Attend the SGA’s Spring Meeting on, Saturday, May 15th, 2010, at The Parks at Chehaw, outside of Albany, and tour the ArchaeoBus!

Stay tuned to this website for more information about other activities planned for the meeting.

Read more about the ArchaeoBus here. As we at the SGA often say, “the ArchaeoBus is a travelling emissary for the Society for Georgia Archaeology, bringing dynamic educational programs to students and people around the state.”

Hotel information is here.

With over 7000 visitors from across and outside the state, CoastFest 2009 broke all records for attendance this year. Held on the first Saturday of October on the grounds of the Coastal Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources, at the northern foot of the stunning Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, CoastFest is an annual extravaganza of interactive exhibitions and sideshows relating to Georgia’s coastal heritage.

For over ten years the Society for Georgia Archaeology has set up its tents and tables to introduce Georgians to the fascinating history that lies underfoot. This year, thanks to the daring and endurance of Tom Gresham, who agreed to drive it from Athens to Brunswick, the ArchaeoBus made its maiden voyage to the coast to participate in the events. The DNR let us park the bus and provided power right next to the SGA Big Top. Rita Elliott volunteered for the entire day to shepherd the hoards passing through the ArchaeoBus and into the cul-de-sac of our SGA archaeology tables. She was also our photographer.

Although unable to attend this year, Tammy Herron, the doyenne of displays, brought her extraordinary collection of artifacts, mounted posters, and interactive games to Savannah, so they could be brought down for the CoastFestivities in Brunswick. Ellen Provenzano, archaeology coordinator for the Glynn County Schools, added her collection of artifacts and games from Fort Frederica, and as always worked throughout the day. There was a steady stream of students, showing off what they had learned in Glynn County’s award-winning archaeology program.

In addition to CoastFest breaking its attendance record, the SGA shattered its old tally of volunteers. Along with those already mentioned, Betsy and Michael Shirk took the long drive to Brunswick to add their years of experience at CoastFest. The many local volunteers, including Jerry and Connie Fonseca, Aidine Kiernan, Sonja Olsen Kinard, Larry Lynch, Susan Pope, and Roseann Williams, not only learned how to sort and guess the identity of artifacts, but also to make decorated coil pots out of sand-tempered Play-Doh as if they were professional archaeologists.

The theme of the day was “Save Georgia’s Dirt!”, commemorated in a snazzy sticker we distributed to everyone who came to our activities. The motto was also used on the DNR’s “passport” for children to have stamped by us, after they had learned the answer to the question, “Why do we need to ‘Save Georgia’s Dirt’?”

Abby, the ArchaeoBus, has had a busy summer and fall. Summer found Abby enjoying the Athens library scene, where she shared more than archaeology books with library patrons. Tom Gresham delivered informal programs as he brought Abby to the Athens Regional Library and the Oglethorpe County Library. ArchaeoBus Outreach Specialist Kathy Mulchrone ably assisted Tom in the latter program. Kathy, ArchaeoBus Outreach Specialist Teresa Groover, and Rita Elliott prototyped the formal program at the Athens Regional Library. This allowed them to consider changes and improvements to the program content and delivery methods. Thanks to Kathy and Teresa, and to Tom for his ongoing efforts on this project. We also appreciate the Athens Regional Library’s continued support of the ArchaeoBus and the interest of the Oglethorpe County Library and many others throughout Georgia.

Figure 1. Throngs visit the ArchaeoBus.

By October Abby was ready for a visit to Georgia’s coast. She made her debut in Brunswick at the 11th Annual CoastFest, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Abby played to standing room only crowds as she sat adjacent to The Society for Georgia Archaeology booth (Figure 1). Both the bus interior and SGA’s outside interactives under the tent fostered a large and heartwarming display of intergenerational learning between children, parents, and grandparents, and between scouts and their leaders (Figure 2). Abby was available for 7,500 visitors at CoastFest.

Figure 2. Abby appealing across generations.

Abby is back in school now under the firm hand of Ellen Provenzano in Glynn County, Georgia. Since mid-October Ellen has taken Abby to two schools. This includes Sterling Elementary School, where 115 4th graders and 8 teachers participated in informal programming, and Altama Elementary School, where 86 4th graders, 7 teachers, and 2 administrators interacted with Abby. Ellen has also brought Abby to Fort Frederica National Monument for several hours of programs reaching 34 visitors of all ages, and to the Golden Isles Archaeology Club with an attendance of 15 adults. Ellen is making Abby do extracurricular work, and has her scheduled to visit an additional three to four schools in Glynn County before the end of the year. At that time, Ellen and Rita will do a final prototyping of the formal program for middle school students using the new materials and content created from the first prototyping session in Athens. A big thank you to Ellen, who has already reached 267 students with Abby and will likely engage another 300 in the next few weeks!

Abby’s increasing success would be impossible without the help of several dedicated individuals. A huge thanks to volunteers Tom Gresham and Ellen Provenzano. The phrase “working tirelessly” does not even begin to sum up their endeavors. Appreciation also goes to Kathy Mulchrone and Teresa Groover for their work. The ArchaeoBus Committee continues to stand on alert to help as needed. A handful of “guardian angels” have graced us with their help at the most opportune moments this past year. This included Steve Hoyt who rescued a despondent Abby (and driver Tom) on the side of the road in Macon when her alternator broke. Thank you Steve for your speedy mechanical abilities and your much appreciated generosity! And speaking of saving…Tony Shore has saved untold numbers of potentially twisted ankles by building sturdy steps for visitors to use to exit the bus. We appreciate Clay Helms’ electrical work involving the much needed hefty power cord for the bus. Our programs are benefitting from the donations of Native American replica pottery and tools made by Brian Floyd and Scott Jones. Starr Wright appeared exactly when needed to help solve a significant technology issue in the nick of time. Thanks to all of Abby’s guardian angels! Another set of individuals who form the loose coalition known secretly as the ArchaeoBus Spouses Support Group (Dale Provenzano, Gisela Weis, and Dan Elliott) are thanked for their long-suffering through bus rides and car/bus drop off schedules, late night and weekend work assignments, dead batteries, absentee spouses, jammed locks, and blown bulbs!

Abby’s year in review includes: the construction of her interior infrastructure, exhibit creation and installation, mechanical repairs and upgrades, development of the formal program (including hands-on activities) for middle schoolers, development of Teacher Guidelines and associated resource materials for the SGA web site, and writing the initial draft of the administrative manual and guidelines. Abby was not finished until May of 2009. In spite of this, she still managed to reach 8,492 people, primarily through informal programs.

Figure 3. ArchaeoBus funding sources.

Figure 3 is a chart showing the breakdown of all funding sources to date (2007–2009). Currently, all but approximately $5,000 of this has been spent in a successful effort to take the vehicle from a bookmobile to a 21st century ArchaeoBus. We give a resounding cheer of thanks to all of our sponsors and funders for their much appreciated financial support. This includes The Georgia Transmission Corporation, BestBuy, The Council on American Indian Concerns, The Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists, Southern Research, and Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Crabill, Jr.. Some funds were earmarked, such as the BestBuy grant for technology and certain funds for programming. The Georgia Transmission Corporation made two contributions, the first for the vehicle “wrap.” SGA also provided a second infusion of funds this past May.

Figure 4. ArchaeoBus expenses.

How were these funds, totaling just over $20,000, allocated? As Figure 4 depicts, almost $6,000 has gone into the purchase of the vehicle, inspections, repairs, maintenance, and a large chunk to insurance. Just under $5,500 was spent on the prep and wrapping of the bus exterior. Just over $4,000 went to the construction of the bus interior and the fabrication and installation of the exhibit. A total of $4,000 has been spent on technology. The smallest portion of expenditures to date has been spent on programming, totaling just over $1,000.

Insurance and maintenance will continue to be a large piece of the pie. The wrap, interior and technology are complete, so we expect no huge expenses in this arena in the near future. Our smallest area of expenses, programming, is the very reason the bus exists. And now that we have the vehicle remade and repaired, we look forward to throwing our time, energy, funding, and resources into programming and expect that a year from now, programming will be most of the pie!

During the past six months with few attempts to solicit venues, we have exposed 8,500 people to the Archaeobus and archaeology. We expect to reach much larger numbers when we begin a concerted effort to deliver both formal and informal programming next year.

You may wonder about Abby’s New Years’ Resolutions. She resolves to be even busier in 2010 as she rolls into extensive programming. Abby will wrap up her coastal visit in January and return to Athens where she will be available for formal programming to 8th graders in the public private, and parochial schools of Athens-Clarke County. Throughout the year she will also visit non-school venues for informal programs. Abby may even venture to the capitol steps in Atlanta, so Georgia’s state lawmakers can meet her and discover Georgia archaeology. Track Abby on this website and see if she keeps her resolutions in 2010!

The online version of Jacksonville’s The Florida Times-Union published a story on the Society’s own ArchaeoBus on 24 November 2009, saying:

Glynn County students are getting an education this week without have to dig for it.

Check out the full story here, including four pictures taken by Terry Dickson.

The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s ArchaeoBus is a Mobile Archaeology Classroom.

Teachers in Clarke County, Georgia, can make reservations now for January through June of 2010.

Click here for Guidelines for Educators, which includes a request form and student response form.

Click here for the document Standards, Skills, Domains, and Learning Styles addressed by the ArchaeoBus Program for 8th Graders.

So, why should you have the ArchaeoBus visit your school?

A Georgia teacher answers: Do your students groan every time you ask them to take out their social studies books? Do you get blank stares when you ask students to discuss specific time periods in history?

If so, Georgia’s Mobile Archaeology Classroom—the ArchaeoBus—will provide hands-on and minds-on activities to enthuse your students about learning. Archaeology is a great tool for turning on the minds of students, as well as a great motivational tool. More important, it is a discipline capable of instruction in a wide variety of skills. Archaeology is a holistic academic and intellectual approach that involves all subject areas, social skills, and conceptual skills. This is a unique approach to teaching traditional material and will expand your students’ abilities to think and reason.

Archaeology is fun! The name evokes an image of adventures to far-off and exotic places. Students become enthusiastic learners as they become detectives to learn about their past. Archaeology provides an opportunity to apply skills and knowledge from other disciplines and strengthen them through application. Archaeology can be used to teach critical thinking skills and problem solving. Plus it enhances small group instruction and cooperative learning. Teachers can use archaeology for instruction that pertains to their specific pedagogical needs. A social studies teacher can emphasize how artifacts provide information about different cultures and historic time periods; the math teacher can focus on mapping and the measurements and gridding that are involved in the process; the science teacher can use archaeology to demonstrate how the scientific method is used; the language arts teacher can focus on the historic research component and report writing. The application possibilities for the teacher are endless.

Georgia’s Mobile Archaeology Classroom is an innovative approach to student learning. It offers the opportunity for students and teachers to leave the traditional four-walled classroom and use a new approach to learn state standards!

With the crash of a champagne bottle over her fender, a new green bough laid upon her, the cadence of a drum roll, and the suspenseful unveiling of the tarp, Abby the ArchaeoBus was officially christened. Over 70 guests participated in the historic event during the spring Archaeology meeting in Macon on May 16, 2009. The gray skies and rain throughout the day did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm, and only served to give Abby a fresh bath prior to her debut. The showers ended just in time for the big event. As part of the ceremony, guests won door prizes and participated in a rousing kazoo rendition of “The Raiders of the Lost Ark” theme song. This was followed by an array of pink refreshments, including a cake with Abby’s likeness. Guests also had an opportunity to tour the inside of the bus and see the new exhibits and storage spaces. Thank you to all who attended!

Special thanks go to the many people who made the event successful. This includes Ellen Provenzano (wedding and special events coordinator extraordinaire); Betsy (I can get you a personalized yummy cake at a bargain rate) Shirk; champagne specialist and multi-tasker Tom Gresham; drummer Dean Wood (did I hear he played with the Stones before Slant Six?); unveiler, kazoo lead, and all around groupie Dan Elliott; official bough-layer Dennis Blanton; Abby button makers Tammy Herron, Betsy Shirk, Carolyn Rock, Jamice Meschke, Jim Langford (“HOW many buttons are we making???”); and the many photographers of the event. Stay tuned as the ArchaeoBus Committee and SGA Board review and finalize the guidelines for Abby’s work.

Ryan Blackburn, of Online Athens, the online version of the Athens Banner-Herald, has written a glowing article about the SGA’s own ArchaeoBus!

Click here to go to the article.

What an exciting day!

At the all-day 2009 Spring Meeting, held May 16th at Wesleyan College in Macon, we enjoyed formal presentations on current research and provocative ideas about many aspects of Georgia archaeology, touching on the theme of this year’s Archaeology Month: Mounds in Our Midst: Monuments of Prehistoric Culture in Georgia. Attending members received copies of the latest Early Georgia and our 2009 Archaeology Month poster.

The schedule allowed ample time to chat with other attendees. Over one hundred people attended the meeting—a grand success!

Perhaps the most important, and most fun, business was the unveiling of the ArchaeoBus, nicknamed Abbey! We learned that Abbey is one tough bus, or at least her bumpers are! We watched the champagne bottle loudly bounce away unharmed on the first strong stroke. Christener Tom Gresham upped the power level, and on the second stroke, the bottle shattered dramatically.

Abbey already has good karma, we think, since the rain deluge began only after the ceremonies. Teachers, librarians, and others are already reading about the ArchaeoBus on this website and asking how they can arrange a visit!

In short, your SGA is moving forward through 2009 with aggressive education and outreach activities, including both our own meetings, encouraging and publicizing Archaeology Month activities (May is Archaeology Month in Georgia!), and getting the ArchaeoBus on the road, doing both formal programs and less formal events.

Stay tuned for a more detailed report….

Here’s another incentive to attend the SGA’s Spring Meeting on Saturday, May 16th: the SGA’s brand new ArchaeoBus will be unveiled!

Attend the “christening” at 4 pm on Saturday! We’ll have door prizes, refreshments, and an interactive kazoo event! The new ArchaeoBus will be unveiled with a dramatic drumroll. We’ll break a bottle of champagne over the ArchaeoBus, too!

After the ceremony, visitors can tour the exhibits inside the ArchaeoBus and participate in hands-on activities under a tent next to the bus.

The ArchaeoBus is the SGA’s new mobile archaeology classroom. This is its first public event as it begins to tour the state, bringing archaeology outreach and education to the all!

Please adjust your schedule and join us in Macon for this super-fun event following the indoor session at the Spring SGA meeting at Wesleyan College, on Saturday, May 16th.

Are you curious about all this hub-bub over some old vehicle? Come satisfy your curiosity and see the brand new ArchaeoBus at its christening. The ArchaeoBus, (A.B or “Abbey” for short), becomes official on Saturday, May 16, 2009! The outside in its new splendor will be unveiled before your eyes. Walk through the bus to see the interior exhibit and storage areas. Examine table-top activities beneath associated tents around the bus as you enjoy light refreshments. This unique event will take place on May 16, 2009 at 3:30 p.m., following the last paper of the session at the Spring SGA meeting in Macon. The unveiling will occur in the parking lot adjacent to the Taylor Building (where the SGA meeting presentations will be given) on the campus of Wesleyan College. Won’t you join us?

The Society for Georgia Archaeology is pleased to announce a recent birth after a long labor. The new arrival is a beautiful, baby bus. ArchaeoBus arrived on November 21, 2008, measuring 16’ long and weighing several tons. Proud Godparents include the ArchaeoBus Committee. These baby pictures show the new bus, swaddled in its designer ‚“wrap” created by John Burns of jcbD. Have you ever seen a more beautiful baby? Thanks, John, for your graphics and your pro-bono work.

Committee member Tom Gresham has been the driving force in the rebirth of the bus. Tom virtually single-handedly prepped the old bookmobile, which included not only cleaning the exterior, but the labor-intensive job of scraping and peeling old vinyl letters off the outside of the former bookmobile. Tom also made all the arrangements with the firm that applied the wrap to the exterior of the vehicle, taking it from a bookmobile to SGA’s new ArchaeoBus. As you may recall, Tom obtained the grant from the Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC) to pay for the wrap. Thanks Tom for all your hard work. And thanks again to the GTC for this important component to the bus.

We expect ArchaeoBus to grow up soon, going to school for the first time in early 2009 when she will meet large numbers of school children participating in her educational programming. As this newsletter goes to press, ArchaeoBus Committee members are drafting the curriculum and preparing to purchase technology items for the bus. In addition they are designing the bus interior to include a small exhibit area and a ‚“Save Our Sites” (SOS) area to record and document archaeological sites from across the state, from information gathered by collectors and researchers.

Stay tuned for further updates as SGA’s little ArchaeoBus grows up. You can expect a first report card in the next issue of The Profile.

In November 2008, the ArchaeoBus got wrapped!

A generous grant of $5,000.00 from Georgia Transmission Corporation, the public utilities company that oversees all of the EMCs in Georgia paid for the output and installation of the wrap by Digital Graphics & Signs, of Athens. JC Burns of jcbD donated his expertise and time to design the images and bright typography that cover the vehicle on all four sides.

This grant to transform the tired bookmobile into a fresh, new ArchaeoBus was instrumental in moving the project along.

Kudos to all involved! The ArchaeoBus looks fantastic!

ArchaeoBus is quickly becoming more than just a pretty face! The last Profile article described the colorful “wrap” that will embellish the exterior of the vehicle and create an exciting traveling billboard for public archaeology outreach. Thanks to Best Buy Children’s Foundation, ArchaeoBus will now be equipped with substantial technology that will expand the potential of its programs to middle school students and their communities. Equipment such as a computer, large screen flat panel HDTV or interactive white board, scanner, digital camera and software will allow interactivity on two levels. On one level, students are presented with new material in PowerPoint presentations, archaeology game shows, quizzes, video clips, photographs, and lab information. They work solo and in groups using this material and information from a series of low-tech activities and interactives. On a second level, students use this new information and regroup for a chance to discover places of value within their community and how they can help save or document them. The students use digital aerial photographs, topographical maps, computerized site forms, and digital photography to record an archaeological site from their community. The site form is then transmitted electronically to the official Georgia Archaeological Site File. Students and teachers are encouraged to extend their ArchaeoBus learning opportunities to activities throughout the year, and are provided with information and resources to do so. The ArchaeoBus project will help children learn traditional subjects (in a unique way) along with higher-level cognitive skills, while empowering them to make a difference in their communities.

We are thrilled that Best Buy Children’s Foundation has recognized that the ArchaeoBus Mobile Archaeology Classroom project aligns with the foundation’s goal to, “provide positive experiences that will help youth excel in school, engage in their communities, and develop leadership skills.” We are especially pleased to begin this phase of what eventually will be a statewide program in the Athens-Clarke County area, where Best Buy Store #511 is located. Natalie Echeverri, Store Manager, was instrumental in working with us to apply for the Local Giving Program grant. We can’t wait to unveil the new bus and begin this educationally stimulating program. Thank you Ms. Echeverri, Mr. Brian Crawford, Product Process Manager, and Best Buy Children’s Foundation!!

The Archaeology Bus Committee has several exciting items to report to the membership.

First, John (JC) Burns of jcbD, has generously provided pro-bono work to create the graphic and text design that will go around the vehicle. This will allow the vehicle to be “reborn” from the bookmobile that it was to the new and exciting archaeology vehicle that it will become. Thank you John for this exciting transformation than not only brands the vehicle, but allows it to serve as a traveling billboard for the society and its archaeology preservation and education message!

But how do you get this outstanding design from John’s computer to the vehicle? That’s where the kind hand of Georgia Transmission Corporation picks up the story. The corporation has given $5,000 to pay for the “wrap” of the vehicle. This action is extremely significant, since the wrap will speak volumes in advertising the vehicle, yet would have taken a huge chunk of SGA’s very limited bus budget. Now, thanks to the magnanimity of Georgia Transmission Corporation, we can use our small budget to purchase crucial educational equipment and material. Thank you for your much appreciated financial support! The corporation first learned of our needs for this project through the diligence of committee member Tom Gresham. His approach and discussions with several individuals at Georgia Transmission Corporation paid remarkable dividends for the project. Thank you, Tom, for your continued hard work and diligence on this project! The Archaeology Bus Committee invites the SGA membership to stay tuned to future issues of The Profile for the unveiling of the bus exterior re-design.

The story of the transformation of the Bookmobile acquired by SGA from the Athens Clarke County Regional Library continues! The Archaeology Mobile Advisory Panel had its first meeting on Saturday, November 10. Joined by about 93,000 fans in town for the UGA-Auburn game, members of the advisory panel converged on Athens from around the state. Members present included Rita Elliott (chair), Tammy Forehand, Barbara Bruno, Betsy Shirk, Michael Shirk, Tom Gresham, Steve Kowalewski, Mary Stakes, and Ellen Provenzano. The meeting was hosted by Mary Stakes at the Carl Vinson Institute.

Members of the Archaeology Mobile Advisory Panel and the bus.

To recap: the opportunity arose to acquire the bus from the library system for a reasonable cost. It is a 10-year-old vehicle with over 100,000 miles that was checked out by a mechanic and is in good condition. In addition to the modest fee, SGA agreed to provide a workshop at system library branches and at schools in Clarke County.

Members discussed ideas for outfitting the bus as a selfcontained classroom, including hands-on activities or manipulatives. In addition, wrapping versus painting the exterior of the bus was broached. To get an idea of how awnings, plasma televisions or screens for presentations, and pop up tents might be integrated into the design, panel members took advantage of the RVs parked behind the Varsity and made a site visit to check out options UGA or Auburn fans chose. All had awnings of some type and one had a television that folded out from the lower side of the bus.

The group decided to focus on short-term goals to provide the agreed-upon workshops that would target 4th and 5th graders in Clarke County and provide programs to the branch libraries. Next steps include working on a design plan, contacting elementary schools to find out if this type program would be of interest to teachers, program development, and paint/wrap for the bus. Members were given assignments to prepare for the second meeting scheduled for late January 2009 in Macon.

The bus is here!!

The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of a book mobile from the Athens Regional Library System and the beginning of an innovative, large-scale project. The project, now known as the Archaeology Mobile project, but soon to have an official name, is an ambitious plan aimed at statewide public education, site documentation, and SGA marketing. The goal of the project is to educate Georgians about archaeological, historical, and environmental topics and to collect and record archaeological data from across the state. SGA will begin writing grant proposals to cover the costs of customizing the vehicle; stocking it with equipment and supplies; creating hands-on learning tools; formulating a long-term planning document and operational strategy; and writing K-12 history, archaeology, and environmental web-based curricula. SGA has already begun inviting potential partners having relevant historical and environmental interests and expertise for this far-reaching project.

The bus will be the first-ever dynamic, interactive project that will physically travel the state while connecting to classrooms and other entities through the world-wide web. Teachers, students, and others can track the journey of the bus as it travels around the state, and download archaeological, historical, and environmental interactive lesson plans, resources, and classroom activities relevant to their subjects and to the mandated Georgia Performance Standards. Teachers and students can use distance learning equipment to interact with the bus staff through student interviews and live camera shots. The bus will visit schools, libraries, shopping malls, festivals, and other areas across rural and urban Georgia where visitors can learn through hands-on activities, educational and fun games, interactive computer presentations, and displays. It will be equipped as a stand-alone classroom that can accommodate student and other groups. On non-outreach scheduled days, artifact collectors can visit the bus and share information about area sites with bus staff, who can then record information about the sites. They will be able to scan or photograph artifacts, complete site forms and topographic maps that they send electronically to the Georgia Archaeological Site File, and visit select sites.

First Stop

The bus is currently at its first stop. This has included the purchase of the bus at a nominal fee through the generosity of the Athens Regional Library System and the work of SGA Treasurer Michael Shirk. SGA Secretary Tom Gresham has worked hard to help with the acquisition, including arranging for tax, tag, title, and insurance. SGA President Carolyn Rock and the SGA Board have been actively supporting the project. We are currently formulating an advisory council for the project and will begin initial planning within the next six weeks. SGA members Barbara Bruno and Rita Elliott are creating a short-list of relevant, potential grant funders.

Second Stop

Initially the bus will operate in a temporary mode during the 2007-2008 school year in the Clarke County area. This will be an opportunity to provide outreach on a small scale and discover the successes and challenges with the vehicle and our long-term plans prior to customizing the bus and creating curricula material.

Third Stop

SGA will work with partners to identify symbiotic goals and strategies for the project. We will submit grant proposals to relevant funders for the various components of the project. SGA will then use grant funds to customize and supply the bus, equip it with high-tech tools, write the various web-based curricula, and hire the appropriate administrative and programming personnel.

Fourth Stop

The bus goes on the road! Staff will drive predetermined routes around the state of Georgia, stopping at scheduled locations for public interaction and site recordation. The program will use the internet and web-based curricula throughout.

Fifth Stop

We will evaluate the program and its results. This will allow us to modify the program according to feedback and results documented by staff. At this phase we will seek continued operational support either through fees, operational grants, or other mechanisms.

SGA thanks the Athens Regional Library System, Dr. Bill Prokasy and Mr. Logan Mathis for allowing SGA the opportunity to purchase the bus at a nominal cost for this educational venture. Thanks also to Tom Gresham and Michael Shirk for their involvement in bus acquisition. Thanks go to Barbara Bruno for her past and future assistance with grant funding opportunities for the project. SGA invites you to stay tuned as this project develops.

Don’t miss the bus!