Meet Our Faculty & Staff
Linda Murdock
Head of School
"People often say, "I'll be happy when..." Being happy does not mean to always get what you want. Happiness comes when you love what you have and you are grateful for it."
Bachelor's, Master's
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Lycoming College, State University of New York
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Years of Experience: 55
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Lara Landinez
Assistant Head of School
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be
felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller
Bachelor's, Master's
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Lynn University, Argosy University
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Years of Experience: 15
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Peter Murdock
COO & CFO
"Live life by laughing a lot, dreaming big... when you fall, get up and run faster. Life is not about me, it's about the people that surround me."
Dawn Schooley
Director of Admissions
Student Activities Dir
"Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything."
- A.J. Julianin
Associates
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North Metro Technical College
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Years of Experience: 16
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Alicia Rose
Business Mgr/Co-Admissions Dir
"Try not to worry about things
that are out of your control."
Rodger Rose
Athletic Director
"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."
Associates
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Truett McConnell University​
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Years of Experience: 15
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Carrie Baudaillier
Science/Social Studies Teacher
"Teaching kids to count is fine, teaching them what counts is best."
- Bob Talbert
Bachelor's, Master's
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Sotheby's Institute of Art
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Years of Experience: 18
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Ramona Bryant
Science Teacher
"Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem."
- Walt Disney
Bachelor's, Master's
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Mississippi Valley State University
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Years of Experience: 20
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Eric Burin
History Teacher
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best."
- Tim Duncan
Bachelor's, Master's
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The Bowling Green State University, Kennesaw State University
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Years of Experience: 18
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Sue Coll
Spanish Teacher
"No one should have to choose one language and culture over the other, because having both is undeniably better than having just one."
Bachelor's
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Liceo de Artes en Puerto Rico
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Years of Experience: 20
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Sandy Delenick
English Teacher
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen
or even touched -
They must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller
Bachelor's, Master's
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McDaniel College, Loyola College
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Years of Experience: 44
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Amanda Dills
Math Teacher
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
- Benjamin Franklin
Diana Dowd
Mandarin Teacher
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your potential...these are the keys that will unlock the door to
personal excellence."
- Confucius
Bachelor's, Master's
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Kennesaw State University
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Years of Experience: 16
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Robin Gant
Science Teacher
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
- Harriet Tubman
Dr. Barbara Gardner
English Teacher
"Iron Sharpens Iron"
- Class Motto
Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate
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Georgia State University
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Years of Experience: 20
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Janet Gillam
Language Arts Teacher
"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."
- John Locke
Catalina Herron
Spanish Teacher
"In the end only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you"
- Gautam Buddha
Bachelor's
La Salle University in Columbia
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Years of Experience: 14
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Christine Hill
Math Teacher
"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best."
- Bob Talbert
Bachelor's, Master's
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North Georgia College
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Years of Experience: 7
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Ashlei Jarrette
Junior K Teacher
"Creativity takes courage."
- Henri Matisse
Bachelor's
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University of West Florida
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Years of Experience: 4
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Michelle Koenig
Music Director
"Where words fail, music speaks."
- Hans Christian Andersen
Bachelor's, Master's
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Auburn University
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Years of Experience: 18
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Nancy Lee
Mandarin Teacher
People at birth are naturally good. Their natures are similar; their habits become different. If, negligently, not taught, their nature deteriorates. The right way to teach, is with absolute concentration... Jade that has not been polished cannot be used. Person that has not been studied cannot know righteousness."
- Three-Character Classic Poem by Wang Yinglin
Bachelor's, Master's
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Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania
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Years of Experience: 23
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Lissette Perez
Paraprofessional
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you."
- Walt Whitman
Bobbie Spamer
Social Studies Teacher
"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."
- Oprah Winfrey
Bachelor's, Master's
Piedmont Univ​ersity,
Georgia Southern University
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Years of Experience: 3
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Kierra Sullivan
Art Teacher
"Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more
like everyone else."
- Sydney Gurewitz Clemens
Bachelor's
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Savannah College of Art
& Design
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Years of Experience: 4
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Kelly Webb
Language Arts Teacher
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go!"
- Dr. Suess
Bachelor's, Master's
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Mercer University,
Walden University​
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Years of Experience: 22
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Reba Willis
Kindergarten Teacher
"Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem."
- Walt Disney
Bachelor's
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Georgia Southern University
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Years of Experience: 12
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Chuck Wilson
PE Teacher
"Never waste a failure"
- Nick Saban
Bachelor's, Masters
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Troy State
Kennesaw State
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Years of Experience: 35
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