Keishia Thorpe Day is celebrated on December 14 as a Proclamation by Former County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (now U.S. Senator) for Keishia Thorpe’s leadership and contribution to public education.  Ms. Thorpe is a PGCPS educator who is who is a National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, LifeChanger of the Year, Presidential Lifetime Achievement Honoree, and Global Teacher Prize Winner. Her Legacy scholarship is awarded annually to 3 to 5 PGCPS high school senior students who are from...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Date of Event:  July 11, 2026 Location:  Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre, Boksburg, South Africa GLOBAL TEACHER PRIZE WINNER BRINGING WORLD-CLASS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SOUTH AFRICA The U.S. Elite International organization, in partnership with South Africa Global Teacher Prize Ambassadors and education stakeholders across Africa, will convene hundreds of educators at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in South Africa for the...

PRESS RELEASE April 6, 2024: FOLLOW OUR WORK On this single visit to Jamaica, U.S. Elite Vice President and Global (Nobel Prize) Teacher...