FLAG Year 2002 Awards
Presented at the Annual Conference, February 15 - 16, Athens, GA
Jim Chesnut, Awards Coordinator


Special Thanks!

Special Recognition to Vicente Valverde
Spanish Language Consultant From the Embassy of Spain at the Georgia DOE
Instituto San Fernando, Cadiz

Thanks to the efforts of Señor Valverde and funds from the Spanish government, FLAG was able to offer a scholarship for a summer 2002 study-abroad experience in Spain.

Congratulations to Melodie Thurston of Eagle's Landing High School
who received the summer scholarship to Spain!


Best of FLAG!

The "Best of FLAG Award" will be decided at the April 27th Board meeting.
Watch for the announcement here soon after the meeting.

Each year FLAG conference attendees send in nominations for the best session they attended during the conference. The "Best of FLAG" decision is then made at the Spring Executive Board meeting of FLAG. The recipient  represents FLAG at the following annual SCOLT conference.



FLAG Teacher of the Year Award
Caroline Weathers Miklosovic
Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School


FLAG Professor of the Year
Dr. Carmen Chaves Tesser
Department of Romance Languages, University of Georgia


FLAG Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education
Susan Crooks
Pope High School, Cobb County


FLAG Award for Administrative Support
Marcia Spielberger
Foreign Language Coordinator of Fulton County Schools


FLAG President's Certificate of Excellence
For administrative support of foreign languages
Dr. Lennet Daigle
North Georgia College & State University, Retired