Cherokee Charter Academy has chosen 3rd grade teacher Jolyn Collins as its New American Hero for the 2012-2013 school year. The New American Hero designation is part of the charter school's character education focus, called STRIVE (Schools Taking Responsibility for Important Values of Excellence).
Through STRIVE, CCA works to develop students socially, ethically & academically.
Mrs. Collins was chosen as the school's New American Hero for her ability to go above and beyond for her students by providing excellent & innovative educational experiences, demonstrating exceptional support to help students be successful, going out of her way to provide help to individual students or groups of students and being a great role model by putting students first.
Said CCA Principal Vanessa Suarez, "Ms. Collins is team lead for our 3rd grade class and is extremely deserving of this award. She is both kind and loving to our students and challenges them to do their very best in school while at the same time pushing them to excel. In her spare time, she goes out of her way to support our students in the variety of events both in fine arts and athletics."
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Originally from Chicago, Mrs. Collins graduated from Roswell High School and Valdosta State University. She's been a teacher for nine years, the last two at Cherokee Charter.