STAFF DIRECTORY
Principal
Mr. Nick Scheman has been an educator for over 30 years in public and private schools. ...
Assistant Principal
Lathan Pooser is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. In 2005, he received his Bache...
Assistant Principal
Laura Watts grew up in the Florida Panhandle (Crestview). She received her Bachelor of ...
Magnet Director - Barrow Arts & Sciences Academy
Ysheena Lyles was born and raised in Barrow County and is a proud graduate of Winder Ba...
Instructional Coach
Mrs. Bailey is a native to Barrow County and joins the BASA staff as Instructional Coac...
Athletic Director, Social Studies Department Head
School Psychologist
Schools Served: Winder Elementary, Westside Middle, Barrow Arts & Sciences Academy
Counselor - BASA
Rakia Marcus is from Stone Mountain, GA and graduated from Tucker High School. She atte...

Guidance Secretary
Ashley Shaw is a Barrow County Native and went to Kennedy,Russell,and graduated in 200...

Research & Design Center Assistant
Innovative Learning Coach
Gretchen Hollingsworth has devoted the past 20 years of her life to the field of teachi...

ELA
ELA
ELA, Academic Interventionist - BASA
ELA
A native of Georgia, Emma Meadows is beginning her teaching career with BASA during the...
ELA
Casey Nissenbaum has been teaching English/Language Arts for nearly twenty years. She l...
ELA Department Head
Dr. Ridgway currently teaches Honors 9th Grade Literature and Composition, Honors 11th ...
ELA
My name is Rachel Roper. I was born in Ohio but Georgia has been home for over thirty y...
Math, Academic Interventionist - BASA
Hi! My name is Kendall Argo. I am so excited to be a BASA Blazer this year. I received ...
Math
Mr. Kennedy graduated from the IB program at Central High School in Macon, Georgia.&nbs...
Math Department Head
Jeff Lalaian grew up in Loganville and currently resides in Monroe. He received both hi...

Math

Math
Science
Brittain Gantt was born in Gray, Georgia. In 2015, he received his Bachelor of Arts in ...
Science
Hello! My name is Kearsten Jones, and I am excited to become a part of the BASA family ...

Science
Science Department Head
Kristen Wilson is from Lilburn, GA and received her Bachelors degree in Animal Science ...
Athletic Director, Social Studies Department Head

Social Studies

Social Studies
Social Studies
Mr. Roper grew up in Gwinnett County and began teaching in 2007 after getting his Maste...
Social Studies
Mr. Schuff continues his tenure at BASA for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year as a Wor...
Spanish, ESOL Facilitator
Originally from AlcalĆ” de Henares, the city of Cervantes, in the province of Mad...

Spanish

Health/PE
Mr. Matos played 5 years of collegiate baseball at West Georgia Tech, Newberry College,...
American Sign Language (ASL)
Hello! My name is Keri Weiss! Born and raised in Michigan and have lived in Georgia goi...

Health/PE
Drama, ELA
Bethany is a 2021 graduate from Columbus State University with a Bachelors of Science i...
Dance
Elizabeth Osborn-Kibbe is originally from Rochester, NY. She holds a Bachelor of Arts d...

Drama, ELA
Band, Music Technology
Cheri Schreibman is a transplant to Georgia who grew up in the great state of Iowa.&nbs...
Music Technology

Visual Arts
Audio, Video, Technology, & Film
Tajshmon Brooks is from Columbus, MS. His family is from the country of Panama and Trin...
Computer Science, Engineering
Dylan grew up in Winder and graduated from Winder-Barrow High School.Ā As an under...

Small Animal Care
Elizabeth Ellis has lived and worked in Georgia her entire life. She grew up south of A...
Healthcare Science
Kristen Farist was raised in the North Georgia mountains and enjoys spending time outdo...
Culinary Arts
Engineering, Science
Computer Science
Laurie Noles grew up in Warner Robins, GA. She attended UGA and has a Batchelor of Scie...

CTAE - Marketing
Marketing

Newcomer Academy & EL
April Durmire is so excited to join the BASA Blazers working with our EL and Newcomer p...
Newcomer Academy
Newcomer Academy Head
Mrs. Wilson is in her 13th year working in Barrow County. After graduating from the Uni...
Paraprofessional
Heather Wright is a Winder native. Having attended schools in Barrow County, she feels ...
Math, Academic Interventionist - BASA
Hi! My name is Kendall Argo. I am so excited to be a BASA Blazer this year. I received ...

Paraprofessional
Paraprofessional
Ā I was born in Winder GA I graduated from Winder-Barrow High School Class o...

Academic Interventionist
Hope Q. Bush is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. She received a Bachelor of Science...
ELA, Academic Interventionist - BASA
Curriculum Assistance Department Head
Brittany Fouquette was originally from Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of her life ...

Paraprofessional
YES Program
Leah Helderbrand earned a BSEd from The University of Georgia in 2004. Mrs. Helderbrand...

Paraprofessional
STEP Program
Becky Phillips has been a part of Barrow County Schools for 22 years working at Winder ...
Case Manager
Sarah Scott is originally from Macon, GA and has been an educator since 2005. She recei...

Case Manager

Paraprofessional
Felicia Wright grew up in Commerce, GA and has lived in Barrow County for 26 years. She...
School Nutrition
School Nutrition Manager - BASA
School Nutrition
School Nutrition
School Nutrition Assistant Manager - BASA
School Nutrition
School Nutrition
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