Who am I?
I'm glad you asked. My name is Anthony Pearson and I'm the school counselor at Sky View Elementary. I am proud to be at Sky View; the students and teachers and staff are some of the most passionate people I have ever met. Our school is great and it is an honor to be here.
Education
I graduated from Presbyterian College in 2002 with a degree in Psychology and Philosophy. During my time at PC, I played varsity soccer, was a member of the Honors Council, and learned a lot about life.
After taking a year off, I went to Auburn University in 2003 and graduated in 2005 with a masters in school counseling. While at Auburn I became a HUGE football fan. I played on the club soccer team and worked as a Hall Director for the University.
In December 2008, I will graduate from Georgia State University with my education specialist degree (it is also known as an Ed.S.) Georgia State is about two miles away from where I live, so I like to ride my bicycle to class!
If you would like to learn about the schools I attended, you can go to their websites:
www.preby.edu
www.auburn.edu
www.gsu.edu
Previous Employment
I've done several different things before I became a school counselor. I was a case manager for Adults with Special Needs at Annandale Village (www.annandale.org) While at Annandale I worked with psychologists, psychiatrists, and a behavioral therapists. I learned a lot about the helping profession.
To help pay for college I worked at a company called Evans and Associates. They distribute supplies to plumbers and electricians throughout the southeast. I worked in the warehouse. Since it was a small company, it was my job to load the trucks, unload the trucks, keep everything clean, and do inventory checks.
There were many other jobs before that, too. I built cash registers for NCR/Solectron, helped referee pee-wee soccer games, bag groceries at Kroger, do the inside detail of cars at a carwash.
I learned the importance of hard work and discipline. I was constantly traveling because of soccer and constantly studying because of school; work was necessary because I needed to pay for soccer shoes and school supplies! By maintaining a strong balance of work, study and play, I was able to accomplish a lot.
Free Time
In my free time I like to read, write, run, play soccer (of course), play board games, golf, play video games and try to relax.
Since it is important to have goals, I set them for myself ALL the time. In January 2009, I will hopefully have a book published called, "Guidance with Good Measure." It's a book I've written for other school counselors and I'm very proud of it. It took a lot of work to write it!
Another goal of mine is to publish a series of children's books! I love to write and I love my job as a counselor. I think it would be great to read my own children's book to the students at Sky View!
My Family
Most of my family lives in Atlanta and I have an uncle who lives in Texas. My father is a salesman, my mother is a retired receptionist and my uncle is a coal miner. My grandfather is a retired construction worker; he helped build office towers in Cleveland, Ohio.
My sister is an English professor at a local community college. She and I are the first ones in our family to go to college and my parents are very proud of both of us.
My wife and I are proud parents, too! My daughter's name is Ella and she is the smartest little baby around! Plus she makes the funniest faces I have ever seen.
So...
that is who I am. I hope you learned a little bit about me. If you have any other questions, please email me at Anthony.Pearson@cobbk12.org I'm here to help!
