Academic teams are a unique part of the middle school experience. They give students the opportunity to grow physically and mature academically under the caring and watchful eyes of not just one teacher, as in the elementary school experience, but under the professional eyes of a team of several teachers. Other elements of the teaming experience include the following:
- Teaming gives students and teachers the feeling of belonging to a small group that has common goals and whose members are supportive of each other.
- Teaming consists of a common group of students who are assigned to a common group of teachers who share a common planning time every other day.
- Teaming holds the instructional program together on a day-to-day operational basis. It is not the elimination of departments. Departments assure there is a consistency in the curriculum.
- Teaming results in a more productive classroom/school environment. It has a potential for dealing with effective areas (human relations, responsibility, citizenship, etc.) in which middle school students have needs.
2024–2025 Sixth Grade Academic Teams
Spark
Tina Spain - ELA
Shekinah Burton - Math
Jennifer Crockett - Science
Kameron Black - Social Studies
Imagine
Erin Brooks - ELA
Kathleen Boyle* - Math
Jennifer Crockett - Science
Scott Rowe - Social Studies
Dream
Trey Fennell* - ELA
Erin Massimini - Math
Lauren Hone - Science
Joe Gorman - Social Studies
*denotes Team Leader
2024–2025 Seventh Grade Academic Teams
Envision
Katie Phillips - ELA
Barbara Sullivan-Coates* - ELA
Daniel Fowler - Math
Donna Johnson - Math
Cierra Collier - Science
Lexi Mulcahey - Social Studies
Energize
Mary Bestafka - ELA
Jessica Pegram* - Math
Ashley Burtram - Science
Jay Breneman - Social Studies
Inspire
Kirsten Corcoran* - ELA
Patrick Basloe - Math
Elaine Seay - Science
Charles Hudson - Social Studies
*denotes Team Leader
2024–2025 Eighth Grade Academic Teams
Maximize
Susan Fox - ELA
Karla Baucom - Math
Kelly Ackermann* - Science
Diebold - Social Studies
Believe
Cheryl Golden - ELA
Megan Young - ELA
Rebecca Parham* - Math
Ashley Sheridan - Math
Sarah Johnson - Science
Blake Rush - Social Studies
Create
Kimberlee Letourneau - ELA
Jennifer Cowell*- Math
Kori Kapataidakis - Science
Jay Breneman - Social Studies
*denotes Team Leader