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Smith awarded Exemplary ESOL Teacher Award - The True Citizen

Every year, The Georgia Department of Education awards outstanding teachers with the prestigious Exemplary English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Teacher Award. This year, Pamela Smith, teacher at Burke County Middle School, was awarded with this distinguished honor. Ms. Smith has been a teacher at Burke County Middle School for 14 years and has dedicated all 14 of those […]

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