Academic Support & Specialty Programs
Special Education
6th Grade Teachers
Jennifer Ezell
IRR Language Arts
Shannon Melton
IRR Math
Lee Nowlin
IRR Social Studies
Darlene Burgess
IRR Science
7th Grade Teachers
Helen Fernandes
IRR Language Arts & Science
Rhonda Horton
IRR Math & Science
Donna Ray
IRR Social Studies & Science
8th Grade Teachers
James Tessmer
IRR Math & Science
Julie Dunavant
IRR Language Arts
Jennifer Wilson
IRR Science & Social Studies
Claire Crenshaw
IRR Language Arts & Social Studies
Academic Support
Multilingual Learners (ESOL)
Telica Turner
Multilingual Program Assistant Principal
678-407-7134
telica.turner@gcpsk12.org
Gifted
Telica Turner
Gifted Education Assistant Principal
678-407-7134
telica.turner@gcpsk12.org
504
April Mitchell
504 & Hospital / Homebound Assistant Principal
678-407-7135
april.mitchell@gcpsk12.org
Special Education Self Contained
Department Contacts
Julie Dunavant
Department Chair
julie.dunavant@gcpsk12.org
Katie Kangas
Assistant Principal
katie.kangas@gcpsk12.org
Dawn Albanese
GCPS Parent Mentor
dawn.albanese@gcpsk12.org
ASD I Teachers
Rachel Schmalz
ASD I
Tashana Gayle
ASD I
Tyra JOhnson Brown
ASD I
ASD I Paraprofessionals
Ella Godo
Ana Santoyo
Luz Espinosa
Mayida Manzanilla
Monica Valeriani
Luisa Anaya