Mr. Edgar C. Zimmerman, Sr.

Let’s meet Mr. Zimmerman

I have the pleasure of serving as Simkins Elementary School’s first Assistant Principal.  I am excited about the school year and how the Simkins faculty/staff, parents, and students have welcomed me with open arms and excitement.

            I am originally from Raleigh, NC where I graduated from Millbrook Senior High School in 1987. I earned a Bachelors Science Degree in Mathematics-Secondary Education, from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Go Aggies! While in graduate school for secondary mathematics, I started my career as a classroom teacher at the James Benson Dudley High School. Go Panthers!  During my seven years at Dudley, I served as a department chair, school improvement team member, baseball coach, and assistant athletic director. I served as the math specialist for the school of education at NCA&TSU, TOSA for Guilford County Schools and Communities In Schools administrator for Dudley before becoming an assistant principal for GCS. I earned a Masters in School Administration and Leadership form UNC Greensboro. Go Spartans! With GCS I served as an Assistant Principal at Grimsley High, Kiser Middle, and the formally named Guilford Middle schools. July 2012, I became the founding principal for HOPE Academy, a private faith-base modified middle school. The past two years I served as an administrator for Caswell County Schools, assistant principal for Bartlett Yancey High and immediate past principal for Stoney Creek Elementary. 

            I enjoy riding my Harley Davidson motorcycle, fishing, playing ‘old man’ basketball, spending time and traveling with my family, refereeing and coaching basketball. My wife for 24 years is a math department instructor at NCA&TSU and doctoral candidate at UNC Greensboro, our oldest son Edgar, Jr. is a senior Accounting major at NCA&TSU, our younger son Lawson is a freshman Biological Engineer major at NCA&TSU, and our daughter is a sophomore athlete at Southeast High School. Go Falcons!

            It is an honor to be a member of the Simkins family. We have an extremely talented faculty/staff, and incredible leader - principal Jordan, gifted students, supportive parents and community leaders. This 5^th year of Simkins Elementary will be another year of positive students’ academic growth and teaching excellence in the classrooms. Simkins Sharks – SWIM; We will… Show respect, Work for excellence, Include everyone and Make responsible choices—as a continued tradition. Go SHARKS!

Mr. Z