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Parkview High Alumna Honored by Teach for America
Sheena Varghese is currently a teacher at the Harper-Archer Middle School in Atlanta.
A Parkview High School alumna has been honored with the Sue Lehmann Award from Teach for America.
Sheena Varghese, a graduate of Parkview High School in Lilburn, was one of four award recipients, according to a press release from Teach for America. The award honors exceptional second-year teachers.
As a special education teacher at Harper-Archer Middle School in Atlanta, Varghese "led her students to remarkable academic and personal growth," Teach for America officials said.
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Not only did her students score well on the Georgia Alternative Assessment in her first year, Varghese also started a peer advocacy program to help support parents and students.
Varghese, and other recipients, will recieve $3,000 as an award.
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