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Smokey Road Middle School math teacher
Clay Hildebrand was honored as a finalist for Georgia Teacher of
the Year Friday night. Hildebrand – who teaches sixth grade at the western Coweta middle school – was one of ten finalists for 2009 Georgia Teacher of the Year honored by state Superintendent Kathy Leanne Maule, an English teacher from Cartersville High School, was named the 2009 Georgia Teacher of the Year Friday night Cox at the Georgia Teacher of the Year banquet held Friday night, May 9, at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Leanne Maule, an English teacher from Cartersville High School, was named the 2009 Georgia TOTY. Maule, Hildebrand and other finalists had been chosen in February from among over 140 district-level teachers of the year that applied for the state honor. Hildebrand was accompanied by his wife Christi Hildebrand and family members. Smokey Road Principal Laurie Barron, Coweta School Superintendent Blake Bass, Coweta County Board of Education Chairman Frank Farmer and several members of the school board and the Smokey Road Middle school staff also accompanied Hildebrand to the annual dinner, which honors all of Georgia’s top district teachers. Hildebrand was named Coweta’s top teacher in May, 2007. Coweta County’s annual Teacher of the Year reception – sponsored by the Coweta County Board of Education and the Newnan Pilot Club – will be held Monday, May 12 at the school system’s Central Office. Hildebrand’s successor – Coweta’s 2008 Teacher of the Year – will be named during the event from among three finalists.  Clay Hildebrand, of Coweta’s Smokey Road Middle School, was honored as a state Teacher of the Year finalist last week, and addressed Coweta County’s 2008 Teachers of the Year on Monday at the county’s annual honors program. Above, at the state Teacher of the Year banquet at the Georgia Aquarium, are, left to right, front row, Christi and Clay Hildebrand (a finalist for 2009 Georgia Teacher of the Year), Principal Lorraine Johnson (Georgia’s 2003 Teacher of the Year), Madras Middle School Assistant Principal Chase Puckett; second row, Coweta County Board of Education Member Sue Brown, Smokey Road Principal Laurie Barron; third row, School Board Chairman Frank Farmer, School Board Member Harry Mullins, School Board Member Winston Dowdell, Superintendent Blake Bass, and School Board Member Mike Sumner. Both Hildebrands are Coweta County educators – Clay Hildebrand is a sixth grade math teacher at Smokey Road Middle, and Christi Hildebrand is a school improvement specialist at Evans Middle School. |