About Mr. Jones

Welcome! My name is Shawn Jones. I was born and raised in the Town of Rotterdam in Upstate NY (near Albany) and moved to NC in June 2008. My wife and I celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary on July 16th and have raised two sons, who are now 21 and 23 years old! We also have two crazy cats (and my 94 year-old father-in-law) living in our home, so some days it feels like we actually still have kids running around!!  :)

I graduated from SUNY Oneonta with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, a minor in History, and a concentration in Math. In addition, I earned my Master’s Degree in Reading from SUNY Albany and am licensed in both NY and NC to teach Nursery School/Pre-K up to 6th Grade in all subject areas as well as Grades 7-9 Math. I began my career at the elementary school level in the Schenectady City School District where I taught 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades over the course of 10 years before moving down south. Here in NC, I have taught 5th Grade at Knightdale Elementary School (2008-2009) and both 2nd and 5th Grades at Lake Myra Elementary School (2009-2013). I came to RMS in 2013 to teach 6th Grade Math and Science on Track 2. I switched to 7th Grade Math from 2016-2019 before moving back to 6th Grade for three years (2019-2022), but last year I came back “home” to 7th Grade.

In my free time I enjoy bowling, watching Yankees baseball, reading and hanging out with my friends.