About

Faculty & Staff

WASHINGTON SCHOOL DIRECTORY 

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Chris ChaffinchHead of Schoolcchaffinch@generals.ws 
Sarah KaplanSecondary Principalskaplan@generals.ws 
Nan JohnsonLower School Principal njohnson@generals.ws 
Todd LottDean of Students & Football Coachtlott@generals.ws 
Hunter PalasiniAthletic Director & Baseball Coachhpalasini@generals.ws 
Tammye PittmanHead of School Administrative Asstgenerals@generals.ws
Debbie HarrisSecondary School Administrative Asstdharris@generals.ws
Lanie BridewellCollege Counselorlbridewell@generals.ws 
Tracy SignaAthletic and Counselor Assistanttsigna@generals.ws 
Gay SmithDirector of Development Rho Kappa Sponsorgsmith@generals.ws 
Heather GholsonDirector of Marketing & Enrollment Managementhgholson@generals.ws 
Amy HoweAccountingahowe@generals.ws 
Sheron BurfordAccounting Assistantsburford@generals.ws 
James CliftonBuilding and Grounds Directorjclifton@generals.ws

CONTACTS

Head of School (662) 334-4096

Upper School Office (662) 332-0908

Lower School Office (662) 332-0786

Counselor’s Office (662) 335-3239

Athletic Office (662) 335-6094

Band Room (662) 335-0584

Business Office (662) 335-0583

Grill (662) 332-2011

UPPER SCHOOL

STEM DEPARTMENT

MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY

Templete HughesSTEM ChairJunior Class SponsorHS Math Teacherthughes@generals.ws 
Laura BellMu Alpha Theta SponsorHS Math TeacherWednesday Make-Up Test Teacherlbell@generals.ws 
Burt FlanaganIT SupportField CoachHS/MS Math and Computers Teacherbflanagan@generals.ws 
PatMarie ClinkscalesMSSC SponsorMS Math Teacherpclinkscales@generals.ws 

SCIENCE

Kevin CarlisleHS Science TeacherDetention Teacherkcarlisle@generals.ws 
Kayla WalkerSenior Sponsor FCS SPonsor HS Science Teacherkwalker@generals.ws 
Misty RogersHS/MS Science Teachermrogers@generals.ws 
Shannon SipesMS Science Teacherssipes@generals.ws 

HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT

ENGLISH

Sarah KaplanSecondary PrincipalHS Englishskaplan@generals.ws 
Frankie EnglandHumanities Chair Junior Sponsor Beta Club Sponsor HS English Teacherfengland@generals.ws 
Leah EllisLibrarianStudent Council SponsorHS English Teacherlellis@generals.ws 
Laura SmithMiddle School ChairYearbook Sponsor MS English Teacherlsmith@generals.ws 
Kori ThigpenMS English Teacherkthigpen@generals.ws 

HISTORY

Todd LottDean of Students Head Football Coach Athletic Periods Accounting/Economicstlott@generals.ws 
Lea Merrill PughHS History TeacherMS Computerslpugh@generals.ws 
Jack SuddothTrack Athletic Periods HS/MS History Teacherjsuddoth@generals.ws 
Jud ThigpenSoftballAssistant Baseball/Athletic Per. History Teacherjthigpen@generals.ws 
Yvette McPhersonGirls Basketball Athletic Periods MS History Teacher ymcpherson@generals.ws 

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT

ART, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, MUSIC, DRAMA

Sara WilkersonFine Arts Dept. ChairDrama Director Senior SponsorDrama Club SponsorArt Teacherswilkerson@generals.ws 
Dawn CarlisleBand Director dcarlisle@generals.ws 
Kayla WalkerSenior Sponsor FCS Sponsor HS Spanish Teacherkwalker@generals.ws 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Diane CrawfordUpper & Middle School Physical Educationdcrawford@generals.ws 
Hunter PalasiniMiddle School Physical Educationhpalasini@generals.ws 

SUPPORT SERVICES

Dawn BryantSupport Services Directordbryant@generals.ws 
Lindsey MortimerSupport Services Assistantlmortimer@generals.ws 

LOWER SCHOOL

FACULTY AND STAFF

Marissa WatsonPK-3 Teachermwatson@generals.ws 
Amanda BrownPK-4 Teacherabrown@generals.ws 
Bethany DobbinsPK-3 and PK-4 Assistantbdobbins@generals.ws 
Brinkley FarmerK-A Teacherbfarmer@generals.ws 
Lora GloverK-B Teacher lglover@generals.ws 
Becky SignaK-A and K-B Assistantbsigna@generals.ws 
Nan Johnson1-A Teachernjohnson@generals.ws
Madalyne Johnson1-A Assistantmjohnson@generals.ws
Kate Hitt1-B Teacherkhitt@generals.ws 
Kelli Branton2-A Teacherkbranton@generals.ws 
Marla Bell2-B Teachermbell@generals.ws 
Mary Margaret Jones3-A Teachermjones@generals.ws 
Aimee Washington3-B Teacherawashington@generals.ws 
Misty Morlino4-A Teacher (English)mmorlino@generals.ws 
Peyton Palasini4-B Teacher (Reading)ppalasini@generals.ws 
Amy Lauren Maranto5-A Teacher (Math)amaranto@generals.ws 
Whitney Pearson5-B Teacher (Science)wpearson@generals.ws 
Jenna PeytonSTEM LAB jpeyton@generals.ws 
Rebecca PotterArt rpotter@generals.ws 
Sarah Lou MooseMusicsmoose@generals.ws 
Dawn CarlisleComputersdcarlisle@generals.ws 
Melody ThorntonLibrarianmthornton@generals.ws 
Rosemary JenkinsLibrary Assistant rjenkins@generals.ws 
Dianne CrawfordPhysical Educationdcrawford@generals.ws