Newnan
High
School
AP
Teacher
Linda
Fields
was
named
Wal-Mart’s
Coweta
County
Teacher
of the
Year
Monday,
in
recognition
of
Teacher
Appreciation
Week.
Newnan
Wal-Mart
store
manager
Roy
Jones
met
Fields
in her
Advanced
Placement
(AP)
U.S.
History
Class
this
week,
and
honored
her with
the
recognition
and a
$1,000
donation
to the
school.
Fields –
a
14-year
Newnan
High
School
teacher
who
teaches
AP U.S.
History
and
gifted
Civics –
was
chosen
for the
county-wide
honor by
current
and
former
students
who
voted at
the
Newnan
Wal-Mart
store.
Fields
and
Newnan
High
School
Principal
Steve
Barker
thanked
Jones.
“Thank
you for
recognizing
teachers
in our
county,”
said
Fields.
“Teachers
work
hard,
and we
appreciate
your
support.”
The
$1,000
prize
will go
to
benefit
the high
school’s
social
studies
department.
Wal-Mart's
teacher
of the
year
program
is a
part of
the
company’s
long-term
commitment
to
support
education
throughout
the
United
States
and in
their
store
communities.
2007
marks
the 12th
year of
this
program
and more
than $5
million
given to
schools
across
the
country
in honor
of their
outstanding
teachers.
The
local
teacher
of the
year
honor is
awarded
by
locally
by
Wal-Mart
stores
to an
outstanding
teacher
in their
area
during
National
Teacher
Appreciation
Week.
Since
it's
inception
in 1995,
Wal-Mart's
Teacher
of the
Year
program
has
recognized
more
than
26,000
teachers
at the
local,
state
and
national
level
for
their
hard
work and
dedication
to the
betterment
of
children.
“We had
votes
from all
over
Coweta
for who
is the
best of
the best
teachers
in
Coweta
County,”
said
Jones.
Jones
said
that
Fields
received
a large
number
of
ballots
and
commendations
from
current
and
former
students.
Jones
was
joined
in
Fields’
class by
Wal-Mart
associates
Robin
Fauts
and
Maggie
Gunter.
“Mrs.
Fields
does an
outstanding
job with
the
students
and
maintains
a very
high
rigor in
her
course
and
expects
very
high
standards
from her
students.
She does
a great
job and
we are
pleased
by her
recognition,”
said
Barker.
Newnan
Wal-Mart
store
Manager
Roy
Jones,
left,
presented
Newnan
High
School
Teacher
Linda
Fields,
center,
with the
Newnan
store’s
Teacher
of the
Year
award.
Fields
was
chosen
by open
voting
at the
Newnan
Wal-Mart
store.
She was
joined
for the
honor by
NHS
Principal
Steve
Barker,
right.
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