Middle School Profile

 

Our Staff 

Managing Director:  Shannon Stein

Principal:  Michelle Harrison

Assistant Principal:  Mike McAlpin

Director of Student Services:  Lori Hughes

Director of Business Services: Harrella Wedington 

Director of Facilities:  Scott Abel

Director of Athletics:  Matt Schlegel

Middle School Psychologist/Counselor: Heather Crane

Registrar: Sue Scott

Receptionists:  Marie Joseph, Rebecca Shipman

Technology Specialist/Website Administrator:  Kim Ribbans 

Faculty: 45 Teachers, 1 Media Specialist

All 46 teachers are middle school certified and are teaching in their certification area. 4 teachers are initially-certified teachers. 20 teachers hold a Masters Certification and 6 teachers are Nationally Board certified. The average years teaching is 12. Almost 50% of the staff has between 10-15 years of teaching experience.

According to the most recent NC Teacher’s Survey of Working Conditions, 93% of the school’s teachers said they planned to continue teaching at the school.  


Our Students

Total enrollment (5th-8th grade) – 750   

Student ethnicity – Caucasian: 81%, African American: 8%, Hispanic: 4%, Asian: 4%, Other: 3%

Student Achievement

NC EOG Percent on or above grade level

 2007-2008  2008-20092009-2010 2010-2011 
  Math 5-8  89.694.1 95.495.0
  Math 589.292.493.5 93.6
  Math 687.494.193.5 94.0
  Math 790.391.396.7 93.5
  Math 891.895.096.7 98.4
     
  Reading 5-8 82.3 92.2 92.692.3
  Reading 5  83.2 90.8 90.7

 92.6

  Reading 6 82.3 94.1 94.5 94.0
  Reading 7 78.9  88.6 93.088.1
  Reading 8 82.4  95.0 92.494.6