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Meet our Administration

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Neil W. Everett
Principal

Mill Creek Middle School

828-241-1494

  • Joined Team CCS - July 2012

    Experience
    Starting in 2012, I taught secondary Social Studies and coached soccer and golf at Maiden High School. I then spent six years as Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at St. Stephens High School. Now, in 2024,  I am excited to be joining the Mill Creek family as Principal!

    Education
    BA (History), University of North Carolina at Pembroke
    MA (Executive Leadership Studies), Gardner-Webb University

    Why I Became an Educator
    From a young age, I have enjoyed learning new things. My mother was a teacher's assistant for thirty years, and she loved going to work every single day, and still does after her retirement. She still graces the halls of the elementary school she retired from; reading books to kids or decorating the hallways. When in town, she's often at my children's schools reading and throwing parties. She has exemplified life-long education to me. My father taught me in a different capacity. He has never worked in a classroom, but was always taking time to educate me and my sister on paths of daily life; the meaning and value in hard work, how to treat people, and how to care for people you loved.

    In addition to them, I had a special teacher who cared for me at a time of life where I struggled to find my place. My eleventh grade US History teacher, Jennifer Byrd, never let me give up on myself and made me push myself to become better than what I was modeling at that moment in time.

    I want to be an example to kids the way these people were, and still continue to be, to me.

    Favorite Place in Catawba County
    I love being anywhere my wife and kids are.

    Favorite Activities
    I am an avid outdoorsman, and enjoy fly fishing and hunting. I have traveled to some of the most remote places in the continental US chasing waterfowl, my biggest passion!

    Something Unique About Me
    I am from Richmond County, NC, and still have some of that low-country accent. Students I have taught, and adults I have worked with, still give me a hard time about how I pronounce certain words.

Meet Kimberly Heckler, Interim Assistant Principal

Kimberley Heckler
Assistant Principal

Mill Creek Middle School

828-241-1494

Meet our Office Staff

  • A woman with blonde hair smiles at the camera.Meet Christy DeHart, Receptionist

    Experience: 12 Years with Catawba County Schools.

    I graduated from Maiden High School and attended Western Carolina University.

    Favorite Activities: Spending time with my husband Jason and daughters Victoria & Kylinn. I also love the beach!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Christy DeHart
    Receptionist, Mill Creek Middle School

  • A woman with long, wavy brown hair smiles at the camera.Meet Shelly Wright, Administrative Assistant

    Experience: Manager at United Way in Mooresville for 8 years before coming to Mill Creek.

    Favorite Activities: Working outdoors and spending time with grandchildren, Colton and Sadie

     

     

     

     

    Shelly Wright
    Administrative Assistant, Mill Creek Middle School

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    Karen Myatt
    Data Manager, Mill Creek Middle School

     

    Meet Karen Myatt, Data Manager

    I was born in Catawba County and have lived here all my life. I attended Balls Creek Elem. Then graduated from Bandys High School in 1980. I have two sons, named Ryan and Zac. I also have a little rescue dog, named Peanut.

    In January 2000, I began working for Catawba County Schools as a TA at St. Stephens Elem. In July 2002, I moved to the position of the data manager at St. Stephens Elem. Then transferred to Mill Creek Middle School in July 2006. I decided to further my own education and went back to school part-time at Catawba Valley Community College in January 2010 while continuing to work full-time. I completed studies in December 2015 and graduated in May 2016 with High Honors in Accounting, AAS and Business Administration, AAS.

    I am split between Mill Creek Middle and River Bend Middle School.

    • Monday and Wednesday- River Bend Middle
    • Tuesday and Thursday- Mill Creek Middle
    • Friday- Switches each week.

  • A woman with blonde hair smiles brightly, looking directly at the camera.Meet Holli Jenkins, School Nurse

    Welcome Mill Creek Middle School students, staff, and family.

    I have been a Registered Nurse since 1999, and started my experience in school nursing in 2020.   My goal is to help keep our students safe, healthy, and in the classroom all while managing their health concerns. I look forward to continuing to serve our staff and students here at MCMS this year. When I am not at work I love spending time with my husband and three boys.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Holli Jenkins
    School Nurse, Mill Creek Middle School