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Faculty & Staff

Principal - Dr. Mary Sue Ward

Assistant Principal - Tonya McDaniel

Assistant Principal - Johnny Beard

Academic Coach - Peggy Fulghum

Counselor - Jamere Harry

Counseling Intern - Tina Daniels

Athletic Director - Audrey Stacks

Speech - Rebecca Tew

Media Specialist - Teara Powell

ESOL - Tracey Koechlein

PACES - Kayla Craft

MTSS - Deena Griffin & Candi Strassburg

6-8 Resource - Emme Watkins

Bookkeeper - Wendy Godwin

Secretary - Betty Coleman, Linda Tennant

Nurse - Jennifer Garcia

School Resource Officer - Antonio Carter

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

Connections

Agriculture - Morgan Anderson

Art - Amber Griffin

Band - Hailey Taylor

Computer Science - Traci Sellers

Healthcare Science - Stephanie Patterson

Physical Education - Jeremy Brown, Audrey Stacks, Charlie Wiggins

Weightroom - Kyle Langford

Technology - Clint Carnine

TEAM 6Black:

Julie Elrod ~ Parker Exum ~ Gunner George

Mikayla Jones ~ Chelsea Mefford

TEAM 6Gold:

Natalie Broome ~ Chris Craft ~ Dan Farnam

Justin Henderson ~ Tabatha Jones 

Lisa Myers ~ Destry Walker

TEAM 7Black:

Justin Beach ~ Drew Bryan ~ Jamie Jackson

Veronica Sharpe ~ Braye Walker

TEAM 7Gold:

Jeri Anna Bearden ~ Jim Carter ~ Haley Covington

Susan Exum ~ Brooke Martinez ~ Kayla McIntosh

TEAM 8Black:

Kayla Craft ~ Jonathan McDaniel

Heather McIntyre ~ Gabriel Ponce'

TEAM 8Gold:

Nathan Barnes ~ Bonnie Brady ~ Bradley Patterson

Rachel Serrano ~ Ashleigh Stevens

Paraprofessionals

Linda Collier ~ Toby Dorminey ~ Rebecca Hembree

Brooke McBrayer ~ Quin McGlamery

Almaree Thomas ~ Jessica Tillman

Lunchroom Staff

Jeff Stalvey (Manager) ~ Lucia Dilliard

Judie Southerland Travis ~ Carrie Webb

Custodial Staff

Mary Brachsher (Head Custodian)

Edward Harley ~ Vera Pettigrew ~ Denise Spencer

Ralph Thomas ~ Shirley Williams ~ Teresa Wooten

Q1 & Q3 Schedules

6th Grade

8:00 am - 1:30 pm ~ Academic Team Time

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ~ Connections

11:30 am - 12:00 noon ~ Lunch

 

7th Grade

8:00 am - 9:30 am ~ Academic Team Time

9:30 am - 11:30 am ~ Connections

11:30 am - 3:00 pm ~ Academic Team Time

11:00 am - 11:30 am ~ Lunch

 

8th Grade

8:00 am - 9:30 am ~ Connections 

9:30 am - 3:00 pm ~ Academic Team Time

12:00 noon - 12:30 pm ~ Lunch

Q2 Schedules

6th Grade

8:00 am - 9:30 am ~ Connections 

9:30 am - 3:00 pm ~ Academic Team Time

12:00 noon - 12:30 pm ~ Lunch

 

7th Grade

8:00 am - 1:30 pm ~ Academic Team Time

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ~ Connections

11:30 am - 12:00 noon ~ Lunch

 

8th Grade

8:00 am - 9:30 am ~ Academic Team Time

9:30 am - 11:30 am ~ Connections

11:30 am - 3:00 pm ~ Academic Team Time

11:00 am - 11:30 am ~ Lunch

Q4 Schedules

6th Grade

8:00 am - 9:30 am ~ Academic Team Time

9:30 am - 11:30 am ~ Connections

11:30 am - 3:00 pm ~ Academic Team Time

11:00 am - 11:30 am ~ Lunch

 

7th Grade

8:00 am - 9:30 am ~ Connections 

9:30 am - 3:00 pm ~ Academic Team Time

12:00 noon - 12:30 pm ~ Lunch

 

8th Grade

8:00 am - 1:30 pm ~ Academic Team Time

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ~ Connections

11:30 am - 12:00 noon ~ Lunch

Cook Middle School Promotion Criteria 

2025-2026

The totality of the following data will be considered to determine

the promotion or retention of students at Cook Middle School:

Sixth Grade

Promotion Criteria  

 

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

Seventh Grade

Promotion Criteria  

 

1) Georgia Milestones: Achieve a level 2, 3, 4 on the Reading/ Language Arts (ELA), and Math sections.

2) Lexile: 970 - 1120

3) Report card yearly average of 70% or higher in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

4) Teacher Recommendation

Eighth Grade

Promotion Criteria  

 

1) Georgia Milestones: Achieve a level 2, 3, 4 on the Reading/ Language Arts (ELA), and Math sections.

2) Lexile: 1010 - 1185

3) Report card yearly average of 70% or higher in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

4) Teacher Recommendation

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.