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Atlanta Daily World 2014-2015 GAE SPELLING BEE CONSULTANTS/COMMITTEE Richard McIntyre, Chairperson P. O. Box 632, Manchester, GA 31816 [email protected] / (706) 674-2497 home DISTRICT ONE DISTRICT SIX Christy Davis Paula K. Phelps 20 Elaine Drive 150 Crestwood Drive Cave Spring, GA 30124 Fort Valley, GA 31030 (706) 236-1849 Work (478) 825-2413 Work (706) 844-6737 Cell (478) 825-2592 Home (706) 802-6776 FAX (478) 825-1332 FAX [email protected] [email protected] FaceBook: Georgia District One Spelling Bee [email protected] DISTRICT TWO Barbara Baylor DISTRICT SEVEN Mabry Middle School Melvin Sanders 2700 Jims Road 103-B Valley Rd. Southwest Marietta, GA 30062 Eatonton, GA 31024-6515 (770) 977-1845 Home (706) 485-7417 Home (770) 928-5548 FAX (706) 485-7090 FAX [email protected] [email protected] DISTRICT THREE DISTRICT EIGHT Sabrina Masters Elaine T. Stephens 2604 Masters Road P.O. Box 957 Dacula, GA 30019 Blackshear, GA 31516 (770) 963-0634 (Home) (912) 449-2431 Home [email protected] (912) 337-0667 Cell [email protected] [email protected] DISTRICT FOUR Susan M. Tallant DISTRICT NINE 3555 Spot Road Jeanette Grimsley Cumming, GA 30040 P.O. Box 1796 (770) 889-9896 Home Bainbridge, GA 39818 [email protected] (229) 248-1812(Home) FaceBook: GAE District 4 (229) 220-7378 (Cell) Spelling Bee [email protected] [email protected] DISTRICT FIVE Dr. Mariah S. Buchanan GISA UNIT 5981 Heatherwood Lane Robin Aylor Riverdale, GA 30296 PO Box 1057 (770) 997-3459 HOME Thomaston, GA 30286 mariah.buchanan@clayton (706) 938-1400 .k12.ga.us [email protected] Page vii 2014-2015 ELIGIBLE SPELLING BEE SYSTEMS (If your system is eligible to send more than one representative, the number is in parentheses.) District One District Four District Seven Long Bartow Atlanta City (4) Baldwin McIntosh Calhoun City Decatur City Bleckley Montgomery Cartersville City DeKalb (7) Butts Pierce Chattooga Douglas (2) Clarke Tattnall Fannin Fulton (7) Dodge Telfair Floyd Paulding (2) Dublin City Toombs GA School-Deaf Greene Vidalia City Gilmer District Five Hancock Ware-Waycross Gordon Bremen City Jasper Wayne Murray Carroll Johnson Wheeler Rome City Carrollton City Jones Trion City Clayton (4) Laurens District Nine Coweta (2) Morgan Baker District Two Fayette (2) Newton Ben Hill- Cherokee (3) Griffin-Spalding Oconee Fitzgerald Cobb (8) Haralson Oglethorpe Berrien Dawson Henry (3) Pulaski Brooks Forsyth (3) Polk Putnam Calhoun Lumpkin Rockdale Treutlen Clay Marietta City Twiggs Colquitt Pickens District Six Wilcox Cook Towns Bibb (2) Wilkinson Crisp Union Chattahoochee Decatur White Crawford District Eight Dooly GA Acad.-Blind Appling Dougherty District Three Harris Atkinson Early Banks Heard Bacon Irwin Barrow Houston (2) Brantley Lee Buford City Lamar Bryan Lowndes Commerce City Macon Bulloch Miller Elbert Marion Camden Mitchell Franklin Meriwether Candler Pelham City Gainesville City Monroe Charlton Quitman Gwinnett (13) Muscogee (2) Chatham (3) Randolph Habersham Peach Clinch Seminole Hall (2) Pike Coffee Stewart Hart Schley Echols Sumter Jackson Talbot Effingham Terrell Jefferson City Taylor Evans Tift Madison Thomaston/Upson Glynn Turner Rabun Troup Jeff Davis Valdosta City Social Circle Lanier Webster Stephens Liberty Worth Walton Page 26 2014-2015 GAE DISTRICT ELIGIBILITY SPELLING BEE MAP *Please note that Decatur County is now eligible Please see list of Ineligible Spelling Bee Systems on page 29. Please check the list for Eligible Spelling Bee Systems on page 26. Page 28 2014-2015 INELIGIBLE SPELLING BEE SYSTEMS Scripps National Spelling Bee has declared all public, charter, GISA, online/virtual, parochial, private, and home schools in the following school systems as ineligible to participate in the GAE Spelling Bees. Lincoln Burke McDuffie Catoosa Richmond Chickamauga City Screven Columbia Taliaferro Dade Thomas Dalton City Thomasville City Emanuel Walker Glascock Warren Grady Washington Jefferson County Whitfield Jenkins Wilkes Page 29 2014-2015 ELIGIBLE SPELLING BEE GEORGIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (GISA) SCHOOLS Arlington Christian School Greenfield Hebrew Academy Athens Academy Griffin Christian High School Savannah Christian Preparatory The Atlanta Academy Savannah Country Day School Atlanta Country Day School Heirway Christian Academy The Schenck School Atlanta Girls’ School Heritage Christian Academy Solid Rock Academy Atlanta International School Heritage Preparatory School Sophia Academy Atlanta Speech School The Heritage School Southland Academy Highland Christian Academy Southwest Georgia Academy The Bedford School High Meadows School Springmont School Berry Elementary & Middle School Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School St. Andrew’s School Bethesda Academy Holy Redeemer Catholic School St. Benedict’s Episcopal Day Bethlehem Christian Academy Holy Spirit Preparatory School St. Francis School Brandon Hall School The Howard School St. George’s Episcopal School Brookstone School St. John the Evangelist Catholic Bulloch Academy John Hancock Academy St. Jude the Apostle School John Milledge Academy St. Martin’s Episcopal School Chatham Academy at Royce Stratford Academy Christ the King School King’s Ridge Christian School Strong Rock Christian School Chrysalis Experiential Academy The Swift School Citizens Christian Academy LaGrange Academy Cliff Valley School Lakeview Academy Tallulah Falls School Community Christian School The Lionheart School Tattnall Square Academy Cornerstone Christian Academy The Little School Terrell Academy The Cottage School Loganville Christian Academy Tiftarea Academy Covenant Academy The Lovett School Torah Day School of Atlanta Creekside Christian Academy Trinity Christian School, Dublin Crisp Academy Marist School Trinity Christian Schl, Sharpsburg Cumberland Academy of Georgia McGinnis Woods Country Day Trinity School Memorial Day School Twiggs Academy Darlington School Mill Springs Academy The Davis Academy Montessori of Macon Unity Christian School Dawson Street Christian School Mount de Sales Academy Deerfield-Windsor School Mount Paran Christian School Valwood School Dominion Christian Schools Mount Pisgah Christian School Mount Vernon Presbyterian School The Waldorf School, Atlanta Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy Mt. Bethel Christian Academy The Walker School Eastminster School Wesleyan School Eaton Academy Notre Dame Academy The Westfield School Westminster Christian Academy Fellowship Christian School Oak Mountain Academy Westminster Schools of Atlanta First Presb. Christian Academy Our Lady of the Assumption School Westwood School First Presbyterian Day School Our Lady of Victory Catholic Whitefield Academy Flint River Academy Wildwood Christian Academy Frederica Academy Pace Academy Windsor Academy The Friends School of Atlanta Paideia School Woodward Academy Fugees Academy Piedmont Academy Fullington Academy Pinecrest Academy Furtah Preparatory School Pinewood Christian Academy Porter Academy The Galloway School Prince Avenue Christian School Gatewood Schools Providence Christian Academy George Walton Academy Georgia Christian School Robert Toombs Christian Academy Greater Atlanta Christian School Rock Springs Christian Academy Page 30 .
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