“Hello, and welcome to the wonderful Southside STEM Academy at Campostella K-8 School, where we believe “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work!” Teaching and learning are important and are the main goals to achieve academic success at our school.  We will work daily to bring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to life for every child who enters our school by providing rigorous and engaging lessons.  We will focus on developing school-wide instructional strategies of justification, higher-level questioning, and vocabulary development with an emphasis on STEM in all we do daily.

 As the principal and head learner at our school, I bring to our school community more than 24 years of dedicated service in education for children.  As the head instructional leader at Southside STEM Academy at Campostella K-8 School, I believe in a safe school environment that provides daily structure, student engagement, order, professional development, rigorous lessons with an evolving professional and positive school culture for excellence.  My daily goal will be to serve you and your child with continued excellence and professionalism as we navigate together this uncharted time in history for your child’s educational journey.  I encourage each of you to join in with Southside STEM Academy at Campostella K-8 School, as we take this school to another academic level together, with all of our unwavering support.  As always, “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work!”

 Principal, Mrs. Willie-Clark

Greetings Southside STEM Community,

Throughout my over 15 years in education I have been adamant about ensuring all learners receive an equitable education. This includes my time as a Special Education teacher where I taught a myriad of content, typically focusing on Social Studies and Algebra I for high school students. I also emphasized that as a Special Education Instructional Coach, Behavior Specialist, and now in my role as an Assistant Princiapal.

It is a privilege to be able to serve you and my deepest desire is to see our scholars flourish in every way possible. We want them to continue to grow as they show Responsibility, Integrity, Safety, and Excellence while they have STEM incorporated into various content areas on a regular basis in our great school. We have the opportunity to change lives, and we take that very seriously. Please let us know how we can serve you or your child. Research has shown that when a parent is involved in the academics of their child it impacts them in a positive manner. Let’s build that collaboration to ensure their current and future successes!

Brian Tooley, Assistant Principal

Southside STEM Academy at Campostella Office Manager is Mrs. Donna Heggins.

She brings with her 25 years of experience with Norfolk Public Schools.