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Our Team

Jacquetta Watkins

Executive Director

Currently Hiring

Program Director

Reverend Tommy Robinson

5th Grade Academic Coach

Currently Hiring

4rd Grade Academic Coach

Currently Hiring

3th Grade Academic Coach

Toni Benton

2nd Grade Academic Coach

Jenny Cook

1st Grade Academic Coach

Yontrea Engram

Kindergarten Academic Coach

Betty Sistrunk

Kitchen Manager

Check out our Careers page to view vacant positions.

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"The Study Hall is a nurturing environment, the teachers are wonderful, and I really enjoy the program. For me The Study Hall offers so much. I know my kids are safe until 6:30 and I know they will be dropped off at my door. I am so happy that my boys have had the opportunity to be apart of The Study Hall." ~ Ms. B. Daniels, TSH Parent Since 2005

Jacquetta Watkins

Mrs. Watkins joined The Study Hall in 2002 as the Director of Administration and Finance. She was later promoted to Executive Director and has served in this capacity since 2003. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration /Marketing degree. Mrs. Watkins is currently pursuing a Masters in Education degree with a focus in Management from Strayer University. She is an advisory board member with the Atlanta Education fund, and active in various after-school advocacy initiatives. She and her husband reside in the Greater Atlanta area with their two children.

Beatrice Copeland

Beatrice Copeland

Mrs. Copeland has served as the Program Director since September 2006. She is a graduate of Morris Brown College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature. Prior to joining the TSH team she worked with children and teens as a mentor, motivational speaker, swim instructor & life-guard, camp counselor, and student teacher. She is actively engaged in the success of our scholars and frequently visits their schools to ensure the programming that she plans addresses their needs.

Affectionately known as Ms. BeaBea, she believes that "It takes a village to raise a child," and is dedicated to The Study Hall motto of "Changing Minds and Changing Lives."

Reverend Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson

Reverend Tommy L. Robinson is the Lead Academic Coach at TSH, as well as, the Third Grade instructor. He has served our scholars since September 2006. Reverend Robinson is a native of Atlanta and a TSH alumnus. On January 11, 2009 he became a licensed minister at the Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Hapeville, Georgia. He serves as the Minister of Christian Education. Reverend Robinson attended Morris Brown College before transferring to Carver Bible College to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible Studies and Biblical Counseling.

Krystle Rodriguez

Krystle Rodriguez

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mrs. Rodriguez has lived in Houston and Dallas, Texas, Doha, Qatar; Dubai, UAE; and Evans, GA before moving to Atlanta. In the Fall of 2002, Ms. Krystle began pursuing a degree in Sociology at Georgia State University. In 2006 she graduated and has been working with adolescents ever since. Ms. Krystle has been working at The Study Hall since September 2007.

Chavon Allison

Chavon Allison

Miss Chavon was born in Oakland, California and recently graduated from California State University East Bay with a dual degree in Corporate Management and New Venture. She is very involved in her home community. She has served as a mentor for at-risk youth and plans to continue enriching the lives of children striving to achieve their goals. In her position at TSH, Miss Chavon hopes to show her scholars that learning can be fun and that by using everyday examples we can better grasp all levels of academic curriculum.

Betty Sistrunk

Betty Sistrunk

Ms. Betty has served as The Study Hall Kitchen Manager since October 2007. She is certified in the culinary arts and Safe Serve. Ms. Betty's hobbies include collecting coins, music, and watching movies, especially old black & whites. Ms. Betty endeavors to teach children the art of cooking through her very own culinary arts school. She is firmly dedicated to the care and nurturing of our scholars. Ms. Betty believes that well fed children = nourished brains, bodies, and beautiful souls.