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KINSAUL AND STUDENTS IN THE MORGAN COUNTY HIGH GREENHOUSE
allows her to see students outside
the classroom and build stronger
relationships.
“I love going to Chick-fil-A and
having one of my students serve
my meal,” she said. “You’re not just
their teacher. You’re somebody they
know from the community.”
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Encouraging Engagement
One of Kinsaul’s most significant contributions has been her
emphasis on service. Several years
ago, she approached her principal
with an ambitious idea: sending
every student in Morgan County
High School into the community for
a day of service. The idea evolved
into “Sophomore Serve,” a program
that sends an entire grade level
into the community to volunteer
with local organizations.
Students work with food
banks, community gardens, nonprofits, and community groups,
often discovering organizations
they had driven passed countless
times but never truly understood.
“It prompted a lot of questions and
curiosity about the different things
happening in the community,”
Kinsaul said.
The program’s success eventually inspired a statewide Day
of Service initiative that involved
more than 80 Georgia school districts. The Georgia Department of
Education has since committed to
making the event an annual tradition. For Kinsaul, service is not
simply volunteerism. It is citizenship in action.
