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Teachers of the Year for each of Coweta
County’s 30 public schools have been chosen by their fellow
classroom teachers.
They will be honored as the county’s top teachers at the April
21Coweta County Teacher of the Year Program, which the Board of
Education presents annually with the Newnan Pilot Club.
The 2009 Teachers of the Year from each school are:
From elementary schools: Staci Culbreth, Music (Arbor Springs);
Teresa Clements, 3rd Grade (Arnco-Sargent); Amy Sasser, 1st
Grade (Atkinson); Lisa Wilson, 1st Grade (Canongate); Stephanie
Golden, 3rd Grade (Eastside); Susan Collins, 2nd Grade (Elm
Street); Renee Ward, Kindergarten (Glanton); Lisa Diebboll, 3rd
Grade (Jefferson Parkway); Anne Nelson, Kindergarten (Moreland);
Brandi Devine, 4th Grade (Newnan Crossing); Michelle Owens, 3rd
Grade (Northside); Faith Wheeler, 1st Grade (Poplar Road);
Angela Brown, 5th Grade (Ruth Hill); Karen Stacy, 5th Grade
(Thomas Crossroads); Diane McHughes, 1st Grade (Welch); Rachel
Stedham, 5th Grade (Western); Janet Angelo, 2nd Grade (White
Oak); Lisa Anander, 1st Grade (Willis Road).
From middle schools: Sheila Barnes, 7th and 8th Grade Gifted
Science (Arnall); Tammy Hyder, 7th Grade Science (East Coweta);
Casey Pope, 6th Grade Language Arts (Evans); Jan Reyes, 8th
Grade Math (Lee); Audrey Mallet, 8th Grade Literature/Language
Arts (Madras); Gayle Butler, 6th Grade Science (Smokey Road);
Gordon Callaway, Special Education and Literature (Maggie
Brown).
From high schools: Scott Brown, Technology (Central Educational
Center); Richard McMichen, Drama and Theatre (East Coweta);
Steve Quesinberry, World and Vietnam War History (Newnan High);
Robert Skinner, Social Studies and Psychology (Northgate High);
Jill Collins, High School History and Civics (Winston Dowdell).
Teachers of the Year are selected by their peers for the quality
of their teaching, professional development, teaching
philosophies and methods, community involvement, and
contributions to education. From the local nominees will come
three finalists, one of whom will be chosen as Coweta County’s
Teacher of the Year and who will be the county’s nominee for
Georgia Teacher of the Year.
The 2009 Coweta Teacher of the Year will be announced at the
April 21 Teacher of the Year program, held at the Centre for
Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan.
Elm Street Elementary School 2nd grade teacher Carly Winstead
has served as the school system’s 2008 Coweta County Teacher of
the Year.
The Coweta County School System is the only school system in
Georgia with three county nominees chosen as Georgia Teacher of
the Year, including Lorraine Johnson, Nancy Royal and Jamie
Lipscomb. There have also been thirteen Coweta County
semi-finalists for Georgia teacher of the year since 1986. |
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