Meet the Teacher
Melissa Hill

Phone: 828-684-1295

Email: [email protected]

Degrees and Certifications:

  • Middle Grades English/Language Arts, 6-8 (2014)
  • Academically/Intellectually Gifted License, K-12 (2014)
  • National Board Certification, Middle Childhood Generalist (2005; renewed 2015)
  • B.S.Ed. Elementary Education, K-6 (1998)
  • North Carolina Teaching Fellow (1994)

Remote Learning
If we operate on a remote schedule for any reason this year, students will access AIG assignments via Google Classroom. Instructions will be sent to parents through the Remind app. Most of you have accepted my invitation to Remind -- please email me if you have questions or did not receive an invitation.

Email: [email protected]
School Phone: 828-684-1295

I am one of two AIG specialists at Koontz Intermediate. I am here five days a week, and Nicole Murray is here on Thursdays. We both teach 5th and 6th graders.

Prior to working at Koontz, I taught for 16 years at another wonderful school in Buncombe county, Fairview Elementary. During my years at Fairview I taught third, fourth, and fifth grades as a regular classroom teacher. This year begins my 8th year teaching AIG at Koontz.

I received my B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education  from Western Carolina University (1998). I completed the coursework for an Academically/Intellectually Gifted license from Mars Hill University (2013). I am also licensed in Middle Grades English/Language Arts (2014) and National Board certified as a Middle Childhood Generalist (2005).

I enjoy working with AIG students and look forward to a great year of challenge and discovery. Check out the links here on my website, and if you have any questions or concerns whatsoever please email me ([email protected]) or call me at the school (684-1295).


Buncombe County Schools is in the process of reviewing its website to ensure compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Buncombe County Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education programs or activities and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 and federal regulations to not discriminate in such a manner. This requirement extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its implementing federal regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator and/or the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. The Title IX Coordinator's contact information is: Shanon Martin, [email protected], 828-255-5918, 175 Bingham Road, Asheville, NC 28806.

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