I entered the education profession in 1996 as a Journalism and Art teacher with Northwest ISD for 4 years. In 2000 I joined the LDISD staff as an art teacher at LDMS. Beginning the 2004-2005 school year I became the LDMS yearbook advisor. During the summer of 2008 my family and I moved from Krum, where we lived for 15 years, to Corinth. And we are absolutely loving life here! My family consists of my husband, Gary and my daughter, Adelyn. Not only do I enjoy the convenience and closeness of everything in this area, but I also enjoy seeing my students and their parents when I am out and about around town. I enjoy scrapbooking, making my own greeting cards, rubber stamping, long bike rides, kayaking and 4-wheeling with my family and friends. In October of 2009 I began taking Karate and Self Defense classes. I am currently a brown belt & plan to work my way up to black belt. In December of 2010 a friend encouraged me to start running and training for a 5K. I have since discovered a new passion for something I thought I was not capable of. Now when I have a day w/out running I feel I have missed out on something great. I try to run at least one 5K race each month and sometime more. My long term goals are to run a half marathon and eventually a full marathon. I also enlisted in a fitness bootcamp and love working out twice a week with my bootcamp buddies. I love teaching at LDMS and can't think of anywhere else I would rather be. My students and their parents are the best!

In 6th and 7th grade art students are given the opportunity to explore the elements of art on a 2 dimensional surface through the use of a variety of art materials and tools. Students will study and become familiar with the elements of art - line, value, shape, form, space, color and texture. Students are expected to be able to define, use and identify these elements in various art works. This course also includes specifics on the proper use and care of art tools and materials.

In Advanced Art 8th grade students are given the opportunity to further explore the elements of art on a 2 dimensional surface through the use of a variety of art materials and tools. Students are expected to take the elements of art - line, value, shape, form, space, color and texture to the next step and use them in an experimental way through more advanced art projects. Some of the art processes used in this course include but are not limited to drawing, printmaking, painting and an introduction to some 3-dimensional work. This course also includes specifics on composition, critique and self evaluation. In order to gain entry into Advanced Art a student must meet the following requirements:
* talent or show some potential for talent
* self discipline
* have taken art as a 7th grader or submit a portfolio of artwork in the spring prior to the 8th grade year - portfolio must meet teacher's approval
* gain teacher's signature on course elective card

Yearbook gives students the opportunity to explore the process of building and producing a book. The skills learned in this class include organization, photography, writing for publication, desktop publishing, professional people skills and more. These skills will be beneficial to those students who choose to persue a career in journalism such as working for a newspaper/magazine staff or book publishing company. Staff members are chosen based on teacher recommedations and an application process. The staff includes 7th and 8th graders. A student must have been chosen to be on staff as a 7th grader in order to be on staff as an 8th grader.