Faculty and Staff

  • Aaron Beane

    Marketing & Communications Strategist

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    Jenny Beasley

    School Counselor

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    Anna Caroline Berggren

    1st Grade

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    Gil Brandon

    Director of Finance & Operations

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    Jennifer Brandon

    7th & 8th Grade Math, 1st & 2nd Grade French

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    Tricia Brice

    K—5th PE & Field Trip Coordinator

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    Gwen Brooks

    4th Grade ELA , 4th & 5th Grade Social Studies & Team Lead

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    Ben Burgess

    Director of Upper School, 4th—8th Grade, 8th Grade ELA

  • Lelia Carlson

    Lelia Carlson '14

    Admissions Counselor

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    Korliss Datcher, PhD

    Athletic Director & Director of DEIB

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    Megan Davis

    Pre-Kindergarten

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    Jennifer Drew

    1st—5th Grade Science

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    Mollie Everitt

    4th—8th Grade Art & Auxiliary Coordinator

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    Canon Jay Gardner

    School Chaplain

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    Paige Gardner

    Reading Specialist

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    Lyn Garrett

    3rd Grade ELA

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    Jennifer Gibson

    JPK—3rd Grade Art

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    Georgia Greene

    JPK Assistant Teacher

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    Nancy Harrington

    6th—8th Grade Science

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    Melissa Hooker

    Assistant Director of Operations

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    Emily Ivey

    2nd Grade & Team Lead

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    Christina Jackson '07

    School Support Lead

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    Christie Janey

    Assistant Head of School for Advancement

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    Rachel Joiner

    Librarian & Team Lead

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    Jymeelah Kirk

    3rd Grade Math & Social Studies

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    Grace Lester

    Pre-Kindergarten

  • Sara Letson

    Director of Technology, 6th Grade Math

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    Ellen Lockhart

    1st Grade

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    Evelyn Lofty

    School Nurse

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    Abby Martin

    Pre-Kindergarten & Team Lead

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    Pierre McGriff

    School Dog

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    Ali O'Donnell

    Kindergarten

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    Brooke Peterson

    Assistant Head of School for Teaching & Learning

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    Tracey Pruitt

    Music Teacher, JPK — Kindergarten

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    Lilli Redding

    3rd—6th Grade French

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    Mary Snyder

    Kindergarten

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    Nathalie Stein

    JPK—K, 7th, & 8th Grade French

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    Chrissy Sullivan

    2nd Grade

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    Regan Sullivan

    4th—5th Math & 6th—8th PE

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    Fred Teardo

    Director of the Choral Ensemble

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    David Tew

    6th—8th Grade Social Studies & 4th—6th Grade Religion

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    Claire Cassady Vaughn '03

    Head of School

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    Leah Webb

    Junior Pre-Kindergarten

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    Mary Katherine Wilkins

    Music Teacher, 1st—8th & Assistant Director of Choral Ensemble

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    Wanda Williams

    6th—8th Grade ELA Seminar

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    Alex Wright

    Director of Lower School, JPK—3rd Grade

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    Kahler Youngblood

    6th & 7th Grade ELA

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