Kelly is beginning her 20th year in education, her first in Alma.  She began her career in 1989 in Cheatham County, TN. For the past 16 years she served as the GT administrator & facilitator and elementary PE teacher in Mountainburg.  Kelly graduated from Marion High School in Southern Illinois.  She obtained her Bachelor's degrees in Elementary Education, Physical Education-Health & Wellness and Bible from Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, TN.  She received her Gifted & Talented certification from the U of A-Fayetteville. She will be the MS Math Interventionist. Kelly and her husband Russell have been married for 31 years and attend Bethlehem FWB Church in VB where they minister to the youth. They have 3 daughters, Emily, Rachel and Chloe-all AHS graduates and 1 grandson.  Kelly enjoys time spent with family playing competitive games, outdoor activities and making yummy snow cones at her business The Ray's Shiver Shack.