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Steven Julian, Beth Marien, Dennis McCormick, Mike Sammond
Dennis McCormick/Tucket Footwear
Tucket Footwear is a Classic Loafer Boat Shoe Company that designs footwear that can get wet and look good at the same time. They can go from boat to beach to bar to campus to the office or restaurant. They are Made In USA right in Georgia. Locally owned and locally built.
Beth Marien/Woodward North
Woodward North is a satellite campus of Woodward Academy. Located on 33 acres in Johns Creek, Woodward North offers a warm, nurturing environment where every student finds his or her own unique strength and talent. At Woodward North, their focus is on innovative practices in the classroom with a curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking. With a student-teacher ratio average of only 10:1, students receive wise guidance at every step, discover their greatest strengths, and build life-shaping qualities of good character.
In addition to their rigorous academic program for mainstream students, they also offer an acclaimed Transition Program for students with diagnosed learning disabilities in fourth through sixth grades.
Prolific Opportunities to Try and Triumph: At Woodward North, they offer a wide range of clubs, arts opportunities, and intramural sports. Their lively arts offerings include show choir, dance, orchestra, handbells, and a full array of visual arts options. Students also can choose from horseback riding, fencing, golf, tap class, jump rope club, and a variety of intramural sports as well as a robust robotics program and a competitive chess club. Woodward North’s Odyssey of the Mind program has reached the World Championships multiple times.
Deep Respect for Difference: Students at Woodward North develop a deep respect for difference in a community where diversity is more than skin deep. Peers from a broad array of religious and ethnic backgrounds come together to find opportunities to explore and excel at every level, whatever their interests. At Woodward North, students not only learn about other cultures but experience them daily in their interactions with friends and in their celebrations of special holidays throughout the year including Ramadan, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, NowRuz, and others.
Discover the Woodward Difference: The large majority of Woodward North students continue their education at Woodward’s Main Campus in College Park beginning in seventh grade, where they join peers from 100 different zip codes and 23 metro Atlanta counties. The Academy provides bus transportation to and from College Park, and many students choose to ride MARTA, in designated Woodward cars with assigned security officers.
