QUESTIONS & ANSWERS with the Principals of Effingham County School District
7/27/2021
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LATOYA JONES, Blandford Elementary As I prepare to enter my 5th year as Blandford Elementary's Principal, I am honored to be able to continue to serve the BES community and stakeholders another year. Raised by a family of educators, being an educator has always been my passion. I have been married for 10 year to Anthony Jones, Asst. Director of Bands at ECHS and we have a sweet little boy named Trenton (6). I feel blessed to be able to fulfill my passion to be an educator each and every day. What are your goals for the school year? To continue to create a positive and welcoming learning environment for the boys and girls of Blandford Elementary School. What is happening this year that you would like the community to know? BES is continuing to work on the Leader in Me initiative. We have a goal this year to become Lighthouse Certified. What is your favorite summer memory? Going on vacations with our entire family. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/ljones%40effingham.k12.ga.us/KtbxLxgBwGbkmJLRbVHVvfWSLscVJjmKsB?compose=DmwnWrRnXmtxDNldwFDQCqtDTNhtBxjCqnjbcrTzRpRXFBDWWRVcgkQgjLjML…
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Would you like to add anything about the COVID-19 experience? Thank you to the ECSD School District Office for supporting all schools during the time of a pandemic. We could not have done it without you.
DANA WRIGHT, Ebenezer Elementary I began teaching 4th grade in Liberty County 31 years ago. I moved to Effingham County my 2nd year of teaching and I taught 2nd grade at Marlow Elementary. When Sand Hill Elementary opened in 1995, I moved to Sand Hill and stayed in 2nd grade there until I started teaching Reading Recovery. Then I became the Instructional Supervisor and stayed at Sand Hill Elementary until I became the Assistant Principal at Ebenezer Elementary 14 years ago. I am starting my 3rd year as Principal at EES this year. My husband and I have been married for 28 years and our daughter just graduated from ECHS. She will be attending SCAD in the fall. I love to go on vacation with my family. My sister lives at the beach, so I like to go visit her. I like to sleep late whenever I get the chance. What are your goals for the school year? My goals are based on Effingham’s District Initiatives. We are working on Visible Learning as a school and have a specific plan on what to work on this school year. We want our students to be able to verbalize what they are learning and why. My main goal is to try to make this year as normal as possible. Last year was a difficult year for all of us, and we would like to see most things return back to normal. What is happening this year that you would like the community to know? We have exciting things happening at Ebenezer Elementary this year. We have been under construction for the last 8 months. We will begin the 2021-2022 school year with 2 new wings and 14 new classrooms. We are so excited to have more space for teaching and learning. We will be moving in just in time for school to begin. Ebenezer Elementary was voted Effingham’s Best Elementary school for 2021. We are proud of this accomplishment and want to thank our parents for making this happen. What is your favorite summer memory? My favorite summer memory would have to be when my family went to Universal Studios. It started raining and we had our cheap ponchos and we kept going even though we were getting soaking wet. It was so much fun! Would you like to add anything about the COVID-19 experience? We want to thank parents for being understanding during the COVID-19 experience. Last year, parents were limited on how much they could participate at school with their children. We love parental support at EES and hope to see parents this year supporting our school. www.EFFINGHAMMAGAZINE.com | August/September 2021 39
