Diane Phail

Education:
M.S. Urban Teacher Leadership, GSU
Teacher Certification Program in Early Childhood Education, GSU
B.S. N., DePaul University

Ms. Phail has taught in the Atlanta Public Schools in the primary grades for the past nine years, predominantly in the Ormewood Park area. As a member of the Elementary Science Education Partner project, she worked with colleagues to evaluate, develop and implement system-wide training of teachers in inquiry/kit based science instruction. Ms. Phail has also worked with Alliance Theatre artists to explore the use of drama and puppetry in the classroom.
Ms. Phail was the grant author and co-recipient of the Scholastic, Inc. $10,000. award for the Endangered Species Bog Project. Her second grade students, in collaboration with upper grade partners, established a carnivorous plant bog on the grounds of their school to study Georgia’s endangered pitcher plants.

Ms. Phail was a member of the Neighborhood Charter School’s Steering Committee and worked with colleagues and community representatives to help coordinate the writing of the final charter proposal.

Carita Reynolds

I am a native Atlantan. I grew up in East Atlanta Village. I have a bachelors of Art in Public Relations and a Masters in Human Resource Management. I started and plan to return this Fall to complete my Masters in Education at Mercer University. I worked at Georgia Tech for ten years in higher education and decided I wanted to be a elementary school teacher. I am the mother of a wonderful ten year old daughter and I enjoy being involved in the development of our future leaders.