Ms. Hall

Contact Information: Grade: ALL Room: 210 Subject: ESOL

About Me

I am so happy to be a part of the Horace Mann family this year!  It’s great to work where there is such a wonderful program with wonderful students, families and staff!  The dual language program is why I have wanted to come to work here.  The pursuit of knowledge and understanding the world we live in has always been very important to me, and that desire to learn and make this world a better place is what I hope to impart to my students. 

          My interest in other cultures began in childhood.  Although I was born and raised in rural southeastern Kansas, I have always been interested in learning about other people and places.  I studied Spanish in high school and college.  I spent a little over a year in Venezuela after graduating from Pittsburg State University.  My first teaching job was in Garden City.  I taught ESL there for three years, working mostly with Southeast Asian students from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia.  I taught all grade levels 1^st through high school age, and even adults.  I then moved to Wichita, where I taught ESOL at Park Elementary until coming here this year.  During that time, I returned to college at WSU to earn a Masters in Spanish.  It was hard work, and when I finally finished, I thought I would be happy never to take another class again.  That didn’t last long, though.  I love learning and have taken many more classes and watched a lot of documentaries to learn more about the world.  Movies and traveling are some of my favorite pastimes.  I have been to many states and countries, including Israel, Russia, and Mexico.  My favorite area of the U.S. is the Desert Southwest.  I have plans to visit Spain this Christmas!