I am a 1996 graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in geology. 

GO HOKIES!

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My husband and I moved to Dahlonega, Georgia  in August 1996 and I began working for McGill-Schnabel Engineering, a dam design and construction firm out of Gainesville, GA. Realizing my desire to share the amazing planet we live on with others, I attended North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega  (now called University of North Georgia) and earned my teaching certificate in middle grades math and science. I taught high school math and middle school science for 3 years  at a local alternative boarding school after which I taught one year of middle school math for Lumpkin County Middle School, our county's only middle school.

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In July 2003 my husband transferred to Thurmond Lake and we moved to Evans, GA with our two girls (now 18 and 16). I joined the faculty of Riverside Middle School teaching  8th grade science for the next five years. When SIMS opened in August 2008, I had the opportunity to move here to teach 6th grade science. I have been here ever since!

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 Awards and Honors

• SIMS Teacher of the Year, 2009-2010

• Georgia Master Teacher, 2010

•  Masters of Education Degree in curriculum and instruction from GRU (now Augusta University), May 2014

• SIMS Teacher of the Year, 2017-2018