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Mr. Eric Watson 

Principal, Stockbridge High School Stockbridge, GA

Mr. Eric Watson serves as the principal of Stockbridge High School. He has been in education for twenty-five years. His first ten years in education, were spent as a teacher and coach. During that time, he was fortunate to be able to work with diverse groups of students and athletes. He is proud to say that many of his former students have come back to say what a positive impact he made on them. Their success is what motivates him to continually push young learners towards a rewarding educational experience.

 

As a coach, he vigorously enforced his belief that strong academics are the foundation for all achievement. This rule of thought developed from his belief that “we must continue to improve instruction in the classroom.”

 

Mr. Watson is a huge contributor and encourager of Stockbridge High School’s FBLA Chapter. He often encourages us to strive for the best and always produce the products that we are learning in our business education curriculum. Mr. Watson emphasizes the concept of personalized learning and his leadership supports all student lead projects.

 

To the best principal - EVER!  "Thank you so, so much for always encouraging us, making sure we feel valued, and pushing us to greater heights".

Mr. Aaryn Schmuhl is Assistant Superintendent of Learning & Leadership Services in Henry County School System. He double-majored in History and Secondary Education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and began his teaching career at Henry County Middle School in the Fall of 1999. Mr. Schmuhl is a passionate advocate for student voice in education and the effective use of project based learning and blended learning models, he is a part of the team leading the personalized learning efforts in Henry County Schools. 

 

Mr. Schmuhl is primarily responsible for contacting Usher’s New Look foundation and partnering with them in order to bring Music Industry Leadership 101 to Stockbridge High School. We feel working with him will greatly enhance our efforts to reach out to our community and make behind the music scenes a realty for many more students than just those enrolled in the MIL 101 course. 

 

The Stockbridge High School Future Business Leaders of America organization is grateful and very thankful for our Assistant Superintendent's support. It says something about the school system as a whole when top leaders reach out to work side-by-side with students. We say, "Thank you so much for your help, Mr Aaryn Schmuhl !"

Mr. David Linton is an experienced senior executive in the music industry, with an extensive background in radio station programming. An award winning executive nationally recognized for creating effective promotion and marketing strategies for new and established artists, resulting in gold and platinum status.

 

He is a well-respected professional responsible for over 90 million units sold. Mr. Linton's professional career includes serving as: Senior Vice President, Urban Promotions & Marketing - Capitol Records (a division of EMI) - Hollywood, California; Vice President, Urban Promotions - Arista Records; Vice President of Urban Music Promotion - Island Records (formerly PolyGram Label Group) - New York, NY, and National Director, R&B Music Reprise Records - Warner Brothers - Burbank, California.

 

Mr. Linton has worked with artists such as Usher, Prince, Frankie Beverly, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Big Daddy Kane, Take 6, Notorious BIG, P-Diddy, Toni Braxton, OutKast, The Winans, James Ingram, George Clinton, Chaka Khan, CeCe Winans, Ray Charles, Biz Markie, Faith Evans, and many, many more. 

 

Our Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) organization is grateful to Mr. David Linton for his willingness to work with, mentor and partner with us to help provide contacts of professionals who work 'behind the scenes jobs' in the music industry.  Those professionals may include A&R Managers, Stylists in Fashion, Make-up Artists, Brand Managers, Promotional Managers, and many more. Having these contacts will provide us with the speakers we need to talk to the students about their jobs, what goes on behind the scenes, what qualifications are needed, and how the real money is made.

Mr. Aaryn Schmuhl
Mr. David Linton 

Chairman of the Board,

Living Legends Foundation

Partnerships

The following partners are helping with the logistics, planning, and execution of,  "This Is How We Rock!"

I am Dr. J. Elliott Atkinson, a veteran teacher serving in the Henry County School System since 1999. I have also worked in business & industry, taught college classes and served in AmeriCorps, (the PeaceCorps on American Soil). With years of experience under my belt, I still get excited every day when I awaken to come to school - excited about imparting business knowledge to students. I also continue to study all the time, go to conferences, stay involved in business activities and networking opportunities.

 

I absolutely love students and we have a very good time in my classes - participting in personalized learning, exploring business ideas, participating and going all out to win in competitions, scholarships and opportunities! Usher Raymond's New Look Foundation's Music Industry Leadership 101 course further enhances what students learn in and outside the classroom. Through MIL 101, we are able to help students focus on  identifiing and channelling their talents and passions into careers and community service.

 

Students work hard, have fund and are learning the ins and outs of the music industry -  behind the scenes. under my leadership.  I firmly believe anything worth having is worth working for. I am also the advisor for FBLA which stands for Future Business Leaders of America. FBLA is the oldest business student organization in the world! A quarter of a million high school and middle school students, college and university students, faculty, educators, administrators, and business professionals have chosen to be members of the premier business education association preparing students for careers in business.

 

 

We have a very active, involved CTSO (Career & Technology Student Organization). In FBLA you studnets learn tons about business and compete for honors, awards, scholarship and opportunities. The blending in 0f the MIL 101 Course is a perfect fit for the activities revolving around community service that we engage in. As well, students  get to meet people from all over the US. We also take field trips and do our very best to stay at the top of excellence as we pursue learning how businesses operate.

 

FBLA sponsored, "THIS IS HOW WE ROCK!!"  because of the organization's  great concern for students who have dropped out of school. FBLA's hope is that "T-Rock' as it is fondly called, will open opportunities where indecision and hopelessness once existed.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen......................This is How We Rock!

Special Thanks to...

 

 

  • Aaryn Schmuhl

  • Kroger Stores

  • Snapping Shoals

    • (Bright Ideas Grant)

  • Publix Super Markets

  • Lynette Thompson Carr (Caterer)

  • Jingle Works

Usher's New Look Foundation

 

Usher’s New Look Foundation is a youth empowerment initiative created by Usher to empower young people from under-served communities around the world, to create change in their communities through their own solutions.

Through Powered By Service, a peer-to-peer, youth empowerment, curriculum-based, leadership training program, youth around the world are certified as leaders, exploring four different pillars – talent, education, career and service. This certification program is backed by Emory University. The goal of Powered By Service is to give youth the tools and resources they need to succeed as leaders in their communities and around the world.

Founded in 1999, New Look has since mentored over 9,000 youth through over 150,000 hours of training, making service more diverse and relevant. 98% of participating teens, graduate high school and go on to college.

 

Dr. Joyce Elliott Atkinson

 

EDD-Educational Leadership Administration & Supervision; EdS-Education Leadership Supervision & Administration; MSIT-Masters Degree, Instructional Technology; BSEd-Bachelor's Science, Marketing Education; AS-Associate Degree, Marketing Management

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