We end the week with still more good news from the district, and again from SRT-4, as we learn that Sarah Smith Elementary Principal Dr. Sidney Baker was one of one four educators honored with the 2010 Great Books Lifetime Achievement Award.
The award committee noted Dr. Baker’s enthusiastic support of Great Books programs along with “his commitment to creating a community of teacher and student learners in his school.” Dr. Baker will join other honorees as well as 12 recipients of the 2010 Great Books Great Teachers award during a celebration April 30 in Chicago. During their trip, the honorees also will be special guests at Great Books Chicago 2010, an event for Great Books fans that includes the chance to catch various cultural activities.
“I’m honored to represent Sarah Smith Elementary and Atlanta Public Schools at this event,” Dr. Baker said. “The teachers of Sarah Smith have embraced the Junior Great Books program and students of Sarah Smith in kindergarten through fifth grade are learning lifelong skills, which help them become stronger readers through a strong relationship with text. Junior Great Books promotes deeper international understanding through the Shared Inquiry discussion model. Being an International Baccalaureate World School, this approach into inquiry-based learning strengthens the delivery of instruction in all classrooms.”