MCDONOUGH — Henry County Schools recently named Shanna Mitchell-Jones of Unity Grove Elementary School as the district’s 2024 School Counselor of the Year.
The Feb. 8 ceremony at the McDonough Performing Arts Center celebrated school counselors district-wide during National School Counseling Week, embracing the 2024 theme of “School Counseling: Standards-Based, Student-Focused.”
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Such a wonderful honor for this young educator to receive this award. It would have been much respectful if the person writing this article would have recorded the recipient name correctly. It is after all shown on the background screen. The least you could do is make an apology.
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