Victoria "Tori" Sinco, a fifth-grade mathematics teacher at Avery Elementary School, has been selected for the 2014 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. She is one of only 150 teachers selected nationwide from more than 1,000 applicants.

The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy offers third- through fifth-grade teachers the opportunity to master innovative ways to teach math and science. Teachers are selected based on their experience and enthusiasm. In addition to being selected to the academy, Sinco was one of only seven educators statewide to win a Georgia Innovation in Teaching Competition award this year. She also was named her school's Teacher of the Year in 2008.

The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is scheduled for July 20-25 in New Jersey.