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W-W Elementary School preparing for VIP bus tour with big spruce-up, fix-up Preparations are well underway for the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education state-wide bus tour which will come to tour Washington-Wilkes Elementary School on Tuesday, September 25. "We want our kids and the whole school looking our best when they come through Washington-Wilkes," said Principal Wanda Jenkins. "And we want them to know that this great school is supported by a great community." Two busloads of business, education, government, and civic leaders from all over Georgia participate in the annual visits to schools like W-WES that are notable examples of high achievement. This year's tour will focus on math and science innovation. To greet the tour, Jenkins said, "We'll have all our kids lining the parking lot in matching T-shirts, with one grade in blue, one in gold, and one in white, to show our unity and pride." Donations for the t-shirts are being collected by Ashley Barnett at the Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, and for matching t-shirts for all the school's teachers.. The Welcome Center will also have some 200 visitor information packets ready for the tour, Barnett said. "They'll only be here for four or fivehours, so we want to provide them with as much information as possible, and get all those folks to come back to visit Washington- Wilkes." A short video is being prepared for the visitors to watch as they approach the school, and a tourism video will show the visitors attractions in the area. Also in the works is a welcoming banner that will stretch across Robert Toombs Avenue at The Square. A crew from Georgia Public Broadcasting will be here next week to video the school, and interview Jenkins and teacher Peggy Jones for a public TV special on the bus tour. Jenkins said that they have been attending to a long list of fix-up, spruce-up items to make the East Street campus look its best for the visit. School Superintendent Joyce Williams and board members have been very supportive in their beautificationefforts, she said.
With the visit three weeks away, there's still a lot to do. Student guides are preparing to give the visitors tours of their school, the teachers selected to be observed are working on their lesson plans, and Jenkins said they were working through the long list of things to tend to. "This is such a great thing for our school and our community," she said, "we want everything to be just right."
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