Girls Preparatory School faculty member named an American Geographical Society teacher fellow

Contributed Photo by Pamela Hammonds / Ralph Covino, a geography teacher at Chattanooga's Girls Preparatory School, has been named a 2022 American Geographical Society geography teacher fellow. Contributed Photo by Pamela Hammonds / Ralph Covino, a geography teacher at Chattanooga's Girls Preparatory School, has been named a 2022 American Geographical Society geography teacher fellow.

By Carmen Nesbitt October 12, 2022 3 min read

Human geography teacher Ralph Covino of Girls Preparatory School is the first in Hamilton County to be named an American Geographical Society teacher fellow.

Over the next year, he will participate in unique professional development opportunities to learn new teaching skills and train on some of the latest mapping technologies.

“The hope is that we will then share (that knowledge) with our colleagues, our schools and our region,” Covino said in a phone call Wednesday.

In November, the fellows will attend Geography 2050: The Future of Food symposium at Columbia University in New York City, the most widely recognized geographical/geospatial event in North America, according to a news release from the American Geographical Society.