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CEO,Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy&Montessori Elem/ Airo Educational Consulting/Specializing in 6-12 School Reform&College Enrollment/Retention/Speaker

Chattanooga, TN
Joined November 2010
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
What a day! THANKS to everyone who attended Odyssey 2025. Looking forward to sharing more photos soon.
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“A child with a dream is a child with a future. “ What an honor for us to join @WintleyPhipps and @Oprah at @US_DreamAcademy annual Power of a Dream Celebration at the Duke Ellington Theatre in Washington DC last week.
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I am excited that our team at @CGLA_Chatt earned our redesignation as a Tennessee STEM School! This designation is part of an effort at aiming to better prepare our students for future academic and career challenges.
I am proud to announce that CGLA has been redesignated as a Tennessee STEM School by @TNedu and @theTSIN! Thanks to its educators, students, and community it continues to lead and innovate in STEM education! Learn more about school designation: tnstemdesignation.org
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I am proud to announce that CGLA has been redesignated as a Tennessee STEM School by @TNedu and @theTSIN! Thanks to its educators, students, and community it continues to lead and innovate in STEM education! Learn more about school designation: tnstemdesignation.org
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I am proud to have witnessed my niece, Tiffany Swoffard, be announced as the next head coach for Canisius! As a former college basketball athlete & coach, her accomplishment feels even sweeter knowing that she continues to build upon our family’s legacy on the hardwood! Go Griffs
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We are looking to add to our already amazing team at MEHP. If you or anyone you know are interested in serving as the Assistant Principal at our elementary school, please reach out!
We are looking to add an Assistant Principal to the MEHP administrative team! If you or anyone you know may be interested in this position, visit the link below to review the job description and to apply. bit.ly/40aCiEP
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
We are excited to have added Chatt Police Dept. as a new mentoring partner. During their first session with our students, they provided insight into the department and answered all the questions our Mustangs had to include “how heavy is your vest?”
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Proud of what our team, students, families and community of supporters have created at CGLA. Special thanks to @tncharters for the recognition!
“In 2022, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy had the state's highest ready graduate rate, or the rate at which students graduate while also having achieved milestones associated with college and career readiness…” — Times Free Press timesfreepress.com/news/2023…
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Avery Love giving back to her CGLA Alma Mater and sharing tips on how to have a successful senior high school year and college experience! Thank you, Avery!!!
CGLA alum, Avery Love (c/o 2022) stopped by our senior bootcamp last week to speak with this year’s 12th grade students! A current TSU student and intern with the City of Chattanooga , Avery shared her experience transitioning from CGLA to college life and beyond!!!
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
We’d like to thank everyone whom supported our 11th Annual CGLA Golf Classic! Today was a great day and we look forward to seeing you next year ⛳️ ••••• #golftournament #golf #charitygolf #cgla #mustangs #chattanooga
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
Our 2023 Commencement Ceremony will be held tomorrow, May 12th at 6pm. We're looking forward to seeing our graduates walk across the stage. Can't make it in person? Be sure to check out our livestream via Facebook!
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
Congratulations to our soon-to-be graduates for making their college and service selections as they close out their educational journey as a Mustang! We wish all of our students well as they embark upon their post-secondary journey!!!
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Unexpected, but very humbling to be recognized among my @hamcoschools colleagues. Thank you Hamilton County Schools Foundation for recognizing me as an HCS Hero!
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
This past Friday, our school co-founder, Dr. Sue Anne Wells, and CEO, Dr. Elaine Swafford, were honored with the Shirley Chisholm Award by @girlsincchatt for their continuous efforts to serve as champions for girls and young women in our community!
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Honored to serve as CEO of this wonderful educational institution. Go Mustangs!
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Thanks to all of our CGLA friends who supported our young ladies during our 14th Annual Odyssey Event! Dr. Lucille O’Neal keynoted and Pastor Wintley Phipps performed with the CGLA Choir.
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Thankful to work with a group of dedicated team of faculty and staff members that put students first! They are the reason we have received multiple honors for being a TVAAS Level 5 and Reward school. Looking forward to a great fall break!
We have much to celebrate as we head into fall break! Dr. Swafford provides us with a fall break update with a special announcement in this school update video.
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
Just before school each year, we like to take time to visit the neighborhoods where many of our students live. This year we even had the awesome opportunity to show our new faculty and staff members of both schools where CGLA first opened its doors in 2009.
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Elaine Swafford retweeted
You know school is about to begin when Dr. Swafford hangs outside to flip burgers for our CGLA & MEHP faculty and staff during summer Professional Development.  We’re ready for our students to return August 8th!!!
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