Community Breakfast

American Education Honorees

The North Gwinnett High School Community Breakfast was started 26 years ago by the school principal, Dr. Franklin Lewis. Annually, we are pleased to invite community members and business representatives to celebrate American Education Week and experience what's happening in our schools first hand. At the first breakfast sponsored by North Gwinnett, there were only 12 community members present. This event has now grown to more than 300 in attendance. The North Gwinnett Orchestra and Chorus provide entertainment, the Student Council President, members of the JROTC program and other students also participate in this recognition ceremony.

Two awards are presented yearly: the Friend of North Gwinnett Award and the Friend of Education Award. See the list below for past recipients:

Friend of North Gwinnett Recipients	Friend of Education Recipients
Dr. William Prescott, Retired Band Director	Mr. Marion Buice, Former PTA President,NGHS
Mr. Carl Radford, Retired Math Teacher	The Honorable Charles Martin, Former State Representative
Mrs. Patricia Martin, Former Teacher, Counselor	Mr. Adrin Staton, First Counselor, NGHS
Mr. George and Mrs. Esterlee Post, Former Teachers	Mrs. Abby Kelly, First PTA President, NGHS
Mr. Marty Richards, Life-time Supporter	Mr. T. Carl Buice, Former Principal, Suger Hill Elementary
Mrs. Pat Mitchell, Former School Board Member	Mr. Cecil Gober, Former Gwinnett County Board of Education member
Mr. Jack Atha, Retired Custodian	Mr. Gerald McQuaig, Former Principal, Sugar Hill Elementary
Mrs. Bernice Grizzle, Retired Food Service Manager	Mr. Nathan Smelley, Former Teacher, NGHS
Mr. Keith Breedlove, Former State Representative	Mr. Ken Allen, Former Pastor, Shadowbrook Baptist Church
Mr. Wayne Hill, Former Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners	Mrs. Pat Mitchell, Former School Board Member, NGHS
Mr. Gene Silvers, Community Member & Supporter	Mr. Kenneth McDaniel, Former Principal, North Gwinnett
Mrs. Rita Reed, Community Member & Supporter	Mr. Ed Walker, NGHS Football Boosters
Mr. Charles Crawford, Former Principal, Lanier Middle	Ms. Carol Walker, NGHS Football Boosters
Mr. Scott Pryor, Former Principal, Sugar Hill Elementary	Mr. Roy B. Payne, PTA, LSAC
Mr. Jim Frederick, Former Principal, Harmony Elementary	Mr. and Mrs. Hulon Farmer, Mrs. Farmer - Former Teacher & Mr. Farmer - Former Principal of Suwanee Elementary
Dr. Franklin Lewis, Former Principal, North Gwinnett	Ms. Loretta Roberts, Former LSAC, Community Supporter
Mrs. Gay Gober, Former Community School Director, NGHS	Ms. Louise Radloff, School Board Member, GCPS
Mr. Cecil Gober, Former School Board Member, GCPS	Dr. Foster Watkins, Former President, Gainesville College
Dr. Larry Ziegler, Director Student, Support Services	Mr. J. W. Benefield, Former Superintendent, GCPS
Mr. Gary Billion, Community Member and Supporter	The Honorable Zell Miller, Former Governor, State of Georgia
Mr. Claude Collins, Retired Custodian, NGHS	Dr. Brooks Coleman, Ga. State of Representatives
Mrs. Eunice Collins, Retired Custodian, NGHS	Mr. Tom Upchurch, President, Ga. Partnership for Excellence in Education
Mr. Marion Pruett, Retired Custodian, NGHS	Dr. Wendell Jackson, Retired Educator, Past-Chief Office of Human Resources
Mr. Toby Blackwell, Community Member & Supporter	Mr. J. Alvin Wilbanks, CEO/Superintendent GCPS
Mrs. Jody Reeves, Director of Technology Education, GCPS	Richard Tucker, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Snowdell Jackson, Assistant to the Principal, "Best Friend of North Gwinnett."	Dr. Stephen Dolinger, President, Ga. Partnership for Excellence in Education
Chris Culpepper Activities Director, NGHS	The Honorable Johnny Isakson
	Mr. Jim Steele CO of GCPS Facilities and Operations
F = Faithfulness: Margie Jackson A = Authenticity: Michael O'Rouke M = Mentor: Kathy Johnson I = Integrity: Tommy Henry L = Love: Janice Lockhart Y = You: Ronald Dollar	Dr. John Green and his wife Lisa Green