{"id":6480,"date":"2024-09-20T01:16:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T01:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/20\/arlene-neely-wins-teacher-of-the-game-recognition\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T01:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T01:16:23","slug":"arlene-neely-wins-teacher-of-the-game-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/20\/arlene-neely-wins-teacher-of-the-game-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlene Neely Wins Teacher of the Game Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arlene Neely, a social studies teacher at Northside Middle School, was honored with the <strong>Teacher of the Game<\/strong> recognition, part of a partnership between <strong>Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union<\/strong> and the <strong>University of South Carolina<\/strong>. Neely was celebrated during the <strong>USC-LSU football game on September 14<\/strong>, where she received $1,000, tickets to the game, and was acknowledged on the scoreboard and loudspeaker.<\/p>\n<p>Neely&rsquo;s nomination highlighted her unconventional path to teaching. After leaving college early for family reasons, she returned ten years later to earn her bachelor&#8217;s and master&rsquo;s degrees at the <strong>University of South Carolina<\/strong>. Now, she fulfills her dream of teaching, where she is passionate about helping students recognize their potential and contribute to society.<\/p>\n<p>Neely expressed her love for teaching, stating, &ldquo;I enjoy creating an environment where everyone is included and where students feel like they belong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tiffany Hall, principal of Northside Middle in Lexington School District Two, praised Neely&#8217;s resilience and dedication, saying, &ldquo;Her journey to becoming a teacher is a testament to her unwavering commitment to making a difference in the lives of her students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the <strong>Teacher of the Game<\/strong> program, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/palmettocitizens.org\/teacherofthegame\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">palmettocitizens.org\/teacherofthegame<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arlene Neely, a social studies teacher at Northside Middle School, was honored with the Teacher of the Game recognition, part of a partnership between Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union and the University of South Carolina. Neely was celebrated during the USC-LSU football game on September 14, where she received $1,000,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/20\/arlene-neely-wins-teacher-of-the-game-recognition\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34],"tags":[494],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-6480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","tag-honors-and-awards"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ArleneNealey_2024_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}