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Over the last 3 years, I have had the privilege of working under some of the most talented Special education Center would like to
teachers and therapists in the area. My idea of what it means to “teach” has taken on an entirely new form. The pro- highlight our Spartans that
fessionals at Lake Pointe have dramatically “changed my thinking”, and lit my heart on fire. Through their shared have been chosen as
experience, I shifted how I speak to, and parent my own children. I have reevaluated how I measure success, not Spartans of the month.
only with students but with myself! I grew up around amazing teaching, there is no doubt about that, but spending Students and Teachers

the past 3 years immerse in this specialized education setting and learning hands on from educators and profession- chosen have gone above & beyond in
als with countless years of diverse field and life experiences ignited an interest and a passion for education that I their work ethic, code of conduct, team

didn’t even know I had. In the Fall of 2015 I took on the roll as the Art Teacher, and then stepped into the class- work & achievement. Congratulations
room full time in the Fall of 2016. Simultaneously, in the August of 2016 I was accepted into the Tarleton Model to our Special Spartans for making a
for Accelerated Teacher Education (TMATE) and Master’s program at Tarleton State University. I have since been difference at Lake Pointe! Each Spartan of the Month receives an award
working toward completing my Masters in Education with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction. I am on course We applaud you! and a certificate for pizza from Palio’s Pizza
to graduate this coming May as an instructional specialist. Lake Pointe Academy may have employed me as a
teacher, but the truth is that I have been a student all along. Cafe in Granbury! Thank you, Palio’s for
September: partnering with Lake
My final project at Lake Pointe was to design the curriculum for the 2017 Summer Program, which I title Student of the Month: Preston Heilner Pointe Academy to help

“Take Flight: Find the potential of you”. This title was intended to pay homage to my experience at Lake Pointe. Teacher of the Month: Sherri Bozer build character, team
The staff, students, families and volunteers who I have had the pleasure of working with truly allowed me to dis-
cover my potential and “Take Flight” into a career that has already allowed me to become the “Very Best Me”. So, October: work & success
it was in that spirit that I designed this year’s Summer program, which was wonderfully successful. Students spent Student of the Month: Casey Cain at our school!
the 3 weeks of Summer school immersed in a S.T.E.A.M. heavy environment, where creative exploration was Teacher of the Month: Susan Nelson
highly emphasized.

This fall I will “take flight” yet again as the new art teacher at Weatherford High School, where I will be
teaching Art I, Art II, Art III and Sculpture. My excitement for this new challenge grows as the Fall draws near, but For the last 25 years, See You at the Pole has been about one simple act- prayer. SYATP is
I will be forever grateful for my time at Lake Pointe Academy. Once a Spartan, Always a Spartan. #Aroo
about students uniting themselves in prayer before God interceding for their generation.
Christians across the globe, pray together at the annual SYATP.

Lake Pointe Academy was proud to join

students across the world, by counting
their blessings, praying for their families
and friends and actively seeking God.
Spartan Family Focus:

Lake Pointe has helped my son and our family to communicate with each other in ways we can all

understand. Before we discovered Lake Pointe my son stayed in a constant state of frustration at his
former school. He could not tell me about his day or what he learned, because his thoughts and

emotions were chaotic from trying to navigate social issues through-

out the day. Lake Pointe equipped him with the tools to communi-
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cate with us and we learned some helpful strategies of communica-
tion with him along the way. We drive two hours (for Lake Pointe) Thank you to our LPA Staff & Parents for

four days a week, because we are so invested in what Lake Pointe all your hard work to coordinate our event!

has to offer. Lake Pointe helped and helps us reach our son a little Jaryn & Ms. Molly Cooper building thankfulness towers
more each day. ~Sheila (Mom) making prayer wristbands. with Legos.