Ms. Mack earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Journalism, Magna Cum Laude, from North Carolina A&T State University and her Master of Arts Degree in English and American Literature.  She began working at North Carolina A&T in the English Department as an Assistant Lecturer of English and Humanities. She then began her career as a High School English teacher with Guilford County Schools and Rowan Salisbury Schools.  In 2001, she was awarded the first ever Graduate Education Fellowship Award from Gardner-Webb University where she completed her second Master of Arts Degree in School Administration in 2003.  She then served as an Assistant Principal for Landis Elementary School, East Rowan High School and Jay M. Robinson High School in Cabarrus County, where she became Principal in June 2008.  She is passionate about re-engaging and motivating young people to achieve their goals and to improve the communities in which they live.  She is an avid reader and enjoys cooking and great movies. 

Welcome to the Opportunity School!

My name is Gerald Nixon and I am the assistant principal. I earned my Bachelors in elementary education from Winston-Salem State University and a Masters in School Administration from Gardner-Webb university. I come to Cabarrus County from Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools where I taught elementary school for the first 10 years of my career and middle school science for the last six. I'm looking forward to the 2022-2023 school year. I hope to instill a love of learning in my students. I believe that learning is one of the many joys in life that makes waking up every day that much more exciting.