Athens Banner-Herald Best & Brightest Scholarship finalists
The finalists and nominees for the 2009 Athens Banner-Herald Best & Brightest scholarship winner.

Centre County Educator Named Pennsylvania's 2012 Teacher of the Year
Education Secretary also Honors 2011 Milken Award Winner, Blue Ribbon Schools HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Education Secretary Ron Tomalis last night announced the 2012 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, as well as recognized the 2011 Milken Educator Award winner and 14 Blue Ribbon Schools during the Keystone Awards of Excellence banquet in Hershey. Tricia Miller, a literacy coach in Penns Valley Area School District, Centre County, was named the 2012 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, the culmination of the evening's events.

Whitby Names Bryan Nixon Next Head of School
GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of the Whitby School announces today the appointment of its next Head of School, Bryan Nixon, and the retirement of its current Head, Doug Fainelli.

JinkoSolar Enables Solar Power for a Secondary School in Tanzania
SHANGHAI, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the  "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a fast-growing, vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer based in China, today announced it will provide its high quality modules to a solar project for the Nyumba ya Mungu Secondary School in Northern Tanzania.

Nickajack Elementary School Counselor Named School Counselor of the Year
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nicole Pfleger, a school counselor from Nickajack Elementary School in Smyrna, has been named the top school counselor in America.  Pfleger is one of more than 270 elementary, middle, and secondary school counselors nationwide who were nominated for the School Counselor of the Year award.

Quartz Hill Elementary School Wins California Casualty's $7,500 School Lounge Makeover
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- When teachers gather first thing in the morning in their school lounge at Quartz Hill Elementary, they aren't much inspired by the fading color scheme and tired furnishings.

Cramming to graduate: Those a few credits shy get a push
Austin Wynn has had his cap and gown stored in his closet for two weeks, confident that he'll finally get the chance to wear it come May 20.