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.
Education
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 3:15 PM EST
|By Lanetra Bennett
Tarran Jefferson, a Griffin Middle School counselor, teaches students how doing positive things goes a long way.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 2:50 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
Kerrian Washington, a teacher at Bond Elementary School, has found touching and building can be very important for little learners.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
A teacher at Madison County Central School is teaching her students how to be cool through writing.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
Computer science teacher Christy Roebuck hopes to get some digital cameras for her classroom, so students can edit photos they took themselves.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 11:25 AM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
Vann said she has an idea for alternative seating over the hardback desk chairs her students currently use: beanbag chairs!
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 1:16 PM EST
|By Lanetra Bennett
Dr. Glyndell Presley says she not only wants her students to learn about a golden age in African American culture, but she also wants them to experience it.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 10:55 AM EST
|By Lanetra Bennett
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!
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 11:30 AM EST
|By Lanetra Bennett
Ms. Thompson teaches third grade at Oak Ridge Elementary. She's hoping to provide her class with new, colorful decorations and cursive handwriting journals.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
Ambrose Kirkland uses his humor and outspokenness to spread awareness to others, and encourage women and men to get checked for breast cancer.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 8:20 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
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.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
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.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 2:20 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
With the donations she received, Sheena Thomas from Sabal Palm Elementary is able to bring an interactive learning experience to her kindergarteners!
Updated: May. 27, 2021 at 3:33 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
WCTV morning anchor Lanetra Bennett had the opportunity to talk to Richard McCullough about his vision for FSU.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2021 at 2:38 PM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
Denning has always loved to read. She tries to pour that love into her fifth-grade students.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2020 at 2:38 PM EST
|By Lanetra Bennett
Many may have been a little nervous this year, knowing the need was greater because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 1:31 PM EST
|By Lanetra Bennett
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.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2020 at 10:07 AM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett and Will Desautelle
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.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 9:11 AM EDT
|By Lanetra Bennett
WCTV's Community Classroom is connecting teachers and students with much needed donations, right here in the Big Bend.
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