Welcome to another fantastic year at Thomson High School.  I am super excited about our new administrator, Dr. Strong and I feel confident that this will be a fantastic year. I pray that each of my students will have a fantastic year in my classes and I promise to teach them the skills needed to be successful. One of those skills is the basic thirst for knowledge.  Not just to strive for the highest grade, but to strive to understand new information each day and to be the best that we can be each day that God has given us on this earth.

This school year will mark my ninth year teaching at THS and my twenty-third year as an educator. I hold a MA in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University, a BS in Education from Oral Robert’s University, and an Associate of Arts in Business from Kansas State University. In addition, I hold an Gifted Endorsement through the State of Georgia and an Advanced Placement English Language and Composition from Augusta University. I am also the Law of Life Coordinator for THS.

I will instruct 10th English Language and Composition, 11th English Language and Composition, and Honors 11th English Language and Composition this year.  I love reading, writing and digging deeper into content.  Together we will work through the curriculum this school year.

I am available for tutoring after school starting at 3:10 pm or by appointment if you have a question or need additional help or time to complete an assignment.  I will share Google Classroom codes and Class Remind codes with students and encourage parents to sign up for both.  If you have a question, please email me anytime, and I will respond as quickly as possible.

Parents IMPORTANT NOTE:  I do not allow cell phones to be visible, heard, or out for use for any reason in my classroom. Cell phones have become a distraction that hinders the learning of our students at THS. If you have an emergency please contact the office at #706-986-4201. 

My students are instructed to have their phones put inside their backpacks and kept in bins in the front of the classroom during class time.

Please be aware that this is not to be punitive, but to end a distraction and encourage students to focus on the class material. However, if students do not follow the procedure, parents will be notified and disciplinary action will result. 

We live in a world that is constantly distracting us, we must learn to focus again.

Time is so precious and we cannot waste a minute!

1st Semester