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Doctors take tour of hospital redo
The historic Newnan hospital building – where many Cowetans were born or went to see a relative or friend – is soon going to be a university center.The University of West Georgia will be moving into...
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Bonnell Aluminum donates more than 1600 dictionaries to Coweta third graders
Earlier this week, Bonnell Aluminum of Newnan, visited every Coweta elementary school to deliver dictionaries to each of the third grade students.“We think supporting our schools and students is a very...
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Teacher in Focus: Regenia Ware
Regenia Ware teaches fifth grade at Jefferson Parkway Elementary School. She has been teaching there for six years. This year is her 14th year of teaching, all of which have been in the Coweta County...
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Martin Pate visits fifth grade class at Canongate
Local artist Martin Pate recently visited Cindy Glazier’s fifth grade social studies class at Canongate Elementary School, to show students what the Civil War and the life of a confederate soldier was...
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Wells makes Dean’s List at APUNewnan resident and Azusa Pacific University student Kaylyn Wells made the academic Deans' List at APU. Wells is honored for a spring semester 2014 academic standing of a...
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Teacher in Focus: Pam Barfield
Pamela “Pam” Barfield teaches fourth grade at Canongate Elementary School. She has been teaching for 13 years, all of them at Canongate.Why did you become a teacher?
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Northgate rallies around homecoming king, queen
Northgate High School’s unprecedented act of choosing two special needs students as the 2014 Homecoming king and queen has not only changed the lives of Jessica Martindale and Anastas “Anie” Nenov, but...
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Teen filmmaker’s entry wins in Santa Monica
Zack Hosseini, a Georgia student filmmaker with relatives in the local area, won the award for Best Student Short at the Awareness Film Festival.Hosseini’s award was among those announced at the...
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Education Briefs
WGTC Students Create Art Gallery West Georgia Technical College students on the Douglas Campus have created the first student art gallery located in the B building outside the campus conference center....
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Welch students receive dictionaries from Bonnell
Recently, Bonnell Aluminum of Newnan donated dictionaries to third grade students Welch Elementary School in Coweta County.We were delighted to have our Bonnell Dictionary presentation by Mr. Brad...
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White Oak REACH students learn about machines
REACH students at White Oak Elementary School are learning about simple machines through Lego Robotics.REACH is the gifted program for the Coweta County School System. Lego Robotics is a hands-on...
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Teacher in Focus: Brad Wilson
Brad Wilson teaches ninth grade government at Northgate High School. This year is his seventh of teaching, and his first year in Coweta County. He is also the assistant cross country coach and the head...
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Coweta mom sends her 5-year-old to college
Sending a child to college can be a memorable experience for a parent, but as one Coweta mom is finding out, it’s even more of one when your child is five.Lisa Quick is a school psychologist with...
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Teachers show music and art go hand in hand
By Celia Shortt celia@newnan.com The art and music teachers at Jefferson Parkway Elementary School have a desire to show their students how music and art are connected, and their unique school...
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Smokey Road Writing Contest Winners named
Smokey Road Middle School recently held its first writing contest, with a first place winner for each grade level.The contest produced winners of three papers written on the International Reading...
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UWG named one of the best colleges in the Southeast
The Princeton Review recently named University of West Georgia as one of the 138 best colleges in the Southeast.“We’re proud to again be chosen a Princeton Review best Southeastern College,” said UWG...
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WGTC gets a blast from the past for homecoming
West Georgia Technical College will hold its 2014 homecoming festivities from Oct. 20 to 25. The festivities will feature a week of events for students, faculty and the community. This year’s events...
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UWG Coweta Alumni event planned
The recently formed Coweta University of West Georgia Alumni Council is holding an event for all alumni from Coweta on Friday, Oct. 24.The UWG Alumni Monster Munch and Downtown Ghost Tour will begin at...
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