Walter M. Williams High School

ADMINISTRATION

Dail, Robert

Fine, Steven

Fliehman, Whitney

Thomas, Helena 

SUPPORT STAFF

Carden, Victoria, Front Office Secretary

Caviness, Kelley, Lead Secretary

Fowler, Courtney, SRO

Raines, Steven, Data Manager

Rose, Dylan, SRO

Russel, Lindsey, Lead Curriculum

 ACC

Moore, Julie

Upchurch, Jon

BUS COORDINATOR

Vacant

CAFETERIA MANAGER

Reid, Tabatha

CUSTODIAL

King, James

Career & Technical Education

Your Future Starts Here

The mission of Career and Technical Education (CTE) is to help empower students for effective participation in an international economy as world-class workers and citizens.  All programs in career and technical education are designed to contribute to the broad educational achievement of students.

Walter M. Williams’ students enrolled in CTE classes can now earn nationally recognized credentials.  The following credentials are available:

• Students in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, & Publisher and Microsoft Excel & Access are provided the opportunity to earn their Microsoft Office User Specialist Certification.
• Students in Foods II are provided the opportunity to take the ServSafe credentialing exam.   
• Seniors who are completer are provided the opportunity to earn their Career Readiness Certification by taking the WorkKeys exam.
• Students in Nursing Fundamentals are provided the opportunity to take the CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) exam. 

Our students receive more than a diploma upon graduating. They also have the opportunity to earn industry recognized credentialing.

CTE

Cheek, Jason

Fitzgerald, Patrice

Griffin, Teresa

Harris, Mary Margaret

Johnson, Rufus

McGill, James

Phillips, Holly

Sims, Michael

Sykes, Shawanna

Williams, Sharon

The goal of the WWHS ESL department is to allow ELL students to obtain their goals in their core classes and help students reach their proficiency goals in the English language.   

The WWHS English Department is committed to preparing 21st century learners. Our focuses are three-fold: guiding students through an in-depth study of global literature and non-fiction texts, emphasizing the importance of language development and comprehension, and facilitating students’ understanding and involvement in the research process. Our mission is to prepare students for success as lifelong learners.

ENGLISH

Batista, Javier

Lee, Betsy

Marowitz, Josh

Riggsbee, Matt

Ringwalt, Stuart

Seeuwen, Erica 

Villines, Moe

Womack, Kristen

The math department at Williams High School offers a rigorous course of study for all levels of students.  From Introduction to Algebra to AP Calculus, the math department strives to challenge each student and prepare them to be college/career ready upon graduation.

Our course offerings are Foundations of Math, Math 1, 2, and 3, Discrete, Precalculus, AP Calculus AB and BC and AP Statistics.

MATH DEPARTMENT

Allen, Lydia

Bennett, Crystal

Bigner, Will

Cox, Allen

Gilliam, Cyndi

Hecke, Stephanie

Graham, Sarah

Prinz, Bob

Simao, Joanne

The goal of the Exceptional Children's Department is to support our school and partner with families and the community to empower students with disabilities to utilize their strengths and abilities in becoming valuable and contributing citizens. 

ATTENTION ALL EC PARENTS:

ECPAC (The Exceptional Children’s Parent Advisory Council) is looking for new members.  ECPAC is a small group of parents selected to represent students with disabilities as an advisory council to ABSS administrators, in particular our Executive Director, Allen Murray.  ECPAC serves as an advocate for students and parents and as a “collective voice” in addressing system-wide issues concerning students with disabilities.  ABSS is one of the few schools systems in the state that provides this opportunity to this group of parents and looks to continue to collaborate with parents in meeting the needs of our students with disabilities.  ABSS would like to continue to have diverse representation in the ECPAC of students including diversity in disability areas, school levels (elementary, middle, and high), school zones, race,  ethnicity, and socio-economics.    The parent must be a parent of a student receiving special education services through ABSS.

ECPAC currently has openings for membership on the council. If a parent is interested in joining ECPAC, they should contact Heather Ouzts, Parent Liaison, at heather_ouzts@abss.k12.nc.us or 336-438-4000 ext. 37840 for more information. The council typically meets the fourth Thursday at 7pm at the ABSS Administrative Offices located at 1712 Vaughn Rd, Burlington. 

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN DEPARTMENT

Becker, Kelly

Berry, Brien

Bozeman, Calvin

Bozeman, Kelvin

Brown, Deborah

Brown, Temiko

Brumbelow, Shari

Cordell, Keegan

Funchess, Adrian

Hogg, Jennifer

Osborne, John

Reynolds-Bowers, Ashley

Shaw, Donna

Smith, Brian

Torres, Patricia

The Williams High School Fine Arts Department offers classes in visual arts, pottery, sculpture, orchestra, band, and chorus. In addition to regular curricular instruction, fine arts students have opportunities beyond the classroom to participate in many enrichment activities such as musical theater, an a cappella ensemble, choreography, jazz band, marching band, chamber music, art shows, music competitions, honor societies, clubs, field trips,  and performances for the school and community. Williams High School is fortunate to have a fine arts faculty of accomplished and passionate teachers, musicians and artists who diligently strive to instruct and nurture their students as developing artists. The Fine Arts Department values diversity and excellence in all aspects of its curriculum and significantly contributes to the continued outstanding reputation of Walter M. Williams High School.

FINE ARTS

Biscocho, Veronica

Brinskelle, Emily

Conner, Joseph

Johnson, Jacqueline

Wooten, Elizabeth

The World Languages Department at Williams is the only school in ABSS that offers beginning through advanced classes in Spanish, Latin, and French. There is also the potential to earn both honors and AP credit in the upper levels of language study.  In addition to daily classes, students have the opportunity to participate in National Language exams, join extracurricular clubs, and may apply for membership in the honor society specific to the language they study. The World Languages Department values engaging, meaningful language experiences through cooperation with other departments, schools, language programs, and the surrounding community.

WORLD LANGUAGES

Avila, Carlos

Hernandez, Angela

Murphy-Waters, Christina

Pineda, Luz

he mission of the Walter M. Williams library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.  The library media specialists will seek to promote, inspire, and guide students toward a love of reading, a quest for knowledge, and a thirst for lifelong learning.  The library media specialists will provide leadership, expertise, and advocacy in the use of technology, print, and electronic resources.(Information Power and International Reading Associations)

The Williams High School Library is a student-centered library with over 20,000 items available for checkout. The collection includes both fiction and nonfiction books, reference books, audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs, other audio-visual materials, and art prints.  Newspapers and magazines, both current as well as back issues, are also available. Students and staff use the library to meet all curriculum needs. Open all day and during all three lunches, the library is dynamic, energetic, and vital to the academic success at Williams.

All items in the regular collection are checked out for two weeks. Reference books are checked out after school and are due back before first block the next school day. There is a fine of five cents per day for regular checkout items and 25 cents per day for reference books that are overdue.  Damage fees will be charged for materials returned in a damaged condition.

The library is open from 7:45 AM until 4:00 PM (or later) Monday - Thursday and 7:45 AM until 3:30 PM on Friday.


Students may print from computers to a networked printer.  The first three copies for school use are free; after three pages, each page is ten cents.  All personal copies printed from a computer are ten cents per page.

Stuart Ringwalt, Library Media Specialist

SPECIAL SERVICES 

Burgess, Jimmie (Online Facilitator)

Walker, Parrish (JAG)

Wall, Denise (IB Coordinator)

Winterich-Knox, Emily (College Advisor) 

The mission of Walter Williams High School Physical Education Program is to empower all students to sustain regular, lifelong physical activity as a foundation for a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life.

P.E./HEALTH

Athas, Jamie

Cook, Kelly

Davis, Todd

Houser, Kelsey

Krist, Jeremy

As a department, we believe that science education should cultivate every student’s natural curiosity and lead them to become informed decision-makers in their adult lives. To achieve that goal, we will:

• • Base our curricula on state and national science standards;
  • Use technology in the classroom and lab whenever practical and appropriate;
  • Provide students with challenging, inquiry-based laboratory experiences;
  • Model science as a dynamic process which changes based on new data;
  • Practice the use of higher-level thinking skills, not only in our own curricula but also across disciplines;
  • Provide students with the strong foundation in science needed to enhance long-term employment prospects in the 21st century.

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Abbatecola, Tracy

Bonomo, Alex

Hamer, Greg

Knight, Tammy

Martin, Daniel

Plaster, Carol

Riggs, Timothy

Timmons, James

The Social Studies Department strives to help students develop skills and appreciations of social studies from the global to local perspective in order to become productive citizens in today's changing world. The Social Studies Department offers courses required of World History, U.S. History, and Civics, as well as interesting electives such as AP US Government, AP European History, Military History, Psychology, and the 1960s Era.

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

Alvis, Robert

Caldwell, Kathleen

Cryan, Daleanna

Denny, Ashleigh

Pugh, Jonathan

Schledorn, Neil

Stokes, Patrick

Weiffenbach, Cari

GUIDANCE

Grant, Annette

Grant, Janice

Robinson, Iesha

Thorpe, Paulette

Baird, Katherine
School Social Worker

Vacant
MTSS Coordinator

Shibata, Loma
Testing Coordinator, Data Coach

Smith, Tamara
Graduation Coach

Troxler, Tammy
School Nurse