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Local student participates in national forensics program
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Lumpkin County High School junior Madison Coker, 16, recently participated in a national leadership forum for law and CSI in Washington, D.C. - photo by For the Dawson County News
Lumpkin County High School student and Dawsonville resident Madison Coker recently attended a national leadership forum in Washington, D.C. Coker, 16, is a rising junior and was nominated for the program, Envision's National Youth Leadership Forum on Law and CSI, due to her interest in forensic science by her teachers at LCHS. The forum ran from July 9-13. "During this program I participated in many workshops that included forensic simulations, presentations by lawyers and college professors and problem-solving tasks," Coker said. "We [also] had the opportunity to visit George Mason University campus and learn more about college admissions."
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Graduation rate in Dawson County remains above 95 percent
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Despite the turmoil over the last year, as classes were canceled and pushed online due to COVID-19, the graduation rate in Dawson County for 2020 remains one of the highest in the state, according to Dawson County Schools Superintendent Damon Gibbs.
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