ASPIRE

Robin Guest (left), ASPIRE on-site coordinator for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders, and Tabatha Ashworth, ASPIRE on-site coordinator for kindergarten, first- and second-grade students, stand in Guest’s classroom on the first day of school. ASPIRE offers academic and enrichment opportunities for students during the school year. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Robin Guest (left), ASPIRE on-site coordinator for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders, and Tabatha Ashworth, ASPIRE on-site coordinator for kindergarten, first- and second-grade students, stand in Guest’s classroom on the first day of school. ASPIRE offers academic and enrichment opportunities for students during the school year. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

ASPIRE program survives scare, to start seventh year

Anna Izquierdo
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Robin Guest has seen the After School Patriots Involved in Readiness and Enrichment (ASPIRE) program grow “from the ground up” since its beginning in the 2019-20 school year.  “We started with nothing,” said Guest, ASPIRE on-site coordinator for grades 3-5.
Jason Lewis demonstrates packing a wound for staff members of the ASPIRE program at a Stop the Bleed training session at Oglethorpe County Primary School on Nov. 7. The training helps educate county teachers and officials on how to stop significant bleeding in case of injury. (Emily Garcia/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Jason Lewis demonstrates packing a wound for staff members of the ASPIRE program at a Stop the Bleed training session at Oglethorpe County Primary School on Nov. 7. The training helps educate county teachers and officials on how to stop significant bleeding in case of injury. (Emily Garcia/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Program trains teachers, officials to stop bad bleeds

Emily Garcia and Kennedy Lewis
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Tonia Willis is a visual learner. Led by Jason Lewis’ instruction, she velcroed a blue tourniquet shut on her thigh and turned the windlass rod until her leg started to go numb.