Barnwell Elementary PTA Places 1st in Outstanding Local Unit

Staff Report

Barnwell Elementary School PTA was honored by the Georgia PTA at the 100th Annual Georgia PTA Convention and Leadership Training on July 12 at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Over 750 convention attendees were present for the closing session and awards banquet which featured guest speaker Gov. Nathan Deal. The awards ceremony recognized PTA units, councils, districts and individuals as outstanding in the work they completed during the 2013-2014 school year.

Barnwell PTA was selected as the first place winner for the Outstanding Local Unit Award from all applications submitted statewide in the elementary school division with 751 or more students.  

Additionally, Barnwell PTA was honored with a first place award for the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Award of Excellence for supporting student success and the Model PTA award during the convention’s opening day.

These top honors are added to the unit’s previous awards received from the North Fulton Council of PTA’s on May 2 which included: Visionary Award, Model PTA, Connect with Council, and 1st Place Outstanding Local Unit (Elementary - North Fulton area). 

This was the unit’s first time to submit for award recognition. Barnwell PTA Co-Presidents Jennifer Hancock and Vickie Riccardo were the driving force in writing the reports along with report writing chair Kristin Curcio and executive board member Elizabeth Stansbury.