Bells Ferry Elementary School teacher Dr. Elizabeth Goff left her handprints on the Marietta Square on Thursday.
It’s a tradition for those named the Cobb County School District Teacher of the Year (see our post in August), and the honors continued with the Give Our Schools A Hand celebration at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre and organized by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce.
Goff has been an educator for 25 years and is a teacher of English as a Second Language.
Inside the theatre, the Bells Ferry chorus serenaded Goff, and some students placed their handprints inside their teacher’s on the wet cement outside.
“They have all kinds of ideas. I support all of those. Occasionally, I will have students that somewhere along the line start changing that idea and they’ll tell you, ‘I would love to be a teacher. I want to be just like you,” she said in a Cobb school district release. “It is the greatest compliment. It’s a wonderful feeling. I feel so much pride.”
Goff and Candance Torrence, the Marietta City Schools teacher of the year, will be honored by the Cobb Chamber on Nov. 13 and will be presented with a free one-year car lease from the Voyles Automotive Group.
It’s part of the Chamber’s monthly Monday Marquee luncheon series and is devoted to the state of education in the county.
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