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Press Release
Coweta County Schools

Date: January 21, 2009

2009 Governor's Honors nominees honored
 

38 Coweta County students have been nominated to the 2009 Governor’s Honors program.

Governor’s Honors – held each summer at Valdosta State University - is a highly competitive six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year.

Nominees and their parents were honored at a breakfast at the Central Educational Center on Thursday, January 15. The breakfast was sponsored by Newnan Utilities, BB&T Bank, NuLink Cable and the Georgia Power Company.

Nominated in a variety of academic areas, the students have held formal interviews to attend the prestigious summer academic program at the end of January through the beginning of February. They will move on to higher interviews before they can be selected for the summer program.

This year’s Coweta County Governor’s Honors Program nominees and their majors are:
From the Central Educational Center: Joseph Bohler (technology), Lindsay Graner (technology), Jeffry Snyder (executive management).

From East Coweta High School: Benjamin Bockeneck (social studies), Jasleen Bolina (chemistry), Hannah Clayton (visual arts), Rachael Copeland (communicative arts), Anthony Davila (French), Eric Fleckenstein (mathematics), Olivia Jenkins (dance), Margaret Kazmierczak (social studies), Natalie Markham (theatre), Tiara Mason (visual arts), Whitney Reddish (visual arts), Sophia Santos (music/percussion), Hannah Smith (Theatre).

From Newnan High School: Erica Boyd (visual arts), Chandler Brandenburg (chemistry), Ellen Dorrell (theatre), Brett Eisenmann (chemistry), Thomas Frost (music/brass-trumpet), Kate Gallagher (social studies), Katie Turner (visual arts), Jordan White (music/brass-tuba).

From Northgate High School: Kelsi Adams (theatre), Sofia Barrera (communicative arts), Bevin Bithell (dance), Brittany Fears (theatre), DeJuana Ford (communicative arts), Jennifer Garritson (dance), Krysten Johnson (music/voice-soprano), Jennie Lambert (music/voice-soprano), Rachel Lowry (visual arts), Micah Prescott (music/percussion), Donophan Price (social studies), Abbey Stokely (chemistry).

This year’s Governor’s Honors nominees were recognized by Superintendent Blake Bass and the students’ high school principals.

2008 Governor’s Honors student Thomas Broadwater - a CEC student who was chosen to attend the program with a major in technology – spoke, and gave the students an idea of the college-campus experience that awaited them if chosen.

Broadwater’s parents – Alan and Mary Broadwater also spoke. Mrs. Broadwater told parents what to expect of the program. Mr. Broadwater told them of his experiences as a 1977 Governor’s Honors student. He attended in largely the same category as his son – drafting and design - though “pre-computer… it was pretty much pencils and slide rules.”



38 Coweta County high school juniors nominated for this year’s Governor’s Honors Program were recognized at a breakfast at the Central Education Center, January, 15. This years nominees are, left to right, front row, from Newnan High, Brett Eisenmann, Jordan White, Kate Gallagher, Katie Turner, Erica Boyd, Chandler Brandenburg, Thomas Frost, Alexander Kendrick, Morgan Stephens, and Ellen Dorrel; from Northgate High, Kelsi Adams, Jennie Lambert, Sofia Barrera, Jennifer Garritson, Brittany Fears, Rachel Lowry, Krysten Johnson, Abby Stokely, DeJuana Ford, Micah Prescott, and Donophan Price (not pictured is Bevin Bithell); back row, from CEC, Lindsay Graner, Jeffrey Snyder, and Joseph Bohler; from East Coweta High, Rachael Copeland, Olivia Jenkins, Eric Fleckenstein, Jasleen Bolina, Anthony Davila, Sophia Santos, Benjamin Bockenek, Tiara Mason, Margaret Kazmierczak, Whitney Reddish, and Hannah Clayton (not pictured are Natalie Markham and Hannah Smith).

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