Alumni Update

Jill DeBord

Alumni Update: Jill DeBord ’97
Mar 8, 2021

Jill DeBord (née Connor), originally from Colfax, North Carolina, graduated in 1997 with a B.S. in elementary education. Currently, she is a sixth-gr...

Samantha Couch

Thanks to Teachers: Samantha Couch
Feb 18, 2021

Congratulations to alumna Samantha Couch '16 on being named WLOS ABC 13 #ThanksToTeachers winner of the week!When students fall behind ...

Carmen Scoggins and Heather Tedder

Watauga High School Foreign Language Teachers Recognized for Awards
Feb 18, 2021

Congratulations to alumna Carmen Scoggins '94 '98! Two Watauga High School foreign language teachers were recognized at the January meeting of th...

Sharon Sterken with Yosef

Alumni Update: Sharon Sterken ’97
Feb 17, 2021

Sharon Sterken, originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, graduated in 1997 with a B.S. in mathematics secondary education. Currently, Sterken ...

Olivia Boudwin and Ben Brown

Two Watauga teachers recognized as Beginning Teachers Excelling
Feb 9, 2021

The Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently recognized Olivia Boudwin and Ben Brown as Beginning Teachers Excelling with the BEE Award, an h...

Jodi Hearn

Alumni Update: Jodi Hearn ’95
Feb 4, 2021

Jodi Hearn (née Talley), originally from Bear Creek, North Carolina, graduated in 1995 with a B.S. in English, secondary education. Currently, she is...

Donna Pyatt

Alumni Update: Donna Pyatt ’03 ’15
Jan 12, 2021

Donna Pyatt, originally from Marion, North Carolina, graduated in 2003 with a B.S. in elementary education and in 2015 with a M.A. in higher education...

Walker Ballard

Alumni Update: Walker Ballard ’19
Nov 24, 2020

Walker Ballard, originally from Wilmington, North Carolina, graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Bachelor of the Arts i...

Dr. Brooksie Broome Sturdivant

Alumni Update: Brooksie Sturdivant ’06 ’09 ’18
Nov 9, 2020

Dr. Brooksie Broome Sturdivant earned a MSA in 2006, an Ed.S. in 2009 and an Ed.D. in educational leadership 2018 all from Appalachian State Universit...

Brandy Webb

Alumni Update: Brandy Webb ’17
Oct 28, 2020

Brandy Webb (née Booe), originally from Burlington, North Carolina, graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in elementary education. Currently, Brandy is a sec...