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Carly Winstead – a 2nd grade teacher at
Elm Street Elementary School in Newnan – was announced as the
Coweta County 2008 Teacher of the Year Tuesday night, at the
school system’s Werz Drive Central Office. Winstead was among three finalists for County’s 2008 teacher of the Year (TOTY), along with Poplar Road Elementary School Kindergarten teacher Janey Allen and Newnan High School science teacher Amy Benton. All of Coweta County’s 29 school Teachers of the Year were honored by the Coweta County Board of Education and the Newnan Pilot Club at the annual TOTY program at the Central Office. Board members Frank Farmer and Sue Brown welcomed and honored the 2008 Teachers of the Year, along with Pilot Club President Harriett Steele, fellow Board of Education members and Superintendent Blake Bass. The Pilot Club presented Winstead, Allen and Benton with silver trays, and provided honored teachers with a reception afterward. Coweta County’s 2007 Teacher of the Year and 2009 state Teacher of the Year finalist Clay Hildebrand spoke to the teachers and principals assembled for the annual program Tuesday night. Hildebrand – a sixth grade math teacher at Smokey Road Middle School –– was one of ten finalists for 2009 Georgia Teacher of the Year, and was honored by state Superintendent Kathy Cox at the Georgia Teacher of the Year banquet held Friday night, May 9, at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. He was Coweta County’s 13th state Teacher of the Year finalist. Leanne Maule, an English teacher from Cartersville High School, was named the 2009 Georgia Teacher of the Year at the Friday banquet. Maule, Hildebrand and other finalists had been chosen in February from among over 140 district-level teachers of the year who 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. Following Tuesday’s announcement, Winstead will serve as Coweta County’s candidate for 2010 state Teacher of the Year. All of Coweta’s 2008 Teachers of the Year were recognized at the Coweta County Teacher of the Year program, which the Board of Education and the Newnan Pilot Club present annually. The program was held at 7 p.m., at the school system’s Central Office auditorium, at 167 Werz Industrial Drive in Newnan. The 29 school Teachers of the Year were elected in February by their fellow faculty members. They are: From elementary schools: Paige Marlow, Special Education (Arbor Springs); Karley Walker, Physical Education (Arnco-Sargent Elementary); Nina Wimbley, 4th Grade (Atkinson Elementary); Nell Benefield, Special Education (Canongate Elementary); John Shapley, Music (Eastside Elementary); Carly Winstead, 2nd Grade (Elm Street Elementary); Glenn Darden, Physical Education (Grantville Elementary); Julie Jackson, Fourth Grade (Jefferson Elementary); Betsye McDonald, 2nd Grade (Moreland Elementary); Kelly Partin, 5th Grade (Newnan Crossing Elementary); Lisa Luker, 1st Grade (Northside Elementary); Janey Allen, Kindergarten (Poplar Road Elementary); Cheryl Richardson, Kindergarten (Ruth Hill Elementary); Erin Gladden, 1st Grade (Thomas Crossroads Elementary); Daphne Stephens Dash, 2nd Grade (Welch Elementary); Terry Allison, 5th Grade (Western Elementary); Sharon Liebe, Pre-Kindergarten (White Oak Elementary); Shelly Thompson, 1st Grade (Willis Road Elementary). From middle schools: Pam Ridge, 7th grade Social Studies (Arnall Middle); Juliet Dean, 6th Grade Science (East Coweta Middle); Vera Perry-Harris, 6th Grade Literature (Evans Middle); Lisa Redmon, 6th Grade Language Arts (Lee Middle); Corrie Sears, 8th Grade Special Education (Madras Middle); Tasheti Thompson, Remediation Math Teacher (Smokey Road Middle). From high schools: Kevin Pullen, Graphic Arts and Telecommunications (Central Educational Center); Glenna With, English (East Coweta High); Amy Benton, Science (Newnan High School); Michael Berry, History (Northgate High School); Melissa Houghton, Middle School History (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. From the local nominees will come three finalists, one of whom will be chosen Coweta Teacher of the Year and nominee for Georgia Teacher of the Year. 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.  Carly Winstead – a 2nd grade teacher at Elm Street Elementary School in Newnan – was announced as Coweta County’s top teacher Tuesday night, at the 2008 Teacher of the Year program at the Werz Drive Central Office. Pictured above, left to right, are, front row, Winstead and Elm Street Principal Julie Raschen; second row, Poplar Road Elementary School Kindergarten teacher Janey Allen (finalist) and Principal Rebecca Gibson; third row, Newnan High School science teacher Amy Benton (finalist) and Principal Doug Moore.  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), Smokey Road Middle School Assistant Principal Aaron Corley; 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. |