Phone: (919) 553-5811
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Degrees and Certifications:
Bachelor of Science in Zoology, North Carolina State University
Michael Whitley
I am very excited to be joining Clayton Middle School this year! I am entering my seventeenth year teaching and have also worked as a healthcare recruiter and optician. I grew up running around barefoot in the muddy creeks of New Bern and nearby Bogue Banks fishing, crabbing, and swimming. I came to Raleigh after high school to study Zoology at N.C. State. A summer trip out West introduced me to the Colorado mountains, which enticed me to take a semester off school and then later return after graduation, where I got a job managing a small optical lab. I eventually bacame homesick and returned to North Carolina. Inspired by a thrilling and rigorous high school class called Coastal Biology, I decided to become a teacher. I began teacher training at NC State while working in the classroom as a lateral entry teacher. Over the years I have had the privilage to have been trained in STEM and International Baccalaureate pedagogy. I strive to bring a rich, challenging, and exiting experience to all of my students in the classroom. When not teaching, I enjoy working around the yard, reading, sailing, and watching N.C. State athletics.
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2019 reIGNITE - Continuing the Conversation
Are you interested in attending two days of teacher-driven and directed collaboration and learning? JCPS is kicking the year off right and offering reIGNITE at Cleveland High School on August 12 and 13, 2019....
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Bus Forms now available
Bus routes are currently being developed for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. If you need to sign your child up to ride the bus or have a change of an address for your child, please complete a TIMS form by July 29, 2019 to ensure your child is assigned to a bus by the first day of school...
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Free meals offered to students over summer months
Johnston County Public Schools School Nutrition Services will be offering free meals during the summer months to children and teens 18 and younger through USDA Food and Nutrition Services...
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2019 reIGNITE - Continuing the Conversation
Are you interested in attending two days of teacher-driven and directed collaboration and learning? JCPS is kicking the year off right and offering reIGNITE at Cleveland High School on August 12 and 13, 2019...
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Create your PowerSchool Parent Portal account
PowerSchool Parent Portal is more powerful than ever before. Now with Parent Portal parents can begin the registration process, check their child’s grades, update emergency information, and keep up with the teacher’s classroom lessons and assignments from their smartphone or computer...
