WVA Staff
Meet Your WVA Staff
Ricky Ward
Mr. Ward is the proud principal of Bethel School and will serve as the Director of Watauga Virtual Academy for the 2024-25 school year. He can be reached by calling Bethel School at (828) 297-2240 or emailing wardr@wataugaschools.org. Mr. Ward wishes all of WVA's students and families a successful school year!
Christy Laws
Christy Laws is the middle school English Language Arts teacher for Watauga Virtual Academy. She has taught for 25 years with 21 of those years being in Watauga County Schools. Christy is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher with a Masters in Reading Education and certifications in math, reading, science, and social studies. She loves spending time with her husband and six daughters, reading, photography, and being involved with her church.
She can be reached by emailing lawsc@wataugaschools.org