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I am beginning my 29th year of teaching, but my first year in the library.  It is a dream come true and came along at the perfect timing.  I live in Andrews, Texas and have taught 4th grade here for the past 24 years.  I taught my first 4 years teaching 4th grade in Odessa, Texas.
I love adventure and am a little bit of an adrenaline junky. I love to skydive, ride roller coasters, walk bridges, parasail and zipline.

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The actual book I purchased through the Troll book order when I was in 3rd grade.

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I grew up in Odessa, Texas.  We have a cattle ranch about 50 miles west of Odessa.  We spent our school year in town and summers on the ranch.  My dad was a Middle School and High School wood working and Industrial Arts teacher. My mom was an RN. It's a great life!  Our kids (and nieces/nephews) have all grown up with the ranch life and will keep it in the family.  The Waddell Homesteach Ranch has been in the family since 1906.  I loved to read and my third grade teacher is the reason I became a teacher.  My favorite book, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, was read by her.  I bought it with my own money from the Troll Book order and still read from that same copy to my classes today.  I have one older brother- two years older than me.  We grew up being best friends.  My parents now live full time on the ranch.

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Both my parents went to West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas. (now West Texas A&M) My brother also attended there. I met my husband there and graduated with my bachelors of arts in Education. We moved to Odessa a year later to be near our family and the family ranch. I taught 4th grade and went back to school for my Master's degree in Reading. We moved to Andrews, Texas which is 35 miles north of Andrews. I have taught 4th grade since then in Andrews. I decided to go back to school to get my library science school certification from SHSU this pas spring. I took 12 hours this past summer, will take 6 this fall and complete with 6 this spring.

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Family is very important to me. We spend lots of time with our family and close friends we consider family. We have 3 kiddos- Rebbekah, 26 who lives in Germany. She met her boyfriend while attending Texas Tech. Tony is originally from Germany and moved back after graduation. He asked Rebbekah to move with him after she graduated. They have lived there 4 years now. That has been difficult for us not having her here, but she is happy. The got engaged on during a trip home to Texas this past June. Our second daughter, Brittney, also attended WTAM and graduated with an Agri-Business degree. She works at the bank here in Andrews in the loan department and is beginning to be assigned agriculture loans. She is a huge help on the family ranch. Our youngest, Deric, is 22 and a pumper for Apache Oil. He also got engaged to precious Hayden this past July. So, weddings in our future.

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Rebbekah and her fiance, Tony

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I was hired as the librarian for 2 campuses last April, with the condition I acquired 12 library science master hours before school began in August.  I began my library of science certification in May and took 12 hours.  I completely redecorated both libraries at the two schools. Underwood is a 4th/5th grade campus and Clearfork is a Kinder/1st grade campus.  I spend a week at one campus, then the next week at the second campus.  It keeps me very busy!  But I am loving it!

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'Under the sea'- Underwood library

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'Soak up a good book' on the beach- Underwood library

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'The Lorax'- Underwood library

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'Let's TACO 'bout Books' Underwood

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Underwood

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'Reading Takes You Places'- Underwood

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Books are the Gold at the end of the Rainbow- Underwood

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'Blue Bonnet Book Club'- Underwood

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'Royal Readers'- Clearfork Elementary K/first This will be an AR wall.

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Clearfork Elementary

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'Wild About Books'- Clearfork I think the giraffes turned out really cute.

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'Grab a Hat and Read with the Cat'- Clearfork