11 year old donates hair
Levi Winters just finished fifth grade at Brooks Elementary School and has accomplished a lot for an 11 year old, including growing his hair out for two years in order to donate it.When he was five...
View ArticleNorthgate High School Salutatorian Speech
Good evening everybody, and thank you for joining us tonight in celebration of the graduation of Northgate’s class of 2015! Before I start droning on about our futures, on the behalf of our class I...
View ArticleEast Coweta High School Salutatorian Speech
Good morning, Class of 2015. Congratulations, you made it. You’ve officially graduated high school. But you and I both know you didn’t do it alone.So before today ends with our 120 second Snapchat...
View ArticleNorthgate High School Valedictorian Speech
Good evening. Thank you all for coming out tonight and sitting through a graduation ceremony in support of the graduates of 2015. Not only are you currently supporting us by sitting on the hard stadium...
View ArticleEast Coweta High School Valedictorian Speech
Good morning graduates.Congratulations! Today as we walk across this stage, it signifies thirteen years of dedication to our academics and a desire to lead successful lives.
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Local law graduates earn high GPAs at GSUGeorgia State University’s College of Law recognized Amber Bishop of Sharpsburg and Amanda Trull of Fayetteville, 2015 graduates who earned a GPA of 3.8 or...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Cyndy Truitt
Cyndy Truitt has been teaching for 27 years. She has spent the last eight years teaching in Coweta County and currently teaches Kindergarten at Glanton Elementary School.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleLocal students place first in essay contest
The Newnan Georgia Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc. recently traveled to the organization’s 35th Annual Southeastern Regional Meeting in Florida, where several local students were honored.During...
View ArticleClass of '15 honors late EC classmates with project
East Coweta High School’s senior class of 2015 had another goal for graduation besides finishing 12th grade. They wanted to honor two of their classmates who died – Madeline McTier and Cole...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Wanda Bonner
Wanda Bonner has been teaching in Coweta County for 27 years. She currently teaches fourth grade at Brooks Elementary School.Why did you become a teacher?
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Crain named to Berry College’s dean's listAllie Crain of Newnan has been named to Berry College's dean's list for the spring 2015 semester. The dean's list honors students who post an academic average...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Vivian Colon
Vivian Colon has been teaching for nine years. This year was her second year at Northgate High School. She teaches ninth to 11th grade Spanish.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Deanna Betsill
Deanna Betsill teaches first grade at Glanton Elementary School. She has been teaching for 18 years. The last 10 years have been in Coweta County County at Glanton.Why did you become a teacher?
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Area students make the dean's list at Georgia Tech The following students made Georgia Tech’s dean's list for spring 2015: Thomas Lancaster of Brooks, Lauren Milner of Brooks, Rachel Barber of...
View ArticleTeacher in Focus: Kima Brown
Kima Brown teaches tenth and 11th grade literature at Northgate High School. She’s been teaching for 13 years.Why did you become a teacher?
View ArticleBOE appoints Seagraves principal of Maggie Brown
The Coweta County Board of Education recently appointed David “Skip” Seagraves as the principal of the Maggie Brown Alternative Middle School program.Seagraves comes to the position after serving as...
View ArticleFifth grader sets Accelerated Reader record at Canongate
Grant Ward, a fifth grader at Canongate Elementary School, recently set the school’s Accelerated Reader (AR) record by earning 1705 points.AR is a program that allows students to read books, then take...
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