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Coweta County School System inclement weather procedures
With cold weather hitting Coweta County, the Coweta County School System is reminding schools, administrators, and parents of their weather procedures in inclement weather.CCSS Director of Operations...
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Teacher in Focus: Will Larkey
Will Larkey has been teaching since 2000. He currently teaches fourth grade at Western Elementary School.Why did you become a teacher?
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Elm Street ignites passion for computer science
A teacher at Elm Street Elementary School is helping the school ignite a passion for computer science by teaching students code writing through the recent worldwide event, “Hour of Code.”Melissa Warr...
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Students gather for regional tech competition
More than 100 students from west Georgia visited Coweta County for the regional technology fair last week, and nearly 50 students were awarded the opportunity to compete in the state technology fair in...
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Teacher in Focus: Adriana Cantwell
Adriana Cantwell is Lee Middle School’s English and language arts department head. She has been teaching for 17 years and been in Coweta County since 2008. When she taught in Florida, she was named...
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Mercer-Newnan to hold information sessions
Mercer University’s Newnan Regional Academic Center will be conducting its spring information session on Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to 7, at Mercer University’s Newnan Campus.The campus is located...
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WGTC announces GOAL, Rick Perkins winners
West Georgia Technical College named Ashley Wilson, a radiologic technology student on the LaGrange Campus, as its 2015 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership winner and LaGrange Campus Biology...
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Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest winners named
Newnan’s local VFW Post 2667 recently held its Patriot’s Pen essay contest for middle school students.VFW Post 2667 believes in good citizenship and fostering patriotism. This national contest by the...
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Welch's Patel wins 2015 Coweta spelling bee
Aanchal Patel won the 2015 Coweta County Spelling Bee held earlier this month at Coweta’s Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.Patel is a fifth grader at Welch Elementary School. She and Lee Middle...
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Teacher in Focus: Dr. Penny Thomas
Dr. Penny Thomas has been teaching for 29 years. This year is her seventh in Coweta County and at Thomas Crossroads Elementary School. She teaches music.Why did you become a teacher?
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Coweta students remember Martin Luther King Jr.
Several Coweta County high school students recently honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in several different ceremonies in Atlanta.On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day, Northgate High...
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WGTC offering $1 GED practice tests
Through Feb 28, West Georgia Technical College will be offering the GED Ready practice tests for one dollar each, a savings of five dollars per practice test.The GED Ready test is the official practice...
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Education Briefs
Bott Named to Valdosta State Dean’s List Rebecca Cowles Bott, a pre-nursing student from Sharpsburg GA, was named to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List at Valdosta State University.
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Governor’s Honors nominees honored
The Coweta County School System has recognized 42 students who are nominees to the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program for 2015.A breakfast honoring the students and their parents was held Jan. 15 at...
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Teacher in Focus: Crysti Nix
Crysti Nix has more than 30 years of educator experience, with 24 years in Coweta County. For the last 20 of those years, she has been the counselor at Western Elementary School.Why did you go into...
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Author Edgerton speaks to Coweta high-schoolers
Author and professor Clyde Edgerton recently spoke to Coweta County high school students as part of the Anne Quinn Powell Authors’ series.Edgerton told the students from East Coweta High School, Newnan...
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4-H, Odyssey Charter School partner for STEAM Expo
The second Southside STEAM Expo will be held at the Coweta County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 21.Odyssey Charter School and Coweta County 4-H are partnering together to put on this educational,...
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Teacher in Focus: Lyndsay Carnes
Lyndsay Carnes teaches second grade at Elm Street Elementary School. She has been teaching for 14 years, 10 of which have been in Coweta County. This year is her sixth at Elm Street.Why did you become...
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Moreland Elementary School starts running club
November brought something new to Moreland Elementary School, a running club.“It’s just a good way to start the day,” said Leigh-Ann Camp, a teacher at Moreland who is involved with the club.
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