Smokey
Road
Middle
School
math
teacher
Clay
Hildebrand
was
named
the 2007
Teacher
of the
Year for
Coweta
County,
at the
annual
Teacher
of the
Year
program
on May
22.
Hildebrand
– a
former
Marine,
and a
teacher
at the
school
since
2005 -
was
chosen
from
among
three
finalists
to
represent
the
county
as
Teacher
of the
Year. He
and his
fellow
finalists
spoke at
the May
22
program
at the
Centre
for
Performing
and
Visual
Arts.
Wendy
Arnold,
a
special
education
teacher
at
Northgate
High
School,
and
Carol
Turner,
a
technology
teacher
at Lee
Middle
School,
were
among
the
finalists
for the
county-wide
honor.
Hildebrand
said he
was
humbled
and
honored
to be
chosen.
“Our
students
were
excited
to see
our
names in
the
paper,"
said
Hildebrand,
upon
accepting
the
honor,
"but
really
they
just
want us
to show
up
tomorrow,”
he
joked.
Hildebrand
will now
also
compete
for the
state
teacher
of the
Year
honor
later in
the
year.
Coweta
County’s
2006
Teachers
of the
Year
chose
the
three
finalists
for 2007
TOTY
from
among 29
Teachers
of the
Year,
who
represent
each of
Coweta
County’s
public
schools.
Hildebrand
was
chosen
from
among
the
three
finalists
by an
independent
three-judge
panel.
Poplar
Road
Kindergarten
Teacher
Terri
Buckland
was
chosen
as the
2006
Teacher
of the
year at
last
year’s
program.
The 2007
Teachers
of the
Year (TOTYs)
from
each
school
are:
From
elementary
schools:
Kristi
Lange,
Second
Grade
Teacher
(Arbor
Springs);
Mickey
Bailey,
EIP
Teacher
(Arnco-Sargent);
Cindy
Clough,
Physical
Education
Teacher
(Atkinson);
Marilyn
Shaw,
Fifth
Grade
Teacher
(Canongate);
Amy
Hudson,
REACH
Teacher
(Eastside);
Jo Nase,
Instructional
Technology
Teacher
(Elm
Street);
Heather
Reaves,
Fifth
Grade
Teacher
(Jefferson
Parkway);
Tammy
Ayers,
First
Grade
Teacher
(Grantville);
Dollie
Evans,
Fifth
Grade
Teacher
(Moreland);
Jessica
Little,
Kindergarten
Teacher
(Newnan
Crossing);
Pam
Barbaree,
Special
Education
Teacher
(Northside);
Betsy
Desch,
Third
Grade
Teacher
(Poplar
Road);
Colette
Peaks,
Second
Grade
Teacher
(Ruth
Hill);
Glinette
McMurray,
Third
Grade
Teacher
(Thomas
Crossroads);
Susan
Cline-Arguilla,
Second
Grade
Teacher
(Western);
Ken
Chambless,
Physical
Education
Teacher
(Welch);
April
Young,
Second
Grade
Teacher
(White
Oak);
Vicky
Williams,
Music
Teacher
(Willis
Road.).
From
middle
schools:
Mabel
Williamson,
Special
Education
Teacher
(Arnall
Middle
School);
Jodi
Brooks,
Sixth
Grade
Math
Teacher
(East
Coweta
Middle
School);
Debbie
Cook,
Special
Education
Teacher
(Evans
Middle
School);
Dr.
Carol
Turner,
Technology
Teacher
(Lee
Middle
School);
Carolynn
Pierce,
Special
Education
Teacher
(Madras
Middle
School);
Clay
Hildebrand,
Sixth
Grade
Math
Teacher
(Smokey
Road
Middle
School)
From
high
schools:
Gayle
Owen,
HealthCare
Science
Teacher
(Central
Educational
Center);
Adrienne
Elder,
English
Teacher
(East
Coweta
High
School);
Bunti
Britt,
English
Teacher
(Newnan
High
School);
Wendy
Arnold,
Special
Education
Teacher
(Northgate
High
School);
Rebecca
Bowman,
Middle
Grades
Math and
Science
Teacher
(Winston
Dowdell
Academy).
Teachers
of the
Year are
selected
by their
peers
for the
quality
of their
teaching,
professional
development,
teaching
philosophy
and
methods,
community
involvement,
and
contributions
to
education.
The
Coweta
County
School
System
is the
only
school
system
in
Georgia
with
three
state
teachers
of the
year,
including
Lorraine
Johnson,
Nancy
Royal
and
Jamie
Lipscomb.
There
have
also
been
twelve
Georgia
TOTY
semi-finalists
from
Coweta
since
1986.
Smokey
Road
Middle
School
math
teacher
Clay
Hildebrand
was
named
the 2007
Teacher
of the
Year for
Coweta
County,
at the
annual
Teacher
of the
Year
program
on May
22.
Above
are
Teacher
of the
Year
finalist
Wendy
Arnold,
a
special
education
teacher
at
Northgate
High
School,
Hildebrand,
and
finalist
Carol
Turner,
a
technology
teacher
at Lee
Middle
School.
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