Principal - Dr. Mary Sue Ward
Assistant Principal - Tonya McDaniel
Assistant Principal - Johnny Beard
Academic Coach - Peggy Fulghum
Counselors - Jamere Harry & Tina Daniels
Athletic Director - Audrey Stacks
Speech - Rebecca Tew
Media Specialist - Teara Powell
ESOL - Tracey Koechlein
PACES - Kayla Craft
MTSS - Annette Brown & Candi Strassburg
6-8 Resource - Dawn Alderman
Bookkeeper - Wendy Godwin
Secretary - Betty Coleman, Linda Tennant
Nurse - Jennifer Garcia
School Resource Officer - Telly Williams
Parent-School Resource - Cloretta Lane
Parent Liaison - Vanessa Mitchell
Migrant Services Provider - Cinthia Guteriez
Network Administrator - Dennis Hicks
Special Education Coordinator - Leigh Moore
SONDAY Interventions - Heather Roberts
Agriculture - Morgan Anderson
Art - Amber Griffin
Band - Efren Popoca
Computer Science - Traci Sellers
Healthcare Science - Stephanie Patterson
Physical Education - Jeremy Brown, Audrey Stacks, Charlie Wiggins
Weightroom - Kyle Langford
Technology - Clint Carnine
Bonnie Brady ~ Julie Elrod ~ Parker Exum
Mikayla Jones ~ Chelsea Mefford
Chris Craft ~ Clayton Exum ~ Jennifer Harris
Rebecca Hembree ~ Tabatha Jones
Amy Miller ~ Ashley Ponce'
Justin Beach ~ Natalie Broome ~ Susan Exum
Grant Register ~ Ashleigh Stevens
TEAM 7Gold:
Haley Covington ~ Brooke Martinez
Christopher McGill ~ Kayla McIntosh ~ Logan Myers
Gabriel Ponce' ~ Veronica Sharpe
Jeri Anna Bearden ~ Jim Carter
Kayla Craft ~ Heather McIntyre
Jamie Jackson ~ Jonathan McDaniel
Rachel Serrano ~ Braye Walker ~ Jamarion Walker
Linda Collier ~ Becky Hicks ~ Denise Manning
Brooke McBrayer ~ Almaree Thomas
Carrie Webb (Manager) ~ Venessa Davis
Lucia Dilliard ~ Annette Lane
Tracey Madden ~ Judie Southerland Travis
Mary Brachsher (Head Custodian)
Edward Harley ~ Vera Pettigrew ~ Denise Spencer
Ralph Thomas ~ Shirley Williams ~ Teresa Wooten
2026-2027
The totality of the following data will be considered to determine
the promotion or retention of students at Cook Middle School:
1) Georgia Milestones: Achieve a level 2, 3, 4 on the Reading/ Language Arts (ELA), and Math sections.
2) Lexile: 925 - 1070
3) Report card yearly average of 70% or higher in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
4) Teacher Recommendation
2) Lexile: 970 - 1120
2) Lexile: 1010 - 1185
Georgia Milestones and the Promotion, Placement, and Retention Law
The Georgia Promotion, Placement, and Retention Law (O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-282 through 20-2-285) and State Board of Education
Rule (160-4-2-.11) mandates the following: No eighth grade student shall be promoted to the ninth grade if the student
does not achieve grade level on the state-adopted assessments in reading and mathematics and meet promotion
standards and criteria established by the local board of education for the school that the student attends.
