Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our Building Brighter Futures Celebration such a wonderful evening! It was a pleasure welcoming everyone to learn more about Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett, recognize three individuals for their profound impact on SNS, and hear an amazing story of brotherhood, love, perspective, and humility from our featured speaker Lawson Luckie, star tight end for the UGA Football Team. To say he's an impressive young man is an understatement! For all he's accomplished on the football field he will make a bigger impact off it advocating for his brother Cannon and the entire special needs community. Stay tuned for more photos, videos, and memories from a truly special night over the next week.

It's a beautiful morning at The Garden! Did you know that our Young Adults Learning Life Skills (YALLS) Program plants, maintains, harvests, and cooks with a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs throughout the year? This hands-on activity is a great learning experience that complements our culinary and healthy eating programs. The recent rains have the garden thriving with kale, swiss chard, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, cabbage, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, mint, thyme, oregano, and a variety of wildflowers growing quickly!

We are less than two weeks away from Building a Brighter Future - A Night of Hope & Celebration on Thursday, June 4th at the Buford Community Center! The evening will be filled celebrating our students, teachers, and others who make SNS special and highlighting our vision to grow our school and the impact!

We are just as excited to welcome UGA Football star tight end Lawson Luckie as our featured speaker for the evening. Beyond his accomplishments on the football field, Lawson is an amazing supporter and advocate for his younger brother Cannon, who suffers from a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts his speech, hearing, and motor skills. Lawson will share stories from his journey through football, experience at UGA, and his life as part of a special needs family!

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As we wrap up another school year, we can't go without celebrating our SNS Employee of the Quarter - Mr. Luka!!! Luka serves as a floating paraprofessional assisting each of our classrooms and beyond, evening pitching in with our YALLS Program when needed. His teammates recognized him for his positive attitude, willingness to jump in and help, anticipating the needs of students and teachers, and striving for excellence in all he does. What's even more impressive is he does all this while balancing the demands of college as he earns his degree in Special Education at Georgia Gwinnett College! Thank you Luka for all you do to support our students, young adults, and staff here at SNS!!!

On Monday we capped off our amazing week at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic by hosting the first annual SNS Champions for Education Classic! Through our charitable partnership with the event, our golfers were the first to experience TPC Sugarloaf with the same pin positions, layout, and pristine course conditions played on Championship Sunday! All funds raised through this event benefit the SNS Scholarship Fund which ensures that education and adult day programs at SNS remain available to all. A very special thank you to our Presenting Sponsor Abernathy Development Company and to every sponsor and player that joined us for this perfect day!

What an amazing last week getting to be a part of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic! We've been a proud charitable partner of the event since 2017 and always look forward to a great week at TPC Sugarloaf supporting the tournament, telling our story, and being a part of their mission to make a difference in the Gwinnett community! A huge thank you to the 400+ volunteers, the tournament staff, every PGA TOUR Champions player who competed, each sponsor, the thousands of spectators who attended, and of course our friends at Mitsubishi Electric and Vensure Employer Solutions for their unwavering support! Congratulations to the 2026 Champion Retief Goosen on three days of spectacular golf and a clutch birdie on the final hole to secure the victory! We are already counting down the days to next year's event!!!

Our friends at Kendra Scott have supported SNS for years, and for the next two days they will donate 20% of all sales from their online store by using the Giveback Code GIVEBACK-MEC26 at checkout. Now is the perfect time to buy a Mother's Day gift, or something nice for yourself, and help make an impact in the process. Please visit www.kendrascott.com on April 21st or 22nd and don't forget to use Giveback Code GIVEBACK-MEC26!

🎉 We’re excited to announce that Ms. Tiffany, our amazing Elementary Paraprofessional, has been named SNS Employee of the Quarter! 🌟 Chosen by her peers, Ms. Tiffany was recognized for her positive attitude, the love and care she shows her students, her ability to make learning fun for everyone, and for always being willing to lend a helping hand to fellow teachers. 💙 Please join us in thanking Ms. Tiffany for her hard work and congratulating her for this well-deserved honor! 👏🍎

Last Friday we were excited to host "A Night to Remember," our very first SNS Prom! In partnership with groups like Brightside Cafe , Special Kneads and Treats, Inc. , True Love for Hope , and others more than 50 teenagers and young adults got to walk the red carpet, dance the night away, and enjoy a truly memorable evening! A huge thank you to every buddy, volunteer, sponsor, vendor, staff member, and friend for coming together to make this event possible. We hope this is the start of something special to enjoy for many years to come!

📸 Memories captured by our friends at Awtrey Media Group