Dickson County Schools Remote Learning Day
The Dickson County School System will be on a Remote Learning Day, tomorrow, Friday, April 4th, due to inclement weather conditions. This is a flexible learning day where students learn from home using uploaded materials with their Chromebooks or other materials/resources that have been given. 

Students and families should have been given "teacher office hours" to provide support for their learning, if needed.
 
All extra-curricular activities will be canceled.
All daycare sites will be closed.
No breakfast or lunch served.

If you have any questions, please email your child’s teacher or principal.
 
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Carly Addison
Addison, Carly
Title 1 Assistant
Charity Adkins
Adkins, Charity
School Nutrition
Born in: Nashville, TN
Started working with students in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: My student customers!
3 things I love: Jesus, family, and friends
Favorite quote: "It is well with my soul."
Angela Alberd
Alberd, Angela
School Secretary
Born in: Clarksville, TN
Started working with children in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Talking to parents in person or on the phone and helping teachers and students
3 things I love: Camping, Hiking, and Crafting
Favorite quote: "Hike Your Own Hike." - Thru-Hiker
Matthew Askins
Askins, Matthew
SRO
Annitta Baggett
Baggett, Annitta
Instructional Coach
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: APSU
Started working with children in: 2005
Favorite thing about my job: Watching people learn, grow, and improve in character/knowledge
3 things I love: reading, swimming, hiking
Favorite quote: "Whatever you do, do it well." - Walt Disney
Karrie Brewer
Brewer, Karrie
Kindergarten Teacher
Born in: Florence, AL
College attended: Columbia State, Athens University, MTSU, Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 2003
Favorite thing about my job: Making learning fun and memorable for my K kiddos
3 things I love: watching my daughter and son play sports, traveling, and spending time at the river with family/friends
Tabatha Brewer
Brewer, Tabatha
Fourth Grade Teacher
Born in: Nashville TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children gain knowledge and self esteem
3 things I love: Coffee, Goodwill, Reading
Favorite quote: You can do hard things!
Angela Camarata
Camarata, Angela
Special Education Assistant
Wanda Chappell
Chappell, Wanda
Computer Lab
Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 1985
Favorite thing about my job: Working with kids!
3 things I love: Jesus, Family, Running, and Guitar....sorry that's 4...
Favorite quote: I live in an Andy Griffith World!!
Kayla Cooper
Cooper, Kayla
First Grade Teacher
Born in: Charlotte, TN
College attended: Freed Hardeman University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Working with wonderful kids all day
3 things I love: Sports, chocolate, and spending time with my family
Janice Corbin
Corbin, Janice
Assistant
Born in: Dickson, Tennessee
Started working with children in: 1989
Favorite thing about my job: Working with children and having summers off
3 things I love: Dr. Pepper, going on trips, playing games on my IPad
Favorite quote: It is what it is...
Andrew Daniels
Daniels, Andrew
Assistant Principal
Born In: Dyersburg, Tn
Started working with children in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: I get to see children grow and accomplish great things each and every day.
3 things I love: Family, University of Tn (Go Big Orange), and the outdoors.
Favorite Quote: My teacher thought that I was smarter than I was, so I was.
Anna Daniels
Daniels, Anna
3rd Grade Assistant
Chasity Darnell
Darnell, Chasity
Third Grade Teacher
Born in: Oak Ridge, TN
College attended: Tennessee Technological University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students find the excitement in what they are learning
3 things I love: My husband Justin and my son Coleman, teaching, and Dolly Parton!
Favorite quote: "If you see someone without a smile, give them yours." - Dolly Parton
Eblen, Mrs. Amanda
TN Corp
Clay Hawkins
Hawkins, Clay
P.E. Teacher
Born in: White Bluff,TN
Colleges attended: Freed Hardeman
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know the students
3 things I love: Disc Golf, Family, Church Camp
Favorite quote: Proverbs 3:5-6
Brittany Hope
Hope, Brittany
Pre K Teacher
Amanda Hughes
Hughes, Amanda
Art/Music Teacher
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
I started working with children in: 1992
Favorite thing about my job: Watching children grow and learn
3 things I love: being with my family, gardening, and baking
Brett Jackson
Jackson, Brett
Guidance Counselor
Born In: Cumberland Furnace, Tn.
College Attended: Austin Peay State University
Started Teaching In: 2021
Favorite Thing About My Job: Seeing Students succeed and grow
3 Things I Love: My nature, softball, and being around family
Christi Jarman
Jarman, Christi
Pre-Kindergarten Assistant
Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with students in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Helping the kids learn and play
3 things I love: lizards, puzzles, movies
Mrs. Hope Taylor Jones
Jones, Mrs. Hope Taylor
3rd Grade Teacher
Amber Lampley
Lampley, Amber
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay and Bethel University
Started teaching in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: My students and my co-workers
3 things I love: Family Time, Chocolate, Pepsi
Favorite quote: "I have nothing to lose but something to gain." - Eminem
Tonya Lee
Lee, Tonya
Title 1 Assistant
Born In: Dickson, Tn.
Started working with children: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Everything, I love when the kids meet their goals.
3 Things I love: My kids, family, friends, dad jokes, food, I love God.
Favorite Quote: Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
Lori Link
Link, Lori
Fifth Grade Teacher
Born in: Clarksville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay and University of Phoenix
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students and watching them learn
 3 things I love: God, Family, and relaxing
Favorite quote: Everything happens for a reason.
Laken McClain
McClain, Laken
Fourth Grade
Born in: Dickson, TN
College Attended: Murray State University
Started Teaching in: 2024
Favorite Thing About My Job: Being a positive impact on Children
3 Things I love: BRAVO TV, Pasta, Alani Nu's
Sherry Nicholson
Nicholson, Sherry
Second Grade Teacher
Born in: Clarksville, TN
College attended: Trevecca Nazarene University
Started working with children in: 2004
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the children learn
3 things I love: Kayaking, sewing/monogramming, the beach
Favorite quote: A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
Jane Pruett
Pruett, Jane
RTI Assistant Manager
Born in: Nashville, TN
Colleges attended: CSCC, APSU, and TSU
Started teaching in: 1973
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to interact with teachers and students
3 things I love: Church, family, and friends
Favorite quote: "Be first or be last."
Jayme Richardson
Richardson, Jayme
Special Education Assistant
Melissa Rochelle
Rochelle, Melissa
Librarian
Born in: Winchester, TN
College attended: MTSU and TN State
Started working with students in: 2006
Favorite thing about my job: working with students
3 things I love: family, my three children, and my granddaughters.
Barbara Scott
Scott, Barbara
First Grade Teacher
Born In: San Diego, CA.
College Attended: University of West Florida, Walden University
Started Teaching In: 1994
Favorite Thing about my job: Getting to interact with students and experiencing the "Lightbulb" moments, to see struggling students overcome a challenge, and see students find their world open up as they gain knowledge and the abilityto learn new things.
3 Things I love: My Faith, Family, and Friends
Favorite Quote: "Knowledge is Power."
 
Frances Self
Self, Frances
Cafeteria Manager
Born in: Montgomery Co, TN
College attended: APSU
Started working with children in: 1971
Favorite thing about my job: The hugs and smiles from the kids every day
3 things I love: God, my family, sunrises, and my job
Favorite quote: "Never think you are better than anyone else, but always remember no one else is better than you." - My great grandfather
Angela Shock
Shock, Angela
Kindergarten Teacher
Born in: Newport News, Virginia
College attended: University of Phoenix
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Making that difference in a child's life
3 things I love: Coffee, reading, gardening
Favorite quote: Dream It, Believe It, Do It!
Wanda Street
Street, Wanda
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 1987
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the growth that children make
3 things I love: camping, crafty things, taking pictures of nature
Favorite quote: You are smarter than you think.
Sue Stringfield
Stringfield, Sue
Principal
Born in: Philadelphia, PA
College attended: University of Tennessee, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students and staff be successful
3 things I love: reading, traveling, eating out
Favorite quote: "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." - Mother Teresa
Emma Suggs
Suggs, Emma
Educational Assistant
Kim Summers
Summers, Kim
School Nurse
Born in: Dearborn, Michigan
Started working with students in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know and connect with each student and their families along with the family atmosphere of our VES staff
3 things I love: My Husband & two Boys, Riding our Harley Motorcycle, Art& Photography
Favorite quote: "There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
Sherry Turnbow
Turnbow, Sherry
Reading Interventionist
College attended: Nashville State Community College, Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 1992
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children to be successful in Reading
3 things I love: reading, bird watching, time with family
Katherine Whitfield
Whitfield, Katherine
Fifth Grade Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Started teaching in: 2013
Favorite thing about my job: The relationships I build with my students
3 things I love: Reading, my husband, and my son
Jack Wilkes
Wilkes, Jack
Welcome Center Attendant
Sloan Williams
Williams, Sloan
Third Grade Teacher
Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Nashville State and Freed Hardeman University
Started teaching in: 2020
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to work with kids everyday
3 things I love: Coaching, Going to the river, and Coffee
Woods, Emily
Speech Teacher
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