Principal: Adam Dedmon
email: adedmon@polkschools.org
Assistant Principal: Lori Byars
email: lbyars@polkschools.org
Polk County Middle School Main Office: 828-894-2215
6th Grade Team East
Donna Hall-Team Leader | ELA | dhall@polkschools.org | Mrs. Hall’s Website |
Tyler Johnson | Math | tylerjohnson@polkschools.org | |
Jessica May | Social Studies | jmay@polkschools.org | Ms. May’s Website |
John Ruth | Science | jruth@polkschools.org | Mr. Ruth’s Website |
6th Grade Team West
Makayla Earl | Social Studies | mearl@polkschools.org | |
Matthew Gratz | Science | mgratz@polkschools.org | |
Amy Emery | Math | aemery@polkschools.org | |
Julie Miller | ELA | juliemiller@polkschools.org | |
Laura Shipman | Curriculum Support | lshipman@polkschools.org |
7th Grade Team East
LaNora McIntyre | ELA | lmcintyre@polkschools.org | |
Kelley Tomblin | Science | ktomblin@polkschools.org | |
Shannon Hopper | Math | shopper@polkschools.org | Mrs. Hopper’s Website |
Social Studies |
7th Grade Team West
Kathryn Patterson-Team Leader | ELA | kpatterson@polkschools.org | Ms. Patterson’s Website |
Rachael Karpinski | Science | rkarpinski@polkschools.org | |
Savanna Adams | Math | sadams@polkschools.org | |
Alston Rikard | Social Studies | arikard@polkschools.org | |
Lucy Steppe | Curriculum Support | lsteppe@polkschools.org | Mrs. Steppe’s Website |
8th Grade Team East
Stephanie Luedi-Team Leader | Science | sluedi@polkschools.org | Ms. Luedi’s Website |
Jaime Graber | Math | jgraber@polkschools.org | Mrs. Graber’s Website |
Charlotte Grabman | ELA | cgrabman@polkschools.org | |
Tony McMinn | Social Studies | tmcminn@polkschools.org | |
Joanna Figart | Curriculum Support | jfigart@polkschools.org | Mrs. Figart’s Website |
8th Grade Team West
Dianne Holt-Team Leader | Math | dholt@polkschools.org | Mrs. Holt’s Website |
Eric Eaton | Social Studies | eeaton@polkschools.org | Mr. Eaton’s Website |
Elisa Flynn | Science | eflynn@polkschools.org | Mrs. Flynn’s Website |
Stephanie Champion | ELA | schampion@polkschools.org | Mrs. Champion’s Website |
6-7-8 Special Services
Jeanne Ferran | Accelerated ELA | jferran@polkschools.org | Mrs. Ferran’s Website |
Suzanne Bice | Exceptional Children/Self-Contained/Resource | sbice@polkschools.org | |
Sydney Millwood | Exceptional Children/Self-Contained | smillwood@polkschools.org | |
Jamie Weathers | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | jweathers@polkschools.org | |
Seth Taylor | Speech/Language | staylor@polkschools.org | |
Jessica Conner | Exceptional Children-Assistant | jconner@polkschools,org | |
Kasey Thompson | Exceptional Children-Assistant | kthompson@polkschools.org | |
Todd Cannon | Exceptional Children-Assistant | tcannon@polkschools.org | |
Redd Horner | Exceptional Children-Assistant | ||
Kelly Sparks | Exceptional Children-Assistant |
Exploratory/Wheel Teachers 6,7,8
Chris Wilson | Band | cwilson@polkschools.org | |
Lennox Charles | Health/PE | lcharles@polkschools.org | |
Cindy Dusenbury | Technology | cdusenbury@polkschools.org | |
Ethan Edwards | Health/PE | eedwards@polkschools.org | Mr. Edwards’ Website |
Jennifer Elliott | CTE | jelliott@polkschools.org | |
John Greene | Exploring Media | jgreene@polkschools.org | |
Michelle Fagan | Health/PE | mfagan@polkschools.org | Mrs. Fagan’s Website |
Cole Kittredge | Chorus | ckittredge@polkschools.org | |
Leslie Rhinehart | STEM | lrhinehart@polkschools.org | Mrs. Rhinehart’s Site |
Jessie Marrow | Life Skills | jmarrow@polkschools.org | |
Josh Trejo | Art | jtrejo@polkschools.org |
School Support Staff
Sherrie Huffman | Counselor | shuffman@polkschools.org | Student Services/Guidance Website |
Crystal Lawter | School Secretary | clawter@polkschools.org | |
Kim McIntyre | Data Manager | kmcintyre@polkschools.org | |
Beverly Logan | School Nurse | blogan@polkschools.org | |
Langlee Rogers | Counselor | lrogers@polkschools.org | Student Services/Guidance Website |
Lisa Obermiller | Counselor | lobermiller@polkschools.org | |
Laura Smith | Media Specialist | lsmith@polkschools.org | Mrs. Smith- Media Center Page |
Maria Llanos | ESL | mllanos@polkschools.org |