Georgia Magazine - February 2024 - 8

GEORGIA News
Compiled by Jennifer J. Hewett
T
Carroll County teacher
wins agriculture award
he Georgia Farm
Bureau in Macon
presented Carroll
County teacher Samantha
" Sam " Camp with its 2023
Agriculture in the Classroom
Teacher of the Year Award
during the organization's 86th
annual convention on Jekyll
Island in December.
Camp teaches science,
technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM)
to kindergartners through
fifth graders at Mount Zion
Elementary School in
Carrollton. She was
recognized for incorporating
agriculture topics into her
class curriculum. Camp also
works with local FFA students
to hold Ag Days and In-House
Field Trip Days and invites the
Carroll County Farm Bureau (CCFB) and other ag organizations
and businesses to participate.
Camp wants to ensure that her students understand the
importance of farming and growing crops.
" Students love getting outside, getting their hands dirty
and loving animals, " Camp says. " I just felt, with our population
growing exponentially, that students needed to be exposed to
farming careers at an early age. "
The CCFB and Mount Zion Elementary Principal
Melissa Dearman nominated Camp for the award. Camp
and the CCFB have worked together to install raised garden
beds and a chicken coop at the school so the students can do
agriculture-related projects on a regular basis.
As the award winner, Camp received a $500 prize courtesy
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Carroll County teacher Sam Camp, second from right, was named the Georgia Farm Bureau's
(GFB) 2023 Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year. Presenting the award are, from
left, Georgia EMC Public Relations Representative Andy Paul, Georgia Foundation for
Agriculture Executive Director Lily Baucom and GFB President Tom McCall.
of Tucker-based Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
(EMC), the statewide trade association for Georgia's
41 EMCs, and an all-expenses-paid trip, sponsored
by the Macon-based Georgia Foundation for
Agriculture, to the 2024 National Agriculture in the
Classroom Conference set for late June in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Camp earned her bachelor's degree in early
childhood/elementary education at the University
of West Georgia in Carrollton. She has been
teaching for seven years and has taught at Mount
Zion Elementary for the last three years.
-Lauren Goble
and December: Wilfred Arnett, Richmond Hill. Each winner
received a $25 Target gift card.
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