Faculty and Staff

 

Debra Peters Rankin

• ​​Education – Jacksonville University - BA ’77 – Dance and Humanities

• Director of First Coast Nutcracker 1977 - 1991

• Founding director and choreographer of Community Nutcracker, Inc.

• Employed by Duval County Public Schools

  • Douglas Anderson School of the Arts – 1989 - 1991

  • Landon School of the Arts – 1991 - 1993

  • Pine Forest School of the Arts – 1993 – 2017

    • Teacher of the Year 2015 - 16

• Florida Department Of Education Certication in Dance K-12

• Workshops/Summer Intensives – Edward Vilella, Ted Kivett, Maria Tallchief

• Early ballet training – Thelma Johnston Baggs, Phil Phillips

 

Peggy Harrell Jennings

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Ida Uffelman

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Jennifer Wells Norris

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Sue Barry