FACULTY

English                            Wanda Ball--wball@roxborocommunityschool.org
Starting her 28th year of teaching, Mrs. Ball earned her National Board Certification in English/Language Arts & has taught English & Drama in grades 6 - 12.

North Carolina Charter School Teacher of the Year

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Maggie Bonafair-- mbonafair@roxborocommunityschool.org
She has 22 years of experience as a professional writer and communications manager.  She served as Executive Editor/Project Director of a specialty publishing firm where she was responsible for all aspects of publication management.  She also has worked as Communications/Proposals Manager for several high-profile construction and engineering firms where her responsibilities included writing/editing in a variety of formats, from articles, books and brochures to websites, visual presentations and technical manuals.  Her teaching experience includes teaching English 111 sy NCSU. in-house writing workshops for businesses, and Journalism at RCS last year.

Born and raised in Person County, Mrs. Bonafair graduated from Meredith College with a B.A. in English.  She completed graduate studies at NCSU before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, where she lived for 17 years.  She returned to Roxboro three years ago after marrying Tim Bonafair. 

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Dottie Foushee-- dfoushee@roxborocommunityschool.org
She has taught English/Language Arts in middle school and high school for twenty-one years.  She earned her BA in English Education from UNC-Chapel Hill and her M.Ed in Reading from Elon.

Hobbies and interests include appreciation of music (all genres), literature, learning, college basketball, soccer, travel, art and food.

"Teaching young people keeps me energized and motivated; I learn about new literature, people, places, and ideas as I teach!"

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Christa Jones--cjones@roxborocommunityschool.org A resident of Roxboro, Mrs. Jones was educated in the Person County School system.  She graduated from North Carolina Central University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

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Beth Stultz--  bstultz@roxborocommunityschool.org is excited to join the staff at RCS.  She received her Bachelor's degree in English Education from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and her Master's of Education in reading from Averett University in Danville, Virginia.  She has taught mostly middle school language arts during her eight years of teaching.  "I basically just like to teach, and I truly enjoy all the ages and stages of student's development."

Beth is a native of Person County and is married to J. Stultz who practices law in Roxboro.  She has two children -- a boy and a girl.

She enjoys having fun with family and friends; being a wife, mom, and teacher;  reading and shopping.

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Megan Wright--English/Student Teacher
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Math

Paula Boston--pboston@roxborocommunityschool.org   was born in Matewan, West Virginia.  I graduated from Marshall University in Huntington, WV and also received my Master's degree from Marshall.  Before moving to North Carolina four years ago, I taught for 28 years in various schools there. 

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John Poole--jpoole@roxborocommunityschool.org  graduated from Person Senior High School in 1986.  He worked at C & A and then went to UNC-Wilmington and obtained his BA in Accounting.  He then obtained his Middle Grades Mathematics License as a lateral entry teacher in the Orange County Schools.  He obtained his Academically Gifted License through the Alamance-Burlington School System. 

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Mr. John Poole's homework site link is below:

http://www.homeworkhero.com/cgi-bin/aahero04/acceptit20/display.cgi?rcspoole+nc_rox

Rose Wilkerson--rwilkerson@roxborocommunityschool.org
Mrs. Wilkerson has been teaching in Person County for 16 years.  Mrs. Wilkerson graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina State University with a BS in Math Education.

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Social Studies                                            

Bonnie Buchanan--bbuchanan@roxborocommunityschool.org   grew up in Person County.  She earned a BA in Language arts and Social Studies from Elon College.  In 1999, she received her Master's Degree in Alternative Education from the University of West Florida.  She has taught in public and private schools for 24 years.  Outside of teaching, her hobbies include reading and needlework. 

For Mrs. Buchanan's Homework assignments
http://www.schoolnotes.com

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Christy King  --cking@roxborocommunityschool.org A native of Person County, Mrs. King is currently working on her Masters in Social Studies from Elon University.

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for homework assignments:
http://www.schoolnotes.com

Jason Slagle--jslagle@roxborocommunityschool.org    has taught three years in Person County Schools.  He received his BA degree in Education from Alfred University and his Master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Alfred. 

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Science                                                 

Mike Czysz--mczysz@roxborocommunityschool.org  Mr. Czysz earned a Master in Physics, taught science at many educational levels, and worked in business and industry before returning to full-time teaching.

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Teresa Fitzgerald--tfitzgerald@roxborocommunityschool.org  graduated from UNC-Greensboro with a degree in Biology.  For the past 14 years, Mrs. Fitzgerald has taught in Person County Schools.  In her spare time, Mrs. Fitzgerald likes to quilt, cook, garden and read.

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Rob Johnson--rjohnson@roxborocommunityschool.org    is a native of Durham, NC.  He attended UNC-Chapel Hill and earned a BA in Education with concentrations in Science and Social Studies.  He has 22 years experience with the middle schools.

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Health & Physical Education

Sally Greenstock--sgreenstock@roxborocommunityschool.org  A graduate of Mars Hill College, she has done further study at North Carolina State University and VPI-SU.  She is currently in her  30th  year teaching Health & PE and she has taught students from Pre-K through 10^th. 

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Gregg Hamilton--ghamilton@roxborocommunityschool.org    was born on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and spent most of his years prior to High School moving between the Washington, DC and Tidewater area.  He graduated from Elon college and settled in this area.  He has over 15 years coaching and teaching.  He has six years directing a 15 sport athletics program.

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 Art                                                          

Beth Barlow--bbarlow@roxborocommunityschool.org is a graduate of the College of Design at North Carolina State University where she received the Most Outstanding Undergraduate Award for Visual Design. With more than 15 years of experience as a corporate and freelance graphic designer, she followed her heart from computer to easel as the art teacher at Nash Central High School in Nash County before relocating to Roxboro in 2005.

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Computer Technology                          

RCS is proud to announce Karen Trickey

Karen Trickey  ktrickey@roxborocommunityschool.org is a life long resident of Roxboro, NC.  Mrs. Trickey graduated from Person Senior High School and attended UNC and UNCC where she obtained her BS degree in Business Education.  She has taught in the Person County School system for the past 17 1/2 years.  Mrs. Trickey is excited about her move to RCS.

homework/classwork Website for
Computer Technology
http://www.quia.com/pages/rcstrickeycomptech.html

Homework/classwork Website for
Computer Applications I and II
http://www.quia.com/pages/rcstrickeycap.html

Ms. Moore will retire on January 21, 2008
Barbara Moore-- bmoore@roxborocommunityschool.org a Person County native, she received her BS degree in Business Education from Appalachian State University.  Ms. Moore has taught Computer Applications I and II as well as Programming (COBOL, VISUAL BASIC, VISUAL BASIC.NET) and A+ certification for hardware. She plans to return in the Fall of 2008 part time.
               

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Guidance Counselor

Maryellen Kimbrough--mkimbrough@roxborocommunityschool.org  Mrs. Kimbrough is a graduate of Elon College with a bachelors degree in psychology.  She recently graduated summa cum laude from The School of Education at NCCU with a masters degree in school counseling.

Mrs. Kimbrough has a husband David, and two sons Wyatt and Jackson.

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Exceptional Children

Kelly Craft--kcraft@roxborocommunityschool.org graduated from Greensboro College 1986 with a BS in Special Education taught in public schools before going to private tutoring when children came along. She has two children, Ellison, a 10th grader here and Madison who is in 4th grade at Helena.

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Cathy Kennington--ckennington@roxborocommunityschool.org graduated from UNC-G with BA in Speech Pathology, MA in Speech, Language Pathology from ASU, NC DPI Certification, national ASHA certification in Clinical Competency.   Retired in 2003 from NC Public education system with 30 years experience.

Spanish                                                   

Rafael Rivera-- rrivera@roxborocommunityschool.org is a native of Puerto Rico. He received a BA Degree from UNC-G in 1970.  His first year of teaching was in Mt. Airy, NC.  He received an M.ED degree in 1974 and continued his teaching career at Person High School where he created the Spanish Exchange Program.  In 2001, he moved to Salisbury and continued teaching at Salisbury High School.  He has spent the last four years teaching at Albemarle High School and was selected "Teacher of the Year" for 2007 to 2008.  Because of his move to RCS, he was unable to accept the award.

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TESTING          Tammy Long
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SCHOOL/CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
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ATHLETICS
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PTSO
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