Financially Sound
FY2019 Budget: $2.193 billion
On average, the cost of educating one child in Gwinnett is $9,463 per year. The direct costs of instruction account for 70.8% of that amount. Putting it in perspective, of the state’s 10 largest school systems, GCPS had the 2nd lowest per-pupil expenditure in FY2017...
2018 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year
Dr. Doug Doblar Head Elementary School
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
2018 Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Dr. Doug Doblar
Head Elementary School
Alcova Elementary School
Jason Bishop
Alford Elementary School
Kelli O’Loughlin
Anderson-Livsey Elementary School
Jessica Askew
Annistown Elementary School
Vilmerlly Cosme
Arcado Elementary School
Nicole Trimble
Baggett Elementary School
Tracey Gatling*
Baldwin Elementary School
Courtlyn J. Harrison
Beaver Ridge Elementary School
Hilda Hernandez
Benefield...
J. Alvin Wilbanks, CEO / Superintendent
Gwinnett County Public Schools
As Gwinnett County Public Schools prepares to welcome over 180,000 students and close to 12,000 teachers on August 6th, we also reflect with pride on the highlights of the past year. Here are but a few examples.
We began 2017-2018 on an...
Gwinnett Magazine interns share what makes their personal “Best of Gwinnett” list – from Morgan Wood, Lanier High School.
Dr. Bolaji Odusina of Suwanee Pediatrics has been practicing for 32 years, forming strong relationships with her patients along the way. She explains that her father gave her a list of...
Sugar Hill Elementary School's Junior Beta chapter has initiated a fundraiser benefiting Water for South Sudan, hoping to earn at least $1,500 in donations to be used for the rehabilitation of existing wells and construction of additional ones.
Water for South Sudan (WFSS), an organization geared toward providing both wells...
Jenny Vo, an eighth grader at Lanier Middle School, leads both in and outside of the orchestra. She is enrolled in two periods of orchestra and is a member of the Orchestra Leadership team, leading by example and guiding her classmates through musical difficulties.
After taking private piano lessons...
Once every seven days, the students of Sugar Hill Elementary visit Ms. Tiffany English for music specials. Although she originally intended to be a middle school band director, Ms. English has been teaching elementary-level music, and loving it, for twenty-three years. The environment in her classroom allows students who...
Three short years ago, Lanier High School began the transition from a standard high school to one with academies. This allowed and encouraged students to hone their talents and interests, incorporating what they love into their learning.
Dr. Kyle Jones, Lanier's Academy Coach, explains that when the academy model was...
No one gets the importance of peer leadership like Junior Kelli Townley, a junior coach who's had the honor of helping Lanier Middle School's cheerleaders grow not only as a team but as individual, confident athletes.
"When thinking about helping these rising cheerleaders, I feel very blessed that I am...
Financially Sound
FY2019 Budget: $2.193 billion
On average, the cost of educating one child in Gwinnett is $9,463 per year. The direct costs of instruction account for 70.8% of that amount. Putting it in perspective, of the state’s 10 largest school systems, GCPS had the 2nd lowest per-pupil expenditure in FY2017...
2018 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year
Dr. Doug Doblar Head Elementary School
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
2018 Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Dr. Doug Doblar
Head Elementary School
Alcova Elementary School
Jason Bishop
Alford Elementary School
Kelli O’Loughlin
Anderson-Livsey Elementary School
Jessica Askew
Annistown Elementary School
Vilmerlly Cosme
Arcado Elementary School
Nicole Trimble
Baggett Elementary School
Tracey Gatling*
Baldwin Elementary School
Courtlyn J. Harrison
Beaver Ridge Elementary School
Hilda Hernandez
Benefield...
J. Alvin Wilbanks, CEO / Superintendent
Gwinnett County Public Schools
As Gwinnett County Public Schools prepares to welcome over 180,000 students and close to 12,000 teachers on August 6th, we also reflect with pride on the highlights of the past year. Here are but a few examples.
We began 2017-2018 on an...
Gwinnett Magazine interns share what makes their personal “Best of Gwinnett” list – from Morgan Wood, Lanier High School.
Dr. Bolaji Odusina of Suwanee Pediatrics has been practicing for 32 years, forming strong relationships with her patients along the way. She explains that her father gave her a list of...
Sugar Hill Elementary School's Junior Beta chapter has initiated a fundraiser benefiting Water for South Sudan, hoping to earn at least $1,500 in donations to be used for the rehabilitation of existing wells and construction of additional ones.
Water for South Sudan (WFSS), an organization geared toward providing both wells...
Jenny Vo, an eighth grader at Lanier Middle School, leads both in and outside of the orchestra. She is enrolled in two periods of orchestra and is a member of the Orchestra Leadership team, leading by example and guiding her classmates through musical difficulties.
After taking private piano lessons...
Once every seven days, the students of Sugar Hill Elementary visit Ms. Tiffany English for music specials. Although she originally intended to be a middle school band director, Ms. English has been teaching elementary-level music, and loving it, for twenty-three years. The environment in her classroom allows students who...
Three short years ago, Lanier High School began the transition from a standard high school to one with academies. This allowed and encouraged students to hone their talents and interests, incorporating what they love into their learning.
Dr. Kyle Jones, Lanier's Academy Coach, explains that when the academy model was...
No one gets the importance of peer leadership like Junior Kelli Townley, a junior coach who's had the honor of helping Lanier Middle School's cheerleaders grow not only as a team but as individual, confident athletes.
"When thinking about helping these rising cheerleaders, I feel very blessed that I am...
