysath, who accepted the posthumous award for Margie Sartori, a former lead teacher for the comprehensive remediation program who died in December 2008; and Mitch Wyatt of the Office of Communications. Wal-Mart on Forest Drive also received an award.
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