Principal: Todd Murphy
email: tmurphy@polkschools.org
Assistant Principal: Adam Dedmon
email: adedmon@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 |
Jaime Graber | Math | jgraber@polkschools.org | Mrs. Graber’s Website |
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
Paula Brown-Team Leader | Social Studies | pbrown@polkschools.org | Mrs. Brown’s Website |
Matthew Gratz | Science | mgratz@polkschools.org | |
Amy Emery | Math | aemery@polkschools.org | |
Julie Miller | ELA | juliemiller@polkschools.org | |
Olivia Evans | Curriculum Support | oevans@polkschools.org |
6th Grade Special Services
Jeanne Ferran | Accelerated ELA | jferran@polkschools.org | Ms. Ferran’s Website |
Rechel Harris | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | rharris@polkschools.org | |
Kasey Thompson | Exceptional Children-Assistant | kthompson@polkschools.org | |
Jamie Weathers | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | jweathers@polkschools.org |
7th Grade Team East
Lori Byars | ELA | lbyars@polkschools.org | |
Rachael Karpinski | Science | rkarpinski@polkschools.org | |
Shannon Hopper | Math | shopper@polkschools.org | Mrs. Hopper’s Website |
Casey McCall | Social Studies | cmccall@polkschools.org |
7th Grade Team West
Kathryn Patterson-Team Leader | ELA | kpatterson@polkschools.org | Ms. Patterson’s Website |
Stacy Evans | Science | stacyevans@polkschools.org | |
Lisa Obermiller | Math | lobermiller@polkschools.org | |
Alston Rikard | Social Studies | arikard@polkschools.org | |
Lucy Steppe | Curriculum Support | lsteppe@polkschools.org | Mrs. Steppe’s Website |
7th Grade Special Services
Jeanne Ferran | Accelerated ELA | jferran@polkschools.org | Ms. Ferran’s Website |
Rechel Harris | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | rharris@polkschools.org | |
Kasey Thompson | Exceptional Children-Assistant | kthompson@polkschools.org | |
Jamie Weathers | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | jweathers@polkschools.org |
8th Grade Team East
Stephanie Luedi-Team Leader | Science | sluedi@polkschools.org | Ms. Luedi’s Website |
Nancy Higgins | Math | nhiggins@polkschools.org | Mrs. Higgins’ 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 |
8th Grade Special Services
Jeanne Ferran | Accelerated ELA | jferran@polkschools.org | Mrs. Ferran’s Website |
Rechel Harris | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | rharris@polkschools.org | |
Kasey Thompson | Exceptional Children-Assistant | kthompson@polkschools.org | |
Jamie Weathers | Exceptional Children/Curriculum Support | jweathers@polkschools.org |
Exploratory/Wheel Teachers 6,7,8
Kimberley Benson | Band | kbenson@polkschools.org | Mrs. Benson’s Website |
Lennox Charles | Health/PE | lcharles@polkschools.org | |
Deanna Durham | Technology | ddurham@polkschools.org | |
Cindy Dusenbury | Technology | cdusenbury@polkschools.org | |
Ethan Edwards | Health/PE | eedwards@polkschools.org | Mr. Edwards’ Website |
Sarah Fulton | Spanish | sfulton@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 | |
Jennifer Taylor | Life Skills | jtaylor@polkschools.org | Mrs. Taylor’s Website |
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 |
Linda Sage | Counselor | lsage@polkschools.org | Student Services/Guidance Website |
Laura Smith | Media Specialist | lsmith@polkschools.org | Mrs. Smith- Media Center Page |
Maria Llanos | ESL | mllanos@polkschools.org |