Double Dog alumna wins science teacher award

Congratulations to Meganne Skinner, a teacher at Hilsman Middle School in Athens and a Double Dawg graduate of the College of Education, who was named the 2015 Middle School Science Teacher of Promise for Georgia by the Georgia Science Teachers Association.

Skinner (AB 2010, MAT 2013, middle grades education) will be honored at a special awards banquet Feb. 6 as part of the annual GSTA Science Conference in Macon. The annual awards program recognizes the beginnings of excellence in the teaching of science and commitment to its improvement, and one winner from elementary, middle and high school categories is selected as a state winner.