Tara Hawkins has been teaching middle school math since graduating from The University of Georgia in 1999.   She has taught in Kansas, Missouri, and Forsyth County, Georgia before coming to Oconee County in 2017.  She has a Bachelors of Science and Masters in Middle Grades Math Education. In 2013, she earned her Specialist in Teacher Leadership and her Gifted Certification.  For the 2022-2023 school year, she will be teaching 8^th Grade Math.  She serves as the MBMS Math Department Chair.

Mrs. Hawkins is married to Josh Hawkins, a teacher and coach at North Oconee High School.  They have three sons: Andrew, Charles, and William.