Specials

Amy Cook has been teaching in Franklin County Schools for 27 years. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of South Carolina and has completed her license requirements to teach K-12 Art. She is very excited to begin her 2nd school year as Royal Elementary School's Art Teacher.

Kelley Gerstenmier is the Digital Literacy Coach at Royal. She received her Bachelors of Arts Degrees in Elementary Education and Psychology from Guilford College and recently earned her Master's Degree in Instructional Technology from East Carolina University. Mrs. Gerstenmier has been an educator for the past 18 years. She loves being creative both inside and outside of the classroom and enjoys sewing and paper crafting. When not in the classroom, she loves spending time outdoors with her family, which includes her husband Ed and her dog Lyanna. She is excited about being part of the Royal Elementary family.

Mr. Zellmer is the new music teacher here at Royal Elementary School. Before coming here, he taught Kindergarten and 2nd grade for four years each. Mr. Zellmer was also an elementary assistant principal for six years and an elementary principal for six more.

He was married in 2001; his wife, Lynn, works at Youngsville Elementary as a reading intervention teacher. They have two daughters: Mariana is in her first year at UNC Chapel Hill, and Isabella is a junior at Wake Forest High School. Their two cats, Nugget and Rascal, round out the family.

When he’s not at school, Mr. Zellmer loves to play golf, read, and watch documentaries. He is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan and follows all of their sports teams fanatically!

One of his favorite quotes is from Jean-Michael Basquiat:

“Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.”