Veterans Day celebration roundup
Veterans Day is an official holiday in November, honoring those people who have served the country in the armed forces, and several Coweta County Schools held special celebrations for them.Welch...
View ArticleWhite Oak holds first Thanksgiving project
White Oak Elementary School recently held its first Thanksgiving Day family project to increase parental involvement at the school.“The school did this as a holiday activity but also to help increase...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Kriss Mossburg
Kriss Mossburg teaches advanced placement chemistry and chemistry at Newnan High School. She has been teaching for six years.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleRHES represents at Falcons game
Members of Ruth Hill Elementary School’s faculty, staff, and family were recently able to represent the school in a big way as part of the flag crew at an Atlanta Falcons’ home game in the Georgia...
View ArticleGlanton Elementary School Title 1 Reading Day
Glanton Elementary School recently held its seventh annual Title 1 Reading Day for its students and their parents.“We created Reading Day… as a way for parents to come into the school and learn about...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Craig Owens
Craig Owens is the band teacher at East Coweta Middle School. He has been teaching for 20 years, the last seven of which were at ECMS. He is ECMS’ current teacher of the year.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleMadras student wins Coweta water essay contest
Madras Middle School student Megan Czerwinski was named the Coweta County winner of this year’s 2014 Middle School Water Essay Contest.Czerwinski traveled to the Georgia State Capitol building on Dec....
View ArticleNHS band helps Salvation Army open season
The Newnan High School Marching Band recently helped the Salvation Army open its 2014 ringing season in Newnan with a special outdoor concert at Wal-Mart.“This is a first,” said Newnan’s Salvation Army...
View ArticleWillis Road teacher honored by VFW
Willis Road Elementary School teacher Eve Johnson was named the Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year for the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars (VFW) Fifth District.The fifth grade social studies and...
View ArticleCEC TriBots to compete in VEX robotics
The Central Educational Center TriBots will be able to be competitive at this year’s VEX robotics games due to a donation from Kason Industries.Members of the CEC VEX Robotics team use parts and pieces...
View ArticleFerst Foundation holds annual CCSS coin drive
In its eighth year of holding a coin drive to benefit the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy, the Coweta County School System raised more than $14,000 for the organization.Coweta County’s Ferst...
View ArticleEssays from Elm Street Elementary students
If Santa was skinny a lot of things would change. For instance, he could go through a window. He’d only need four reindeer. His suit would be smaller, and he would eat less cookies.He could fit through...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Kristie Stewart
Kristie Stewart teaches kindergarten at Arnco-Sargent Elementary School. She has been teaching for 21 years, 19 of which have been in Coweta County and 11 at Arnco-Sargent.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleStudents share favorite part of Christmas
Before the Christmas break, students at Elm Street Elementary School took time to share their favorite parts of Christmas. Here is a sampling, reproduced “as is” from their work.My favorite part of...
View ArticleGeorgia Power donates to Coweta CIS
Communities In Schools (CIS) of Coweta County’s mission of helping students graduate from school and achieve success in life was recently made easier when the organization received a generous donation...
View ArticleMcEntire delivers UWG commencement address
Dennis McEntire, General Manager of Newnan Utilities, was the featured speaker at the University of West Georgia’s fall commencement ceremony in December.The event was held in the UWG Coliseum on the...
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UWG Continuing Education winter classes - Connecting Campus to Community - Newnan, Winter 2015
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Carrie Dumm
Carrie Dumm teaches fifth grade at Arnco-Sargent Elementary School. This year is her 17th of teaching, 11 of which have been in Coweta County and six at Arnco-Sargent.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleEastside holds parent-teacher dodgeball game
Eastside Elementary School celebrated the 2014 holiday break with its annual holiday sing along and parent teacher dodgeball game.This year also featured the performance, “Early American Christmas,” by...
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