Friday, May 10, 2002
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Friday, May 10, 2002 |
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Teachers of the Year finalists announced By JOHN
THOMPSON The three finalists in the annual Coweta County Teacher of the Year program have been chosen. They are Bob Lutz, sixth-grade science teacher at Arnall Middle School; Dale Sizemore, art teacher at Newnan High School, and Anne Storey, resource teacher at East Coweta Middle School. The finalists and Teachers of the Year from all Coweta schools will be honored by the Board of Education and the Pilot Club of Newnan at a special awards ceremony May 13 at 7 p.m. at the Newnan Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Friends and family are welcome to attend, where all school TOTYs will be honored and this year's Coweta County TOTY will be announced. Following the ceremony, the Pilot Club will hold a reception for the teachers and their families and friends. The Pilot Club and Board of Education also present awards to the teachers as do program sponsors, the Times-Herald and Regions Bank. Teachers of the Year are chosen by their peers - by their fellow teachers at the school level, and as finalists by last year's county Teachers of the Year. From the three finalists, the Coweta County Teacher of the Year is chosen by a committee of three from outside the school system who observe the finalists in their classrooms and interview them. Committee members this year are Georgia Evans, school improvement specialist for West Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency; Joe Ann Hanson, retired Coweta County School System teacher and principal; and Sandra Hinton, principal of Whitesburg Elementary School in Carroll County. The 2002 Teachers of the Year from each school are: Bobbi Deling, second grade, Arbor Springs; Bob Lutz, sixth grade, Arnall Middle; Kelly Smith, fourth grade, Arnco-Sargent; Elizabeth Terrell, first grade, Atkinson; Amy Vickery, third grade, grade chair, Canongate; Lynne Dodds, business education, Central Educational Center; Anne Storey, resource, East Coweta Middle; Caroline Parsell, special education, East Coweta High; Gloria Smoot, fifth grade, Eastside; Debbie Stripling, fourth grade, Elm Street; Josette Carlisle, Kindergarten, Jefferson Parkway; Jenny Gloer, gifted science, Madras Middle; Louise Morrison, pre-kindergarten, Maggie Brown;Tracy Myatt, third grade, Moreland; Kristal Petersen, second grade, Newnan Crossing; Dale Sizemore, art, Newnan High; Shirley Porter, special education, Northgate High; Paula B. Baker, fifth grade, Northside; Susan Heard, eighth grade language arts, O.P. Evans Middle; Jim Schuyler, third grade, Poplar Road; Ruth Cooper, computer lab, Ruth Hill; Bill Wilbert, eighth grade Georgia history, Smokey Road Middle; Linda Grabill, first grade, Thomas Crossroads; Joy Knight, resource, Western; Montie Strickland, third grade, White Oak; Polly Craft, high school English and literature, Winston Dowdell Academy. Coweta's top 2001 teacher, Lorraine Johnson, was recently named Georgia's 2003 Teacher of the Year. She is the third state Teacher of the Year to be named from Coweta County Schools. Teachers of the Year are selected for the quality of their teaching, professional development, teaching philosophy and methods, community involvement, and contributions to education. The Coweta County Teacher of the Year always serves as the county's nominee for Georgia Teacher of the Year.
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