Hello students, parents, and friends of Veterans High School! My name is Matthew Fortson and I am happy to be working at VHS this school year and look forward to meeting all of you. I was born and raised in Warner Robins and I am very excited to be teaching in Middle Georgia. I graduated from Houston County High School in 2003 and went to Kennesaw State for my teacher preparation. I graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in history education and then moved to Stebbins, Alaska for my first teaching job. I spent four years working with Yupik Eskimo students in a small rural school outside of Nome, Alaska. After teaching 8-12 grade social studies, I was fortunate to be able to move back to my hometown where I spent 8 years teaching Science and Social Studies at Mossy Creek Middle School. Personal hobbies I enjoy are reading, video games, miniature painting, traveling and hanging with my friends. I am happily married to my wife Shauna and we have two dogs named Honey Badger and Mochi and three cats named Albus, Tanjiro, and Minnie.

Education
-Specialist of Curriculum and Instruction (Piedmont University 2017)
-Masters of History (Piedmont University 2016)
-Bachelors of Science in History Education (Kennesaw State University 2009)