Connor Wallace, a senior student at Stephens County High School, was named the Georgia Work-Based Learning Student of the Year on Thursday, Sept. 24. With him are Jennifer Blasingame, Stephens County Schools System superintendent Connie Franklin, Melissa Wallace, Stephen Wallace, SCSS CTAE director Joni Whitfield, SCHS teacher Jeffrey Lovegrove, and SCHS principal Jessica Simmons.

Connor Wallace, a senior student at Stephens County High School, was named the Georgia Work-Based Learning Student of the Year on Thursday, Sept. 24. With him are Jennifer Blasingame, Stephens County Schools System superintendent Connie Franklin, Melissa Wallace, Stephen Wallace, SCSS CTAE director Joni Whitfield, SCHS teacher Jeffrey Lovegrove, and SCHS principal Jessica Simmons.

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BY J. TODD TRUELOVETHE TOCCOA RECORD     Connor Wallace, a senior a Stephens County High School, is Georgia’s Work-Based Learning (WBL) Student of the Year.   Wallace and staff from the school system and ASI Southeast, where Wallace works, traveled to Atlanta on Thursday, Sept.

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ASI Southeast honored a group of high school students from Stephens and Franklin Counties on Thursday, Sept. 24, for logging 300-400 hours or more in the Work-Based Learning Program. They include Ezra Bryant, Nathan Burgess, Isaac Champion, Owen Hornick, and Connor Wallace. Not pictured are Hudson Spradlin and Brian Waldrup.

ASI Southeast honored a group of high school students from Stephens and Franklin Counties on Thursday, Sept. 24, for logging 300-400 hours or more in the Work-Based Learning Program. They include Ezra Bryant, Nathan Burgess, Isaac Champion, Owen Hornick, and Connor Wallace. Not pictured are Hudson Spradlin and Brian Waldrup.

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger held a summit on Friday, Aug. 22, at Habersham EMC to address housing and growth. Zach Taylor/The Northeast Georgian

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger held a summit on Friday, Aug. 22, at Habersham EMC to address housing and growth. Zach Taylor/The Northeast Georgian

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