School honors business partners

School

honors business partners

Tri-Cities High School

celebrated the success of its Partners and Education Program with a

reception, entertainment and partnership signing ceremony Wednesday.

The school

honored 13 new organizations entering into collaborative agreements.

New partners include: A&W Realty, Atlanta Technical College, Chick-fil-A

at Greenbriar Mall, Costco Wholesale, Crowne Plaza at Virginia Avenue,

Eagle Group International Inc., East Point Main Street Board, Ford Motor

Company, PepsiCo, Publix at Cascade, South Fulton Medical Center, Tech

Corps Georgia and United Airlines.

The 13 business

partners recognized during the event support Tri-Cities educational

programs with time, talent, funds and volunteers. Fulton County Schools

Superintendent Stephen Dolinger thanked the organizations for their

involvement and discussed the importance of school/business partnerships

in improving student achievement.

Partners

also get a glimpse of what their help accomplishes as the Tri-Cities

Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program's dance company entertained

the assembly.

For information

on the Tri-Cities High Partners in Education event, phone Marilyn Udeh,

Tri-Cities partnership coordinator, at 404-305-9410 or the information

and community relations department, at 404-763-6830.