| Ripley Elementary School 100 Hwy. 19 East
Ripley, TN 38063
Phone - 731-221-3066
Fax - 731-221-3055
Principal: Pennye Deal Thurmond (pthurmond@mail.lced.net)
Pennye Deal Thurmond was chosen to lead the Ripley Elementary
School’s administrative team at the beginning of the 2009-2010
school year. A graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, Thurmond has
completed her Master’s and Education Specialist degree at Nova
Southeastern University with a focus on educational
administration and supervision, as well as curriculum and
instruction. Thurmond served Lauderdale County as a
seventh-grade language arts teacher at Lauderdale Middle School
in the 2000-2001 school year. She served two years as assistant
principal at Union City Elementary School in Union City, and
taught eighth-grade history and science at Dyersburg Middle
School.
Assistant Principal: Lynn Ferrell (lferrell@mail.lced.net)
Lynn Ferrell was chosen as Assistant Principal of Ripley
Elementary School at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year.
A 1972 graduate of Millington Central High School, Ferrell
earned an Associate Degree from Shelby State Community College
in 1975, and then earned his B.A. and M.A. from Memphis State.
He also attended Travecca-Nazarene, completing coursework for
licensing in administration and supervision. He is married to
Sheila Ferrell, and the couple has two children, Walker Ferrell
and Gracie Ferrell.
Curriculum Coordinator:
Rhonda
Waldo (rwaldo@mail.lced.net)
Rhonda Waldo has been employed by the Lauderdale County
School System
since 1998, teaching third grade at Ripley Elementary for 10
years before earning the position of Curriculum Coordinator. She
earned her Associate Degree from Northwest Mississippi Community
College and a Bachelor’s Degree from Union University.
RES students add fitness to festivities
Fourth graders at Ripley Elementary School
recently included a healthy dose of physical exercise to their
classes’ annual end of the year celebration.
RES educators Brooks, Kemp, Kissell and Mills
led their classes on a walk to the Ripley City Park and back to
the school. A part of the end of the year field trip, school
officials arranged for police to block off the road and escort
the classes to and from their destination.
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