A Message from Mrs. Thorne
Carver Family,
Having served as the NELA principal resident at G. W. Carver for the 2022-2023 academic year, I look forward to continuing to serve the Carver community as your proud assistant principal for the 2023-2024 academic year!
I grew up in New Bern, North Carolina and graduated from Duke University in 2016. Before joining the field of public education, I worked in art museums and institutions. In 2018, I joined Teach for America in order to give back to the Eastern North Carolina community that raised me. I served Edgecombe County Public Schools as a classroom teacher for four years, having taught middle grades general education at Phillips Middle School and special education at South Edgecombe Middle School, before joining the Carver community as the administrative intern last fall. I have completed a Master of Science in Education through Johns Hopkins University (2020) and a Master of School Administration through North Carolina State University (2023).
I believe in a possible future. I believe in a future in which every child, family, and staff member loves walking through the doors of the school. I believe in equipping our scholars with agency, the capacity to generate meaningful change in their lives and in the lives of others. I believe in educating all children through high-quality, effective, and rigorous instruction, equipping them with twenty-first century skills. I believe in supporting the whole child socially and emotionally through trauma-responsive practices and leadership development. I believe in supporting each professional in the building, coaching them in data-driven practices. I believe in equity, responding to the needs of the individual while holding high expectations for all. I believe in developing leaders, scholars and staff alike. I believe in forming coalitions between all invested constituents - students, staff, families, and the community at large - in order to foster citizens ready and willing to respond to the world’s most pressing matters. I believe in this possible future and I believe that we can achieve this at G. W. Carver.
SOAR HIGH!
Ryan Thorne