Accelerated Schools employs trained professionals in every category of administration and instruction. Our dedicated faculty and staff average more than 10 years teaching experience. Teachers regularly participate in continuing education courses, in-service training and teacher mentoring programs.
Sam Stott - Head Teacher
Has Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University. Sam is the lead teacher for the school and has been with us since 1997.
Bonnie Dowden - Teacher
Master's Degree from Georgia State University. She has over 20 years teaching experience, including 5 years at Accelerated Schools. She is Special Education endorsed as well as in Elementary Education.
Laura Smallwood - Teacher
She has a Master's Degree in Philosophy, English and Education. Laura was born in Romania and raised in Germany. Being fluent in German, Romanian and English, and proficient in several other languages, she is our foreign language teacher. Her endorsement in Linguistically Diverse and Language Arts provides us an invaluable asset to the school. She has been in education for 11 years, the last 4 at Accelerated.
Bryon Gentry - Teacher
Bryon has his Bachelors Degree from the University of Colorado at Denver. His degree in Marketing led him to owning 4 businesses and corporate sales for a large computer firm. Bryon is a man of many talents and coordinates the maintenance of the facility, teaches Computer Science to students and oversees the planned historical renovations to the building.