Dickson County Schools closed, Thursday, April 3rd
The Dickson County School System will be closed on Thursday, April 3, 2025 due to possible severe weather with high winds and flooding.

We will be under Remote Learning "WATCH" for Friday, April 4th. Students will need to take Chromebooks home tonight (if applicable).  As a reminder, Remote Learning Days are considered "school days."  
 
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Cindy Akin
Cindy Akin
Special Education Asst./ AfterCare Site Director
Born in: Clarksville, TN
Started: working with children since September 1992
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children try to understand better.
3 things I love: God, Family, and Friends
Favorite quote: Kindness is having the ability to speak with love, listen with patience and act 
                           with compassion.
Elise Angell
Elise Angell
Sped Bus Driver
Born in: Roanoke, VA
Started working with children in: 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the wheels of a child's mind turn and the excitement when they learn something ne.
3 things I love: Jesus, My Kids, Rainbows
Favorite quote: "Creativity is intelligence having fun!" -Einstein
Katie Bear
Katie Bear
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: NSCC (currently)
Started working with kids in: 2024
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing all the smiles! 
3 things I love: My family, thrift shopping, trying new things! 
Favorite quote: “Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.” Gene Wilder (as Willy Wonka)
Beth Beasley
Beth Beasley
Special Education Assistant
Born In: Nashville, TN
Colleges attended: Nashville State Community College
Started working with Children in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: watching ah ha moments happen with students
3 things I love: Family, Coffee, & Dr. Pepper
Favorite quote: You're always one choice away from changing your life. -Mac Anderson
 
Greg Blaylock
Greg Blaylock
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Continuously promoting students of knowledge and character
3 things I love: God, Family, Country!
Favorite quote: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell
Payton Brasher-Tucker
Payton Brasher-Tucker
Speech/Language Pathologist
Born in: Dickson, TN College attended: Middle Tennessee State University 2015-2019, Appalachian State University 2019-2021 Started working with children in: 2021 Favorite thing about my job: I love being on my students team and getting to watch them make progress toward their speech/language goals! 3 things I love: My daughter Gray, my husband Cole, and being outside Favorite quote: Find a way or make one
Jennifer Breeden
Jennifer Breeden
Special Education Teacher
Born in:  Memphis Tennessee
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started Teaching Special Education in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students grow in their ability to read and cope with prevocational or social emotional struggles.
3 things I love: I love baking sweet goodies and tasty meals, photography, sewing and embroidery.
Favorite quote: Tomorrow is a gift not a promise.
Delores Clifton
Delores Clifton
Special Education Assistant
I am married to Mike Clifton. I have one son & 3 grandkids! I enjoy cooking, playing cards and board games. I also enjoy the cooking shows.
Caycee Fort
Caycee Fort
Social Skills Teacher
Born in: Clarksville, TN
College attended: University of Maine at Presque Isle, Austin Peay University 
Started:2022
Favorite thing about my job: students, relationships and growth
3 things I love: God, Family, Food 
Favorite quote: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -they must be felt with the heart - Helen Keller
Ashleigh Guthrie
Ashleigh Guthrie
Special Education Teacher (ERC)
Born in: Xenia, OH
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 2020
Favorite thing about my job: Observing and helping little minds change and grow 
3 things I love: Photography, Coffee, My Kids
Favorite quote: "Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb 
Thorah Jimerson
Thorah Jimerson
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Corning, NY
Colleges attended: APSU, SNHU
Started working with children in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: making children feel safe, heard and important
3 things I love: Jesus, my dog, Christmas time (& cold weather)
Favorite quote: "He calls each and every star by name. It's not likely that He has forgotten yours." -Louie Giglio 
Misty Liberty
Misty Liberty
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Detroit, MI
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Florida Tech, Nashville State.
Started working with children in: 2005
Favorite thing about my job: I love giving my students a safe and nurturing environment to learn in. I feel that it is important to be a safe place for my students. I also love watching my students learn and grow. 
3 things I love: My family, the beach, and watching my son and daughter play sports!
Favorite quote: "Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr. Seuss
Judy Long
Judy Long
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Trevecca Nazarene College and Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 1990
Favorite Thing about my job: When I feel that I have really helped a student or teacher
3 things that I love: Coffee, Bluegrass Music, Reading
Favorite Quote: All the world is a stage. Let us find our place upon that stage and be the best we can be.
Amber Malloy
Amber Malloy
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Trenton, Michigan
Started working with children in 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children feel loved and safe.
3 things I love: Hunting rocks and crystals, my family, and making a difference 
Favorite quote: “Carpe Diem”
Annalee McKinney
Annalee McKinney
Special Education Teacher (ERC)
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Bethel University 
Started teaching in: 2024
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to celebrate achievements big and small. I love to see students meet their goals and have that feeling of accomplishment. 
3 things I love: God, My family, Pink!
Favorite quote: Psalms 32:8  I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Ben Roza
Ben Roza
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Illinois
College attended: Western Illinois University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the individual growth of each student
3 things I love: Outdoors, Chicago Pizza, and friends
Favorite quote: “Mad Hatter: Am I going mad?... Alice: Yes, you're mad, bonkers, off the top of your head...but...I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
Liz Smithberg
Liz Smithberg
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Clarksville, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students of all levels grow into their potential 
3 things I love: God, Family, TikTok
Favorite quote: "It's your real that makes you rare." Mark Anthony 
Amber Swigert
Amber Swigert
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Dickson, TN 
College attended: Columbia State
Started workign with children in: 2023
Favorite thing about my job: getting to see all the different kids all day
3 things I love: reading, Harry Potter, sushi
Favorite quote: “The time is always right to do what is right." -MLK Jr.
Brittany Tressler
Brittany Tressler
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Dickson, Tn 
College attended: Nashville State/Freed-Hardmin University 
Started coaching/Teaching in: 2020/2023
Favorite thing about my job: working with all the children and seeing them grow bigger and better 
3 things I love: Sports, Books, Traveling 
Favorite quote: Let Them 
Rebecca Turbeville
Rebecca Turbeville
Speech/Language Pathologist
Born in: New Castle, IN 
College attended: Ball State University
Started teaching Speech/Language Therapy in 1994
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the confidence, independence and social interaction children develop as they learn to communicate. 
3 things I love: Gardening, Reading, Decorating 
Favorite quote:  "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails" Dolly Parton 
Jessica Wright
Jessica Wright
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Dickson, TN 
College attended: Nossi College of Art, Associates in professional digital photography 
Started Teaching in: 2023, but I have been substitute teaching since 2017 in Dickson County 
Favorite thing about my job: making a difference and helping children learn the skills they need to be successful   
3 things I love: Photography, Coffee, Family
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