Hello and Welcome

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Happy Fall! 

School starts on August 29 for the 2022-2023 school year.   

Inspire, Inignate & Innovate! 

Welcome Video

Courses: Modules for all my Career Technical Education (CTE) Business classes are in Canvas 

Students check "Announcements, Emails, and Feedback comments " in your Canvas Course. This is one of my communication tools with students about course activities and posts on interesting course-related topics. 

Students, please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have through your "Inbox" in Canvas 

I came to Charlotte in 2005 and completed my undergrad in May of 2007, in Business Management.  I spent 6 years in Corporate America in HR, training and educating team members on the company’s policies and procedures and immigration policies. I joined Cabarrus County Schools in the Fall of 2014. My first two years in Cabarrus County Schools were spent at Jay M. Robinson High School, the home of the “Bulldogs”.  I am passionate about providing the students with real-life applications to aid them in being successful in learning and gaining soft & hard skills: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity in the CTE classes. To help our scholars be 21st century career-ready and marketable for the global market. I am the recipient of the 2019 September Moving Future Forward Award for the CTE Entrepreneurial PBL project. 

It brings me great joy to be a part of a community of exceptional educators, students, and parents. Come and join in the engaging activities and projects here at CCG. We have awesome scholars learning STEM, robotics, problem-based & project-based learning, and student-centered classrooms.

I am excited about starting the new school year with all of our rock star students. Exploring, asking, imaging, planning, creating, improving, and implementing new creative ideas. Team up, we will have a remarkable journey as our theme this school year is “Rise” arise Gryphons! The Gryphon Family welcomes you!

Courses: Encore 1 and Encore 2 classes 

6th Grade Introduction to Office Productivity

7th Grade Office Productivity

8th Grade Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship

"The Purpose of education...is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions"  - James Baldwin