Lanetra Bennett
Morning Anchor
Tallahassee, Fla.
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Lanetra Bennett joined WCTV in 2001 as an Associate Producer and eventually became a Producer. Beginning in December of 2004, she moved to a reporting position.
Lanetra covers Taylor, Suwannee and Lafayette Counties primarily, but occasionally covers other parts of north Florida and south Georgia.
She loves meeting the people involved in the stories she covers. Lanetra is a class of 2000 graduate of Florida A&M University.
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Pam Blue, a first-grade teacher at Taylor County Primary School, is requesting donations to fill a book vending machine for this edition of Community Classroom!
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Ms. Thompson teaches third grade at Oak Ridge Elementary. She's hoping to provide her class with new, colorful decorations and cursive handwriting journals.
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Ambrose Kirkland uses his humor and outspokenness to spread awareness to others, and encourage women and men to get checked for breast cancer.
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Meet Latasha Jones: a third-grade science and math teacher at Astoria Park Elementary School in Tallahassee. She’s worked there since 2018, passionately educating her students and showing them the wonders of STEM.
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Cheryl Frazier is in her first year as Sabal Palm Elementary School's media specialist. She says her goal is to provide new non-fiction books for the students.
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With the donations she received, Sheena Thomas from Sabal Palm Elementary is able to bring an interactive learning experience to her kindergarteners!
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WCTV morning anchor Lanetra Bennett had the opportunity to talk to Richard McCullough about his vision for FSU.
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Denning has always loved to read. She tries to pour that love into her fifth-grade students.
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Many may have been a little nervous this year, knowing the need was greater because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The sixth-grade science teacher says an iPad would make it easier to keep her virtual students involved as she moves around her physical classroom.
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GFWC sisters of Service Woman’s Club, Inc. are asking women around the community to join in a back to school prayer for students, teachers, administrators and staff.
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WCTV's Community Classroom is connecting teachers and students with much needed donations, right here in the Big Bend.