The new school year is around the corner and Georgia schools are getting banners ready to welcome students from K-12 grades. CeremonialSupplies.com has the best school banners to decorate the entrances, the cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium, library, hallways, and even your favorite Math class! Every student should feel welcomed and motivated with a light touch of humor, to strive for important scholastic goals that will shape their future. The history of Georgia, one of the original 13 colonies is filled with historical names of people who shaped this country, and many schools are named after them. One of the most influential thinkers in the world, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, and his name honors two elementary schools, one in Atlanta, and the other in Macon, and a high school in Lithonia. What better way to inspire children in these schools, than by connecting them with the story of their school's namesake? Display a school banner with a quote by Dr. King, such as "Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true Education."
Our extra wide ribbons available in 8", 10" and 12" are also called "banner size" ribbons, or banners, and they are customizable, and available in a variety of colors to match those of your school. Purple and white are the colors of Baldwin High School in Milledgeville, named after Abraham Baldwin, a founding father who represented Georgia at the Continental Congress and helped draft the Constitution. His dedicated interest in the importance of education helped establish the University of Georgia, co-founded with Lyman Hall, who is also considered a founding father and one of the three representatives from Georgia who signed the Declaration of Independence. Lyman was a Yale graduate and an ordained minister. He also became a doctor and practiced medicine in Savannah after the Revolutionary War and eventually was elected governor in 1783. Two elementary schools, one in Gainesville, and the other in Hinesville bear his name.
There are two middle schools and one high school that have the name Sequoyah. Did you know that Sequoyah was American-Cherokee, the son of a Cherokee woman named Wut-teh, the niece of a Cherokee chief, and a Virginia fur trader named Nathaniel Gist? His English name was George Gist, and he was considered a man whose knowledge encompassed many subjects. Sequoyah created a writing system of the Cherokee language known as the Cherokee Syllabary, that enabled Cherokee people to write and communicate with each other across distances, in their native tongue. This led to the publication of America's first newspaper printed in native American language, The Cherokee Phoenix, printed in New Echota, Georgia. Riverdale and Doraville, have two middle schools named Sequoyah, and Sequoyah High School is in Canton. School banners in black or yellow, the school's colors, are also available at CeremonialSupplies.com.
Charles Holmes Herty, a chemist and visionary born in Milledgeville, Georgia, organized the first football team of the University of Georgia when he attended the school, and raised money for improved athletic facilities. He helped save the South's naval stores industry from the threat of deforestation by creating an innovative cup and gutter system for collecting resin from pine trees. His experiments proved that young pine trees could make quality paper pulp by using an acidic sulfite solution to digest the wood and his gamble paid off when 2 leading publishers in Texas and Oklahoma invested in the South's first newsprint mill. Charles Holmes Herty Elementary in Savannah is named after him. Georgia's rich historical accomplishments are an inspiration for young minds, and creating motivational messages on school banners, is a great way to spark student's inquisitive nature. A printed school banner, or extra-wide ribbon with excerpts of some of these famous people's names, or quotes, are tools of inspiration for students, especially in those schools that bear their names.
Other noteworthy personalities that hail from Georgia are, John Deveaux, one of many African-Americans to hold a prestigious office under the presidency of William McKinley, and founder of the Savannah Tribune, Savannah's first African-American newspaper; Mary Musgrove, The daughter of a Creek mother and English father, Mary Musgrove proved instrumental in maintaining peace and fair trade between the Creek nation and the new Georgia colony. She married John Musgrove in 1717 and quickly established a trading post. She attracted the attention of General James Oglethorpe and served as his main interpreter from 1733 to 1743; Ty Cobb, baseball player, born in Narrows; and James Carter, peanut farmer born in Plains, Georgia, who became President of the United States.
CeremonialSupplies.com takes great pride in providing the finest, quality material in our personalized ceremonial ribbons. Our wide selection of colors enables schools to match and combine their school's colors when creating school banners, and the size and length of these banners serve a wide variety of uses. Be prepared for the start of the new school year with beautiful streaming ribbons and banners in your school! Shop CeremonialSupplies.com selection of personalized ribbons and banners, and be confident that you are getting products of the highest quality, at budget friendly prices, attentive customer service, and fast and efficient shipping wherever you are in the Peach State - and anywhere else in the world! Click here for a shipping quote.