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Tristen Adkins
Tristen Adkins
Art Teacher
Born in: Sikeston. MO
College attended: Nashville State, APSU
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: The students!
3 things I love: My family, Bob Ross, and painting!
Favorite quote:  'Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he/she grows up." -Pablo Picasso




 
Candice Aguilera
Candice Aguilera
Title I Interventionist
Born in: Covina, California
College attended: Nashville State Community College
Started working with children in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the look on a child's face when they realize they've succeeded
3 things I love: Spending time with my family, my job, and baking
Tanner Anderson
First Grade Teacher
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: watching my students be successful!
3 things I love: Reading, Shopping, and being around my people!
Maison Anderton
Maison Anderton
PE Teacher
Born in: Pegram, Tennessee
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students enjoying being active
3 things I love: Coaching, fishing, and family
Lisa Beard
Special Education Assistant
Patricia Bridges
Cafeteria Manager
Nick Brown
Nick Brown
Principal
Born in: Bath, NY
College attended: SUNY Geneseo, Alfred University, Union University, Lipscomb University
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: Working with students and watching them grow
3 things I love: hiking, the beach, spending time with family
Favorite quote: ā€œImpossible is for the unwilling.ā€ - John Keats
Kelly Campbell
Kelly Campbell
Fourth Grade Teacher - Math/Sci
Born in: Belleville, Il
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University, Georgia State, Western Governors
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job:  Seeing kids realize that they can do hard math and hearing them say how fun it is.
3 things I love: Traveling, SCUBA diving, spending time with my family
Favorite quote: "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."
Lori Clayton
Lori Clayton
Third Grade Teacher - ELA/SS
Born in: Hohenwald, Tennessee
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University & Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: My students!
3 things I love: Music, Beach, Writing
Favorite quote: "There is no small service to God; it all matters." - Rick Warren
Sandra Cook
Sandra Cook
School Tutor (TN All Corps)
Born in Columbus, GA - But lived in Tennesse since age 1.
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin, Belmont University
Started teaching in 1991.
Favorite thing about my job: Working with small groups of students and watching them grow socially, emotionally and full of knowledge.
3 things I love: reading, crafting, camping.
Favorite quote: I can't raise your standards by lowering my expectations.
Joy Dotson
Joy Dotson
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Atlanta Georgia
Started working with children   in: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: its never boring
3 things I love: my family my lord my church
Favorite quote: if you cant kill time work it to death
Chelsea Dunn
Kindergarten Assistant
Sharon Ferebee
Cafeteria Staff
Christina Flowers
Lunch Room Monitor
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Belmont University
Started teaching in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students being successful and seeing the 'lightbulb' moment
3 things I love: shopping, chips and dip, reading
Favorite quote: "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
Vanessa Flowers
Vanessa Flowers
Second Grade Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Belmont University, Grand Canyon University
Started teaching in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: when the 'lightbulb comes on"
3 things I love: reading, thrift shopping, walking the dog
Favorite quote: “People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care”
Sonya Fossie-Williams
Child Care Director
Tracy Gilliam
Tracy Gilliam
Title I Interventionist
Born in: Nashville, Tennessee
Started in: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: I enjoy working and helping my co-workers and students.
3 things I love: Spending time with family and friends, Crocheting, and cooking.
Debra Harrell
Cafeteria Staff
Shelby Harris
Shelby Harris
Kindergarten Teacher
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing a student finally achieve something they have been working hard for!
3 things I love: Riding RZRs, Traveling, Clogging
Alaina Hedrick
Third Grade Teacher - Math/Sci
Carrie Horzsa
Carrie Horzsa
Computer Assistant/Speech Assistant
Born in: Decatur, IN
College attended: Ball State University
Started Working with students in 2018
Favorite thing about my job: I love the students & staff.
3 things I love: Watching my son play travel baseball & basketball, walking, & traveling.
Favorite quote: "You matter."
Katherine Kocourek
Katherine Kocourek
fifth Grade Teacher - ELA/SS
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Texas at Arlington, Cameron University
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: The kids!
3 things I love: Iced Coffee, Hobby Lobby, the beach
Favorite quote: "And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who donĀ“t believe in magic will never find it." Roald Dahl
Karen Lagan
Karen Lagan
Second Grade Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing success in each student
3 things I love: Spending time with family and friends, traveling, cooking
Favorite quote:  Reading is like learning how to tie your shoe laces, we all learn at different times.
Kim Lambert
Kim Lambert
Speech/Language Pathologist
Born in: Watertown, New York
College attended: State University of New York in Morrisville and Plattsburg
Started teaching in: 1994
Favorite thing about my job: Decorating my therapy room and planning creative and fun activities for my students
3 things I love: My family, being a mom, and bubble baths
Favorite quote: "Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off your goals."
Christy Lawless
Christy Lawless
School Counselor
Born in: Washington D.C.
College attended: MTSU, Walden University, TSU
Started working with children in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Working with the students, staff, and families
3 things I love: my family, the beach, and reading.
Favorite quote: "Just keep swimming."
Sarah McClanahan
Library Assistant
Lisa McFarlin
Lisa McFarlin
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Tennessee Technological University and Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 1999
Favorite thing about my job:  Seeing the students learn academically, socially and emotionally
3 things I love: God, family, and traveling
Favorite quote: “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
Charlie Nall
Music Teacher
April Peach
Title 1 Teacher/RTI Manager
Born in: Nashville
College attended: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (undergraduate) and Trevecca Nazarene University (Masters)
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships
3 things I love: Being outside, Animals, Music
Favorite quote: "Be who you needed when you were younger"
Christy Perez
Christy Perez
Fifth Grade Teacher - Math/Sci
Born in: Nashville
College attended: Austin Peay
Started 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the light bulb go on when students understand something
3 things I love: Jesus, Family, and Horses
Favorite quote:  Little results a day adds up to big results.
Larson Petty
Larson Petty
SRO
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin
Started working with children in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Being able to impact people in a positive way
3 things I love: My family, The Outdoors and Motorsports
Favorite quote: "Everyone has a happy ending, if you're not happy, it's not the end." - Unknown
Amanda Rachford
Amanda Rachford
Instructional Coach
Born in: Lawrenceburg, TN
College attended: MTSU (undergrad), NOVA (masters), and Lipscomb (Ed.S)
Started Teaching in 2003 and began Instructional Coaching in 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Helping teachers and students grow in all areas
3 things I love: cheering my boys on at sporting events, reading, and being with friends
Favorite quote: "Nothing is impossible for the word itself says 'I'm Possible' - Audrey Hepburn
Olivia Rhett
Olivia Rhett
Fourth Grade Teacher - ELA/SS
Born in: Jackson, Mississippi
College attended: Mississippi State University,
Started teaching in: 2017.
Favorite thing about my job: I love seeing students collaborate and work together. I also love when students grasp a new concept or reach a new goal.
3 things I love: exercise, cooking, and reading.
Elizabeth Spangle
Bookkeeper
Born in: Goshen, IN
College attended: Ball State University
Started working here in: 2023
Favorite thing about my job: Helping our staff and students every day!
3 things I love: Hiking, reading, traveling
Favorite quote: "Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody."
Renea Starbuck
Kindergarten Teacher
Joye Street
Joye Street
DBA
Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in 1982
Favorite thing about my job: Helping the students, teachers and parents
3 things I love: Family, Books, Fabric
Favorite quote: Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.  Psalms 37:4
Sharon Sullivan
Sharon Sullivan
Lunch Room Monitor
Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with students in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Everyday is an adventure, and I love my co-workers and students!
3 things I love: God, my family, and being outside gardening
Favorite quote: "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself."
Henry Taylor
Cafeteria Staff
Rochelle Taylor
Rochelle Taylor
Pre-K Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Tennessee Technological University, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: Building positive relationships with students, parents, and co-workers
3 things I love: crafting, sports, reading with animation
Teanna Turner
Teanna Turner
Title I Interventionist
Born in: Selmer, TN
Colleges attended: Tennessee State University, Nashville State Community College, Austin Peay State University
Favorite thing about my job: Giving a child the experience of someone who really gets them and accepts them for who they are, without making them feel bad or wrong
3 things I love: Shopping, Traveling, Spending time with family
Keela Waller
Title I Interventionist
Mary Wills
Mary Wills
Assistant Principal
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Interacting with students
3 things I love: Family, movies, being outdoors
Favorite quote: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost

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