Meet Our Principals
Phone: (706) 694-3471
Email: paula.wheeler@wcsga.net
Paula Wheeler
Principal
I am honored and excited to be your new principal at Varnell Elementary School. My passion is to continue to lead and serve the students and staff at Varnell Elementary. As a child, my education began at Varnell Elementary, then North Whitfield Middle School and graduated from Northwest High School in 1995. My college career began at Dalton State College. I then transferred to the University of North Georgia graduating with my Bachelor of Science Degree in Interrelated Special Education. My Masters Degree from Central Michigan University is in Curriculum and Instruction and my Educational Specialist Degree is from Lincoln Memorial University. This is my 23rd year in Whitfield County Schools. After six years as an itinerant special education teacher I became a special education teacher at Westside Elementary for nine years. For the past seven years I have served as the Assistant Principal at Varnell Elementary.
My husband, Kevin, and I have been married for 22 years and have two beautiful children. Our daughter Savannah is a sophomore at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega studying to be a nurse and our son Dawson is a junior at Northwest High School. My passions are spending time with my family,watching my son play football and fish, baking and cooking, working outside in my flower beds and garden,working on our Christmas tree farm, walking the beach with my mom and daughter and relaxing in the mountains. I am SO excited for this school year and making lots of wonderful new memories as a VARNELL COLT!
Phone: 706-694-3471
Email: annie.worley@wcsga.net
Annie Worley
Assistant Principal