I started teaching at Newton ISD during the 2017-2018 school year.  

I teach English 2.

I started my teaching career in August 1987.  I taught Language Arts 6^th, 7^th, 8^th grades for Devers ISD.  At a U.I.L. academic competition, I encountered Connie Hughes and Hershel Hall who asked me to consider a high school teaching position at Spurger ISD.  I made the move and taught 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grades for the first two years.  I was then given 11^th and 12^th grades  for several years until I took and passed the state Library Resources certification test.  I then taught 12^th grade in the morning and was librarian in the afternoon.  I did this for about two years until I was designated District Librarian.  I was instrumental in automating both the high school and elementary libraries.  I was full-time District Librarian until my retirement in May 2012.

I am married to Thomas L. Hall, a 1964 graduate of Newton High School.  I have two children: Tommy, who started kindergarten in Newton and now lives in Castle Rock, Colorado; and Wendy, who graduated from Newton High School and now lives in Duncan, OK.  She is a 4^th grade teacher at Pat Henry Elementary in Lawton, OK.

When I am  not teaching, I love to read and travel.