Education

TISD Life Skills celebrates Field Day

It was a fun-filled day for our Terrell ISD Life Skills and medically fragile students May 15. It was the first-ever ExCEL+ Field Day, funded by the Terrell ISD Excellence Foundation. Volunteers from the American National Bank of Texas in Terrell came to support. Additional photo on 8A.

awalker@cityofterrell.org City of Terrell staff member Erin Herndon graduated May 11 with a Master of Sacred Music degree from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. The ceremony was held at Highland Park United Methodist Church. She is the first student to complete an MSM degree from SMU with a concentration on Keyboards.

Terrell ISD named Kimberly Kimpela (left) of Bruce Wood Elementary who was named the District Elementary Teacher of the Year and Dewrell Jones of Terrell High School who was named the District Secondary Teacher of the Year. The two are pictured after receiving their awards with Terrell ISD Superintendent Dr. Georgeanne Warnock May 8.

Tiger Academics head to State.

The Poetry Community Christian School (PCCS) Teacher of the Week is Kimberly Graves. Mrs. Graves began teaching elementary students in 2012 in public school and later enrolled their child at PCCS. It was then that she became interested in Christian education and teaching at PCCS where she started in the Elementary Support Services Dept. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M and a Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction in 2016 with Honors; she is also a Barton Dyslexia Interventionist. She especially enjoys teaching the PCCS first graders who are full of energy and curiosity. She and her husband, Cory, have two children and attend Prairie Valley Church in Campbell.

Rain may have prevented the Special Olympics, but it will never put a damper on these athletes’ special day so long as the Tigers have anything to do with it! Terrell ISD wants to give a big thank you to all of the staff that go above and beyond to put a smile on these student’s faces.

The Poetry Community Christian School Teacher of the Week for April 8 is awarded to Jose Wilson Paulino da Silva. “Mr. Wilson,” as students call him, is multi-talented with two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Music and one in Languages with four certifications.

Class of 2020 Terrell High School Alumna, Arlene Herrera on her acceptance into the 2024 NIDA Summer Research Internship Program at Harvard Medical School. Arlene will be graduating this Spring from Texas A&M.

editor@terrelltribune.com Terrell ISD recognized their staff and teachers at their monthly school board meeting March 26. For Professional staff at Global Leadership Academy, the board recognized Renee Judie.