by Sheila Adams | Feb 6, 2020 | Day in the Life, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Through most of middle school and all through high school, Janet Bate, secretary at Herty Primary, twirled a baton. Sometimes the batons were on fire. Although she loved being a majorette and playing the clarinet in the band at Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge,...
by Sheila Adams | Jan 16, 2020 | Day in the Life, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Being enthusiastic, adventurous, and always curious to learn is just part of Vada Hughes’ DNA. Not only that, she loves to talk about DNA, as well as environmental science, matter, energy, Earth science, because she is perfectly suited for her position as the Director...
by Sheila Adams | Dec 11, 2019 | Day in the Life, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Miki Lynn has master’s degrees in Music Performance and Opera Directing, as well as a PhD in Interdisciplinary Theater and Music, yet she chooses to spend her day instilling the love of music in kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade students at Kurth...
by Sheila Adams | Nov 21, 2019 | Day in the Life, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Josh Slack is a family man. His family is from Lufkin, his co-workers are like family, and he has a beautiful family of his own. Although he is no relation to the family associated with Slack Elementary, Mr. Slack attended school there for his 5th and 6th grade years....
by Sheila Adams | Oct 10, 2019 | Day in the Life, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Three years ago, a young boy named Cody called out hello from the car window to a crossing guard at the corner of Chestnut and York not knowing that he would inspire that crossing guard to spread joy waving to every parent and child that passes by. “It started with a...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 2, 2019 | Day in the Life, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Mary Gail McCarty has known for a long time that she wanted to have a career helping students learn. She said, “When I was little, I used to sit in front of the mirror and practice teaching.” All that practice paid off for the dyslexic students at Lufkin Middle School...
