Teacher in Focus: Danielle Ratzlaff
Danielle Ratzlaff teaches sophomore and junior level mathematics at East Coweta High School. This year is her 11th of teaching and her tenth at ECHS. Why did you become a teacher?
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Newnan High School teacher Kris Mossburg is using one of her passions to do something great this year, running the Boston Marathon. Mossburg has been running since junior high but switched to long...
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Teacher in Focus: Sheila Chaves
Sheila Chaves teaches eighth grade English/language arts (ELA) at Madras Middle School. This year is her 22nd of teaching and her first in the Coweta County School System and at Madras.Why did you...
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Coweta County School System hosts Science Fair
The Coweta County School System recently held one of its largest science fairs to date at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.“The projects continue to get better and better, which is a testament...
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Elm Street Elementary School
Elm Street Elementary School was founded in 1956, and it works to fulfill its mission of Every Learner Matters in everything it does.“We want every single person that comes through our doors to know...
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Spotlight on Atkinson Elementary School
In 1903, Atkinson Elementary School started as a grammar school in the home of the Nimmons family, located at the site of the school’s current campus.Six years later an eight classroom, two-story...
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Lee Middle earns first place in competition
Lee Middle School was recently awarded first place in Georgia for the Creative Communication’s writing competition.“Lee was recognized in this category because it ranks as one of the top ten schools...
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Teacher in Focus: Dekima Leaphart
Dekima Leaphart teaches biology and zoology at East Coweta High School. This year is her fourth year of teaching, all of which have been at ECHS. Before becoming a teacher, she was a manager at Old...
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White Oak student selected for international trip
Jordyn Hintz has the opportunity to do something few fifth-graders get to do: Travel overseas to learn about art and history.Hintz is a fifth-grader at White Oak Elementary with Asperger’s Syndrome...
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NHS juniors earn Girl Scout Gold Award
Two Newnan High School juniors recently earned the highest achievement in girl scouting, the Gold Award.Ansley Knight and Gabby Freeman are members of Girl Scout Troop 19394 and have been involved with...
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Local schools celebrate Black History Month
February was Black History Month, and Coweta County’s schools observed the month in a variety of ways.“All the schools hold some kind of program, activities or lessons during February,” said Dean...
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1,000 Books promotes early reading
The Coweta Public Library System is working to get local children to read 1,000 books before they start to school.The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten project was a topic at the most recent CPLS board...
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Spotlight on Arnall Middle School
Arnall Middle School has been preparing students for high school since it was founded in 1994, and current principal Dr. Jan Franks wants to continue the trend.“It’s important to build the bridge to...
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Teacher in Focus: Ginny MacDonald
Ginny MacDonald has been teaching for 39 years, and this year is her 13thin Coweta County and at Atkinson Elementary School. She currently teaches fifth grade math.Why did you become a teacher?
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Applications continue for Coweta Pre-K program
Applications for Coweta County’s Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) program are still being accepted.Parents who want to apply for a sport for their children need to do so by noon on Friday, March 20. The...
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Teacher in Focus: Susan Quesinberry
Susan Quesinberry has been teaching for 30 years at Newnan High School. She has taught all levels of French, as well as some math.Why did you become a teacher?
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Coweta students honored at Kiwanis art show
Earlier this month, 24 students were recognized at the joint art and music showcase held by the Kiwanis Club of Coweta County and the Newnan Kiwanis Club.The clubs started the joint showcase, which is...
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Westmoreland visits 8th grade college and career academy
Eighth grade students at Central Educational Center recently had a chance to hear U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland talk about the importance of education in their lives.“Education is something no one can...
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Spotlight: Arnco-Sargent Elementary School
Being a family and meeting the needs of all its students is what Arnco-Sargent Elementary School has done for years and what its teachers and staff plan to continue doing.“We are a small school, but we...
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