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Welcome Ms. Le'Aqua Shoates, Middle School Dean of Students

Rabun Gap welcomes Ms. Le'Aqua Shoates, our new Middle School Dean of Students
Ms. Le’Aqua Shoates will join the Niles Bolton Middle School faculty this school year as Middle School Dean of Students. 

Ms. Shoates served as a middle school humanities teacher and chair of diversity, equity, and inclusion at The Alexander Dawson School in Las Vegas, Nevada before coming to Rabun Gap. Before moving to Las Vegas, Ms. Shoates taught for five years at Hapeville Charter Career Academy in Atlanta. 

She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and creative writing. She also holds a Master of Education degree with a concentration in curriculum, instruction, and assessment from Strayer University, and is currently working on her doctorate in education. She will coach middle school girls basketball this winter and serve as head middle school track coach this spring.  Ms. Shoates has three children. 

“The Rabun Gap community has made me feel so welcomed as a member of the family and I am excited to be a part of such an amazing legacy,” she said.
 
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Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is a private, coeducational day and boarding school for grades Pre-K through 12. Centrally located between Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, and Asheville, NC, we prepare young people for college, career, and a lifetime of leadership and service.