Barber Middle School Blog

Ms. Huggins

Summer Huggins earned both her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Arkansas State University. She is new to Georgia and plans to make it her home. She is a seventh grade Co-Teacher. Throughout the years, Summer has worked in the social work and education fields specializing in diverse learning instruction and behavior management. When Summer is not working with students, she enjoys traveling, shopping, and spending time with her family.

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Mr. Kline

Mr. Kline graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of  Arts Degree.  He also has a Masters of Science Degree from Kutztown University. He has two years teaching experience at the college level for Penn State University Abington Campus.  Then in 2002, Mr. Kline moved to Georgia and has been co-teaching in the math content area for the past 6 years at the high school level.  He is looking forward to bringing his knowledge to Barber Middle School and helping young minds understand math.

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Ms. Brown

My name is Fadwa Brown and I am a Language Arts and Social Studies Co-teacher here at Barber Middle School. This will be my first year at Barber. This will be my eighth year with Cobb County. Before Cobb, I taught at a middle school in Madison Florida for eight years. I am excited to be here at Barber and I look forward to a successful year! About me: I was born and raised in Valdosta Georgia. I obtained my BS and Masters Degree in Special Education from Valdosta State University. I received my Educational Specialist degree in Special Education and Educational Leadership certification from Jacksonville State University.

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Ms. Lindsay

This will be my second year at Barber Middle School staff as a Special Education Teacher. I am a member of the 8B team, and will be co-teaching with two more of Barber's awesome teachers, Ms. Running (Reading) and Ms. Cellini (Science). I am a native of Atlanta, GA and have lived in Cobb County most of my life. I attended Lindley Middle School and South Cobb High School (many, many years ago). I graduated from GA State University (December 2006) and earned my master's degree in Instructional Technology from Troy State University in March 2008. My husband, Murray, and I have been married forever, and we have a beautiful and talented daughter, Erin, and a wonderful son-in-law, Kirk. Kirk is a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force, and will be leaving us soon for a tour of duty in Iraq; while he is gone, Erin will return home to us in GA. Here at home, we have four 4-legged children - 3 Jack Russell Terriers and 1 very large fluffy cat (when Erin arrives, we will also have three more 4-legged grandchildren, so our house will be a zoo!)

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Dr. Harvey

Dr. Linda Harvey was present when the ribbon was cut to open Barber Middle School. She had the pleasure of having met Mr. Murray Barber when he was principal of Tapp Mddle School. During her 23 years with Cobb County, she taught in both the high school and middle school settings. She has worked within a variety of subjects from visual art, earth science, social studies, math, to language arts. Dr. Harvey spent several years working with pre-service teachers at both Kennesaw State University and Shorter College. Special education students take most of her time at Barber Middle, but she does enjoy working with the Student Government Association. Everyday she has a little fun, learns a few things, and hopes the students do too.

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Ms. Lewis

Mrs. Lewis will be teaching special education math this school year. She has been teaching for more than 23 years, in both public and private schools. She feels very fortunate to have been among those who helped open Murray F. Barber Middle School in 2005. Mrs. Lewis holds a BS degree in Psychology, and is pursuing a Master's degree in Middle Grades Mathematics Education. She is highly qualified in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. She is excited about education and hopes that her excitement is contagious. Mrs. Lewis is looking forward to another fantastic and productive year. Married for 28 years, Mrs. Lewis and her husband are blessed with and extremely proud of three daughters, one teaching in the Cobb County School District, one just received her MSW and is working as a social worker in Atlanta, and one who is beginning her junior year of college. They also have one son-in-law who has published one book and is working on a second.

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Mr. Matthews

Mr. Matthews is returning for his third year at Barber to teach 6th grade social studies and language arts this year. Originally from New York, Charles earned a bachelors degree in Psychology from Boston University and completed his Masters degree in Instructional Technology from NYIT in May 2005. Charles has a diverse professional background and enjoys music, dining, kickboxing, sudoku and spending time with friends during his "free" time.

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Ms. Moore

Ms. Moore is one of our outstanding Paraprofessionals working in the Special Education Department.

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Ms. Porch

This year I am teaching 6th grade reading. I will also have Reading Connections for 6th grade. I simply cannot stress the value of reading. Please read with your child, your family, or have a silent reading time set so reading automatically becomes a daily habit. I sponsor FISH Club. FISH Club offers student an opportunity for Christian fellowship and prayer. We meet on Thursday mornings, 8:15 - 8:55, in room 7D2. I am a member of the Attendance Behavior Incentive Committee (ABIC). ABIC rewards students for positive behavior every 4 1/2 weeks. Rewards are given based on the Behavior Card located in the front of the student's agenda. Students cannot go below 96 in any area to receive the reward. I believe Barber is a wonderful school and I am proud to be part of the Barber team.

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Ms. Prater

Mrs. Melissa Prater is a Special Education Teacher at Barber Middle School. She has been in the field of education for 5 years. Mrs. Prater is highly qualified in the areas of Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Math. Prior to her teaching career Mrs. Prater was a Social Worker. Mrs. Prater graduated from Florida State University in 1999 with a degree in Family and Child Sciences and a degree in Psychology. Mrs. Prater is looking forward to working with forward to working with Ms. Talley and Ms. Wallace in Science. Of course, Mrs. Prater is also very pleased to be working with all of the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at Barber.

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