Buford Magazine - School Stories

A Full-Time Professional Educational Service Committed to Each Student’s Success!

Whether your child wants to better understand math, is looking to excel in reading, or wants to learn how to write like a professional, Total Learning Concepts can put them on the road to success. They empower each individual to reach his or her full academic potential by developing skills that foster self-esteem, motivation, sound […]

America’s Voices of Hope: Class of 2023

In a world filled with negative news, there is still hope and excitement brewing among America’s youth. These incredible students refuse to let the negativity bring them down. Our top students from schools across the county can teach us a valuable lesson: how to embrace our dreams and persevere. Their ambitious goals and innovative ideas […]

Teacher of the Year: Ashley Wright, Paul Duke Stem High School

Ashley Wright reminisces about the days she’d wind her way through dense Atlanta traffic, kickstarting the trek from her home in Suwanee to St. Pius X Catholic High School, a private school in Atlanta where she held her first teaching job. On several of these morning drives, her gaze would catch on the nascent structure […]

Teacher’s Pet: The Do’s and Don’ts for Teachers gifts

Do’s Personalized Pencils – Help teachers keep track of their writing supplies by customizing them with their name (not yours). School Supplies – These are often something that is paid for out of pocket, so from erasers to notebooks, we know they’ll appreciate it. Plants – Make sure they are low maintenance, like succulents or […]

Harbins Elementary Visits The LEGO Discovery Center

Dacula’s own, LEGO Mini Master Model Builder Joseph Satizabal, along with his fellow third grade classmates from Harbins Elementary School, kicked off back to school in style yesterday at LEGO Discovery Center Atlanta. Led by Master Model Builder Elizabeth Baker, they each worked to build their future selves out of LEGO bricks. The class continued […]

A School Where Educating Is The Number One Goal: New Life Academy

In the heart of Gwinnett, Georgia, an educational haven flourishes, transforming young minds into empowered individuals ready to conquer the world. New Life Academy of Excellence (NLAE) is a charter school created for the purpose of teaching children from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade the Chinese Language, but now the school is proud to help students […]

Bears On The Street! Grizzly Parkway Now In Lawrenceville.

The City of Lawrenceville recently unveiled the renaming of the road connecting North Clayton Street and Collins Hill Road. Known previously as Collins Hill Extension, the roadway has been officially designated as “Grizzly Parkway” in honor of the partnership between the City and Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). The renaming was approved during the March 29th […]

Defeating the Guilt Bully: Snellville United Methodist Church

You’ve seen it, haven’t you? The endless picture-perfect social media feeds filled with first-day-of-school photos. Perhaps you’ve posted some yourselves—don’t you love those parents who post comparison pics to see how much their kids have grown over a year? But now that the first day has come and school is now in session, the life […]

Be Excellent With Buford City Schools

If Buford City School System (BCSS) is known for one thing, it’s excellence. Excellence in academics. Excellence in athletics. Excellence in the arts. You name it, it’s on the BCSS list of things to achieve. BCSS empowers students from kindergarten to high school seniors to become globally competitive critical thinkers, innovative problem solvers, responsible individuals, […]

A UGA Degree Is Closer Than You Think!

The UGA Gwinnett Campus is a vibrant advanced learning center for non-traditional and working professionals. Located conveniently in Gwinnett County, the campus is accessible to students living in or near the north-central Atlanta and northeast Georgia areas. As UGA’s professional graduate campus, we offer numerous graduate degrees and professional certificates in Education, Public Health, Social […]