Meet Mrs. Allen:

Mrs. Allen holds a Master of Arts in Education degree in Guidance and Counseling (grades K-12) from Murray State University. Her graduate program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). She is certified as a School Guidance Counselor by the state of Kentucky. Mrs. Allen’s life-long dream was to be a School Counselor. She holds all students’ emotional well-being, academic progress and personal/social development at the highest regard and firmly believes that all stakeholders are a TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More). She also enjoys giving back to the Murray State University Counseling program by welcoming internships to future counselors.

In addition, Mrs. Allen earned a Master of Arts in Education degree in Reading and Writing from Murray State University in order to broaden her expertise in education. This is Mrs. Allen’s 12th year as a School Counselor at Millbrooke Elementary School. Before her role as a counselor at Millbrooke, Mrs. Allen taught mainly Reading and Writing to grades 3, 4 and 5 at Pembroke Elementary School for four years and Lacy Elementary School for two years. In her 17 years in education, Mrs. Allen has served in many capacities including Site Based Decision Making Council, School Leadership Team, Formative Assessment Committee, Writing Plan Committee, District Certified Evaluation Committee, PBIS committee, Wellness Committee and Family Resource Advisory Council. Mrs. Allen was nominated as Pembroke’s Teacher of the Year in 2011. She has also been honored as a guest speaker at the KLA Summer Leadership Retreat and the Kentucky Content Leadership Network in 2013.

When Mrs. Allen isn’t working at Millbrooke, she enjoys learning, learning and learning some more. She attends professional development to continue her education and also researches topics in relation to counseling and education. She also loves to spend lots of quality time with her family. Her favorite quote is “It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter.” She hopes to scatter kindness to everyone she meets.

Get to know Mrs. Gilkey:

Mrs. Gilkey is currently in her 25th year of working in the educational field. This is Mrs. Gilkey's 17th year as a school counselor.

Mrs. Gilkey obtained her Associates of Arts from Hopkinsville Community College, Bachelors of Science from Austin Peay State University, Masters and Rank 1 from Murray State University. Her graduate program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Mrs. Gilkey holds a Standard Certificate for school counseling from the Education Professional Standards Board. 

Mrs. Gilkey serves on the school’s PBIS committee and is an active member of the MTSS team.  She is a member of the school’s leadership team. She is the elementary liaison for Joy Closet and she is passionate about helping to bridge the gap between foster families and kinship families in our schools. 

Mrs. Gilkey enjoys assisting student's and their families in hopes to remove barriers and to teach children a variety of social skills and coping strategies which they will learn to utilize across all settings. Outside of school, she enjoys being with family, shopping, and reading.