Who We Are - Northeast Georgia Region

The Northeast Georgia Region of PRISM consists of five parter organizations: The University of Georgia, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarke County School District, Jackson County School District and Oconee County School District.
Click on the categories listed below to access contact information for:
PRISM Staff - Partner School Districts (Clarke, Jackson, Oconee) - Satellite Districts - PRISM Institute Participants


PRISM Staff
The Northeast Georgia PRISM office is located in 318 Aderhold at the College of Education at the University of Georgia. PRISM staff members include full-time PRISM staff, graduate students, and staff in the Office of Educator Partnerships.

Sandy Blount sandyb@uga.edu UGA PRISM Program Specialist
Dava Coleman dcoleman@uga.edu UGA PRISM P-12 Coordinator
Joy Dike joyd@mac.com UGA PRISM Graduate Assistant
Heather Edelblute heatherb@uga.edu UGA Office of Educator Partnerships - PRISM Project Manager
Linda Gilbert gilbertl@uga.edu UGA NEGA PRISM Regional Evaluator
Sherry Hix shix@uga.edu UGA PRISM Program Specialist
Charles Kutal ckutal@franklin.uga.edu UGA PRISM Co-investigator
Jasmine McGinnis jmcginn@uga.edu UGA PRISM Evaluation Graduate Assistant
Cindy Molloy cmolloy@uga.edu UGA Recruitment Director
Michael Padilla mpadilla@uga.edu UGA PRISM Co-investigator
Nancy Vandergrift vandergr@uga.edu UGA Office of Educator Partnerships - PRISM Specialist
PRISM Partner School Districts
Clarke County Schools
Keri Valentine - Support Teacher for Math and Science valentinek@clarke.k12.ga.us
Elementary school Lead Teacher Email
Alps Road Elementary

200 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606
706-548-2261

 math Amy Seymour seymoura@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Rob Harris harrisr@clarke.k12.ga.us
Barnett Shoals Elementary
3220 Barnett Shoals Rd. Athens, GA 30605
706-357-5334		 math Susan Vance vances@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Lisa Lane lanel@clarke.k12.ga.us
Barrow Elementary

100 Pinecrest Drive Athens, GA 30605
706-543-2676

 math Beth Turnell turnellb@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Teri Sheppard sheppardt@clarke.k12.ga.us
Chase Street Elementary
757 N. Chase St.
Athens, GA 30601
706-543-1081		 math Lynda Walker walkerl@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Patrick Logan loganp@clarke.k12.ga.us
Fowler Drive Elementary
400 Fowler Drive
Athens, GA
706-357-5330		 math Donna Spangler spanglerd@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Halley Page pageh@clarke.k12.ga.us
Gaines Elementary
280 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605
706-357-5338		 math Shawna Babin babins@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Katrina Monegan monegank@clarke.k12.ga.us
Oglethorpe Elementary
1150 Oglethorpe Avenue Athens, GA 30606
706-549-0762		 math Phyllis Haynes haynesp@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Ellen Dolphus dolphusl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Timothy Road Elementary
1900 Timothy Road Athens, GA 30606
706-549-0107		 math Jane Watson watsonja@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Jennifer Scott scottj@clarke.k12.ga.us
Whit Davis Elementary
1450 Whit Davis Road Athens, GA 30605
706-369-1036		 math Karen Gerow gerowk@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Nancy Tisdale tisdalen@clarke.k12.ga.us
Whitehead Road Elementary
500 Whitehead Road Athens, GA 30606
706-548-7296		 math Arlyn Hawley hawleya@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Brandis Hartsell hartsellb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Winterville Elementary
305 Cherokee Road Winterville, GA 30683
706-742-8278		 math Sabrina Lumpkin lumpkinsab@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Doris Carey careyd@clarke.k12.ga.us
Middle school Lead Teacher Email
Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle
1600 Tallassee Road Athens, GA
706-548-7208		 math Joy Barnett barnettjoy@clarke.k12.ga.us
science West Corley corleych@clarke.k12.ga.us
Clarke Middle
1235 Baxter Street Athens , GA 30606
706-543-6547 ext. 73006		 math Summer Tuggle tuggles@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Peggy Bailey baileyp@clarke.k12.ga.us
Coile Middle
110 Old Elberton Road Athens, GA 30601
706-357-5318		 math Connie White whitec@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Shelley Fallows fallowss@clarke.k12.ga.us
Hilsman Middle
870 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605
706-548-7281		 math Cyndi Clark clarkc@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Shareef Bacchus bacchuss@clarke.k12.ga.us
High school Lead Teacher Email
Cedar Shoals High
1300 Cedar Shoals Dr. Athens, GA 30305
706-546-5375		 math Kaycie Maddox maddoxk@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Brad Bailey baileym@clarke.k12.ga.us
Clarke Central High
350 South Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30606
706-357-5200		 math Gwen Turner turnerg@clarke.k12.ga.us
science Kelly Walker walkerk@clarke.k12.ga.us
Alternative School
440 Dearing Extension Athens, GA 30606
706-543-8865		 math Shannon Vergara vergaras@clarke.k12.ga.us
science    
Performance Learning Center
240 Mitchell Bridge Road Athens, GA 30606
706-353-2323		 math    
science Biz Glenn glennb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Jackson County Schools
Shelly Dickinson - PRISM District Coordinator in Math sdickinson@jackson.k12.ga.us
Deborah Riddleberger - PRISM District Coordinator in Science driddleberger@jackson.k12.ga.us
Elementary school Lead Teacher Email
Benton Elementary
5488 Hwy 441 S, Nicholson, GA 30565
706-757-2211		 math Dorothy Rice drice@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Heather Leffert hleffert@jackson.k12.ga.us
East Jackson Elementary
1531 Hoods Mill Rd. Commerce, GA 30529
706-336-7900		 math Lynn Farmer lfarmer@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Kaycie Rogers krogers@jackson.k12.ga.us
Maysville Elementary
9270 Hwy 82 Spur, Maysville, GA 30558
706-652-2241		 math Priscilla Weldon pweldon@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Laurie Hitzges lhitzges@jackson.k12.ga.us
North Jackson Elementary
1880 Old Gainesville Hwy,
Talmo, GA 30575
706-693-2246		 math Brandy Elrod belrod@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Melinda Thomas mthomas@jackson.k12.ga.us
South Jackson Elementary
8144 Jefferson Rd, Athens, GA 30607
706-543-8798		 math Wendy Weiglein wweiglein@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Allyson Pennington apennington@jackson.k12.ga.us
West Jackson Primary
4825 Hwy. 52, Braselton, GA 30517
706-654-2044		 math Amy Wright awright@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Dawn Parks dparks@jackson.k12.ga.us
West Jackson Intermediate
391 E. Jefferson St. Hoschton, GA 30548
706-654-2044		 math Fran Allen fallen@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Jennifer Davis jmdavis@jackson.k12.ga.us
Middle school Lead Teacher Email
East Jackson Middle School
1880 Hoods Mill Rd. Commerce, GA 30529
706-335-2083		 math Julie Crow jcrow@jackson.k12.ga.us
math Tiffany Barnett tpbarnett@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Rachel Parr-Archer rparr@jackson.k12.ga.us
science    
West Jackson Middle School
400 Gumsprings Church Rd.,
Jefferson, GA 30549
706-367-5267		 math    
math Kim Johnson kjohnson@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Melissa Rettig mrettig@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Sarah Roberts sroberts@jackson.k12.ga.us
High school Lead Teacher Email
Jackson County Comprehensive High School
1668 Winder Hwy, Jefferson, GA 30549
706-367-5003		 math Gail Parker gparker@jackson.k12.ga.us
math Kendra Phillips kphillips@jackson.k12.ga.us
science    
science Troy Johnson tjohnson@jackson.k12.ga.us
Gordon Street Center
441 Gordon Street
Jefferson, GA 30549
706-367-2341 		math Ronda Tate rtate@jackson.k12.ga.us
science Sheri Koenig skoenig@jackson.k12.ga.us
Oconee County Schools
Nancy McDermott - PRISM District Coordinator in Science nmcdermott@oconee.k12.ga.us
Elementary school Lead Teacher Email
Colham Ferry Elementary
191 Colham Ferry Rd. Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-7764		 math Debby Arnold darnold@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Jill Bolding jbolding@oconee.k12.ga.us
Malcom Bridge Elementary
2600 Malcom Bridge Rd. Bogart, GA 30622
770-725-6700		 math Linda Pickering lpickering@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Jennifer Love/ Katie Bruechert jlove@oconee.k12.ga.us
Rocky Branch Elementary
5250 Hog Mountain Rd. Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-3235		 math Lynn Hendren lhendren@oconee. K12.ga.us
science Jolaine Whitehead jwhitehead@oconee.k12.ga.us
Oconee County Primary
2290 Hog Mountain Road, Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-7941		 math Jennifer Tomasevic jtomasevic@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Bill Nelson wnelson@oconee.k12.ga.us
Oconee County Elementary
2230 Hog Mountain Rd, Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-7791		 science Mary Stephens mstephens@oconee.k12.ga.us
math Kathy Perry kperry@oconee.k12.ga.us
Middle school Lead Teacher Email
Malcom Bridge Middle
2500 Malcom Bridge Rd., Bogart, GA 30622
770-725-2319		 math Lola Bell lbell@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Jimmy Thomason jthomason@oconee.k12.ga.us
Oconee Middle

1101 Mars Hill Road
P.O. Box 190
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-3575

 math Elyse Daniel edaniel@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Vivian Smith vsmith@oconee.k12.ga.us
High school Lead Teacher Email
North Oconee High School
1081 Rocky Branch Road, Bogart GA 30622706-769-7760 math Janet Tomlinson jtomlinson@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Marie Saxon msaxon@oconee.k12.ga.us
Oconee High School
2721 Hog Mountain Rd, Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-6655		 math Steve Messig smessig@oconee.k12.ga.us
science Vicki Soutar vsoutar@oconee.k12.ga.us
PRISM Satellite Districts
Barrow County Schools Jo Johnson jjohnson11@barrow.k12.ga.us
Commerce City Schools Nancy Baird nbaird@commerce-city.k12.ga.us
Jefferson City Schools Sherrie Gibney-Sherman sgibneys@doe.k12.ga.us
Oglethorpe County Schools Joye Baker jbaker@oglethorpe.k12.ga.us
PRISM Institute
Last First Email Department Institution
Armstrong Norris narmstro@uga.edu Biological Sciences UGA
Atwater Mary atwater@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Atwood Charles batwood@chem.uga.edu Chemistry UGA
Baker Linda lbaker@gpc.edu Chemistry GPC
Battey Jim jbattey@gpc.edu Biological Sciences GPC
Beckmann-Kazez Sybilla sybilla@math.uga.edu Mathematics UGA
Brickman Peggy brickman@uga.edu Biological Sciences UGA
Butler Malcolm mbbutler@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Cooke Teman tcooke@gpc.edu Physics GPC
Coverdale Josie jcover@uga.edu Animal and Dairy Sciences UGA
Darley Marshall darley@plantbio.uga.edu Biological Sciences UGA
Dittmann Mariam mdittman@gpc.edu Chemistry GPC
Eisner David deisner@uga.edu Biological Sciences UGA
Farmer Mark farmer@cb.uga.edu Cellular Biology UGA
Findell Brad bfindell@uga.edu Mathematics Education UGA
Foutz Timothy tfoutz@engr.uga.edu Biological Agricultural Engineering UGA
Franklin Christine chris@stat.uga.edu Statistics UGA
Fu Joseph fu@math.uga.edu Mathematics UGA
Gilbert Linda gilbertl@uga.edu NEGA PRISM Regional Evaluator UGA
Glynn Shawn sglynn@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Gold Scott sgold@uga.edu Plant Pathology UGA
Goldstein Susan sgoldst@gly.uga.edu Geology UGA
Gootman Elliot gootman@math.uga.edu Mathematics UGA
Gosselin John john@math.uga.edu Mathematics UGA
Grundstein Andrew andrewg@uga.edu Geography UGA
Hardy Larry lhardy@gpc.edu Mathematics GPC
Hoffman Carol hoffman@uga.edu Museum of Natural History UGA
Kannan Dan kannan@uga.edu Mathematics UGA
Knauft David dknauft@uga.edu Horticulture UGA
Knox John Andrew John_Andrew_Knox @yahoo.com Geography UGA
Koballa Thomas tkoballa@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Krause Duncan dkrause@uga.edu Microbiology UGA
Kutal Charles ckutal@franklin.uga.edu NEGA PRISM Co-PI and Associate Dean, A & S UGA
Magnani Loris loris@physast.uga.edu Physics UGA
Minchew Cynthia cminchew@coe.uga.edu Science Education UGA
Morrison Richard morrison@chem.uga.edu Chemistry UGA
Oliver Steve soliver@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Oppong Nicholas noppong@uga.edu Mathematics Education UGA
Orrill Chandra corrill@uga.edu Learning Performance and Support Laboratory UGA
Padilla Michael mpadilla@uga.edu NEGA PRISM Co-PI and Educator Partnerships UGA
Pandit Kavita pandit@uga.edu Geography UGA
Peake Jason jpeake@tifton.uga.edu Agricultural and Environmental Sciences UGA
Puett David puett@bmb.uga.edu Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UGA
Ricketts John jcr@uga.edu Agricultural and Environmental Sciences UGA
Roden Michael mroden@uga.edu Geology UGA
Rowley Amy arowley@uga.edu Food and Science Technology UGA
Schuttler Heinz-Bernd hbs@physast.uga.edu Physics UGA
Scott Anna akscott@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Shewfelt Robert shewfelt@uga.edu Agricultural and Environmental Sciences UGA
Shifrin Theodore shifrin@math.uga.edu Mathematics UGA
Singh Rakesh rsingh@uga.edu Food and Science Technology UGA
Stanton Bobby stanton@chem.uga.edu Chemistry UGA
Stickney John stickney@chem.uga.edu Chemistry UGA
Sylvia Janet jsylvia@uga.edu Office of Informational Technology UGA
Sztajn Paola psztajn@uga.edu Mathematics Education UGA
Teare Ketter Catherine cmscatk@uga.edu Marine Sciences UGA
Thompson Sidney sidt@engr.uga.edu Biological Agricultural Engineering UGA
Thomson Norm nthomson@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Tippins Deborah dtippins@uga.edu Science Education UGA
Wenston Paul paul@math.uga.edu Mathematics UGA
White Dorothy dywhite@uga.edu Mathematics Education UGA
Whitman William whitman@uga.edu Biological Sciences UGA
Wilson Patricia pswilson@uga.edu Mathematics Education UGA
Zhao Yiping zhaoy@physast.uga.edu Physics UGA
Zhu Lin lzhu@chem.uga.edu Chemistry UGA
 
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