{"id":33571,"date":"2025-03-04T13:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/?p=33571"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:04:18","slug":"principal-keri-smith-honored-with-statewide-education-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/principal-keri-smith-honored-with-statewide-education-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Keri Smith Honored with Statewide Education Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Principal Keri Smith of Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary!<\/p>\n<p>Last week at the State Capitol, Mrs. Smith had the incredible honor of accepting the Sandra Deal Excellence in Education Award from the Georgia Commission on Women as part of Georgia Champions for Change Day. This special recognition celebrates educators who embody Mrs. Deal\u2019s lifelong dedication to literacy and learning.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud to see Principal Smith representing Hall County Schools in such a meaningful way, encouraging Georgians to embrace Read Across America Week and continue Mrs. Deal\u2019s legacy of educational excellence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33572 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"1352\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM.png 1334w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM-1016x1030.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM-768x778.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-1.03.21\u202fPM-696x705.png 696w\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Principal Keri Smith of Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary! Last week at the State Capitol, Mrs. Smith had the incredible honor of accepting the Sandra Deal Excellence in Education Award from the Georgia Commission on Women as part of Georgia Champions for Change Day. This special recognition celebrates educators who embody Mrs. Deal\u2019s lifelong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Principal Keri Smith Honored with Statewide Education Award - Hall County Schools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/principal-keri-smith-honored-with-statewide-education-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Principal Keri Smith Honored with Statewide Education Award - Hall County Schools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congratulations to Principal Keri Smith of Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary! 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