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Tracye Alexander Ms. Tracye is from Irving. She is married to her husband Tim and has three fantastic children, twin girls Kayce and Kylie, and her son, Bryce. She is currently attending classes at Collin College. Ms. Tracye has spent several years working in the child care profession. She had her own in home daycare and, prior to that, she was a Pre-K assistant. The part of working with kids that draws her in is the fact that she loves children. Every time she sees that a child has learned something new, and knows that she has been an integral part in that, it gives her a feeling that she just can't explain. Pink, Red, Black and White are her favorite colors and she loves to shop at Target. |
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Alicia Armontrout While I was born in the great state of Texas, I am a military brat, so I've lived in several different places over the course of my life. My parents and my two younger brothers reside in Maine. I went to school in Maine and spent one year attending TWU. I've worked in a printing office and at Medical Center of McKinney. The best part of working with your children is making them laugh or smile, just doing that makes me happy. My favorite colors are blue and yellow. |
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Bobbi Blankman Bobbi has been with the Weekday Program since 1978 and has worked with children since she was 14. She works as a teacher's aide and finds it very rewarding. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and grew up in Omaha. She is married with one son. Her birthday is June 1st. Bobbi has a cat named Maya. Her favorite places to shop are Wal-Mart, Target, Michael's, Kohl's, Hobby Lobby and Jo-Ann's. When she isn't at work, Bobbi loves to shop and sew. You can see many of her original designs around the preschool. She loves making dress up clothes for the children. |
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Angela Cox Angela Cox teaches two year olds. The best part of the day for Angela is 9 am when all her children come in for the day and are eager to see friends and see what they will do that day. Angela feels blessed to be able to watch them grow, change and learn new things on a daily basis. As a teacher, she also enjoys getting to know the parents as well as their children. Angela was born June 17 in Enrid, Oklahoma. She moved around a lot while growing up. She lived in Garland, Farmersville and Richardson between the ages of 12 and 22. Mrs. Cox has an associate's degree as a Medical Assistant. She started working with children when she was 12 and began working with the Weekday Program in 2004. Chili's is her favorite restaurant and Target is her favorite place to shop. |
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Pamela Curran Pamela was born December 29 in Poteet, Texas. She graduated from Poteet High School and then went on to attend Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. She has also attended Sul Ross State University, Alpine and Teas A&M, Commerce. She taught Pre-K-2nd in a regular classroom and K-6th grade as a Title 1 teacher. She also taught 11th and 12th great Home Economics Cooperative Education. She has been married to her husband Bruce (a retired educator) for 35 years. They have 2 grown children, Angela (Dan) lives in Bellevue, Washington and Charles (Heather) living in Dallas. In her spare time, she gardens, sews, reads, crochets and walks. She loves working with children and seeing them with smiles on their faces when they really get a concept. |
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Dee Daddona Dee works as one of the infant teachers. She has worked with the Weekday Program since 2000. Dee's favorite part of the day is first thing in the morning. She looks forward to greeting the children as they come in for the day. She loves to watch them grow and learn about the world and become more independent. Dee has two sons, Justin and Cory. When she is not at work, Ms. Daddona spends her time with her boys and husband, enjoys reading and playing the piano. Dee was born May 22nd in Ohio, where she grew up. One of her favorite restaurants is Olive Garden and she loves to shop at J.C. Penney's. |
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Andrew Danielson Andrew was born December 5th in Dallas. He grew up in Plano and graduated from Plano East Senior High School in 1999. He received a music degree from SMU in 2003. Andrew was married September 30th in 2006 to his lovely wife, Trish. Andrew has an extensive collection of classical, jazz, and classic rock CDs. He first started working with children when be began his employment here at the Weekday Program in 2003. Andrew is one of the My Friends' Place teachers. He likes the opportunity to teach the kids basic and important skills they will need later in life. His favorite part of the day is the time set aside for daily projects. His favorite restaurant is Mi Piaci. |
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Amy Frank Since 2006, Amy has taught in the one's class. Ms. Frank was born in Dallas but grew up in Irving and Plano. She went to school, kindergarten through fifth grade, in Irving and sixth all the way though until graduation from Plano East Senior High School. Amy has an Associate's of Arts degree and is a full time student at UTD, where she is working on her bachelor's in Political Science. Amy started working with children in 2003. For her, the most rewarding part of working with children is getting to watch their personalities develop. The best time during the school day, to Amy, is art time. Mrs. Frank's birthday is February 14th. She likes to snack on veggie wheat thins and eat at Los Palmos. Amy collects Barbies and loves to shop at Old Navy. |
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Heather Gibb Heather has lived all of her life in the north Texas area, graduating from Berkner High School. She is married to her wonderful husband Michael and has 6 children-five she carried in her tummy and one she carries in her heart (ages 17 to 3). She has spent a considerable time working with children in addition to raising her own and plans on continuing her education to get a degree in early childhood education. When not working, Heather enjoys spending time with her family, taking pictures and reading. Her favorite food is Mexican food and grey is her favorite color. |
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Makalae Glass Makalae has worked for the Weekday Program since 2010. She is our infant afternoon teacher and has a gift for working with the babies. She is currently working on her degree in education and was recently inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi honor society. Her favorite color is: Aqua, favorite book is: Red Tent , favorite movie is: Singing In The Rain, favorite food is: Sushi and Chocolate (not together) Teaching is special because: she gets to help children grow. She was born in the State of: TEXAS! The person she most admires is: My Mom! Aka Ms. Royce |
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Royce Glass Royce began working at Little Friends' Place in 2008. Ms. Royce's favorite part of working at LFP is seeing the children grow and learn everyday. Before working at LFP Ms. Royce spent many years being a 'learn to swim' coordinator. She began working with children when she was 16. Ms Royce was born in Opelika, AL and was raised in Alabama and South Texas. She has 6 children and 4 grandchildren. During her free time Ms. Royce likes to spend time with her grandchildren particularly watching them play soccer, and cheerleading. Her birthday is December 21st. She enjoys eating at Chili's and shopping at Target. |
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Teresa Gonzalez Teresa was born near Mexico City and grew up in a Methodist church working with children. She majored in business and was a bilingual secretary for years. In the year 2007 Teresa received her citizenship and during the same time she began working with the Weekday Program. She takes two classes of English during the week. Teresa really like Fridays, but loves Mondays because she comes back to work to greet the babies. She admires looking at them smile and getting to hear their different cries but watching them sleep is the most amazing thing. Then for the rest of the day she gets to teach Spanish in the Spanish Intense Preschool class, which is equally fun! She loves to eat at Cracker Barrel and will shop almost everywhere. Her favorite colors are purple, turquoise, lime and yellow. |
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Poonam Gupta Poonam was born and raised in India and moved to the US in 1996. She received a Masters of Arts degree and Bachelor of Education degree from the Delhi University in India. She also just finished a Child Guidance course at CCCC. Before moving to the US, Poonam worked as a third grade teacher. She worked at Cornerstone United Methodist Church for 2 ½ years. She is married and has three children, one girl and two boys. Her favorite thing about working with children is being able to help children grow and learn and being a part of their learning experience. She enjoys traveling with her family, gardening, and shopping. Her favorite store is Target. |
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Taylor Hagler Taylor has worked as an MFP teacher, and aide, a one's teacher and is now teaching twos. She has worked at the Weekday Program since 2004. Taylor graduated from Plano East Senior High School in 2005. She and her husband like to ride their motorcycle, watch movies and play with their gorgeous daughter, Emily. Watching the kids grow up and become their own individual person is the most rewarding part of working at the Weekday Program. Her birthday is November 9th and her favorite colors are pink and lime green. If Taylor had to choose a favorite place to eat it would be a tie between Panda Express and Starbucks. She also loves to shop at Kohl's. |
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Linda Hoff Linda was born in Lancaster, Ohio and moved to the great state of Texas at age 5. Her family consisting of her mom, dad and 4 siblings are all currently living in the Dallas area. She has one son here in PISD and has been married to her wonderful husband Steve for 23 years! Linda has always enjoyed having fun and working with children. She was a gymnast in high school with a private club in the Dallas area and transitioned into coaching full-time after graduation in 1988. Once she began her dream job of coaching she helped to develop many of the highly successful team, preschool, camp, and special event programs that many of the top gymnastics clubs in the DFW area now use. She has coached many different levels and ages of Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline & Tumbling, and Creative Movement & Music. She has also worked as Summer Camp Director and done hundreds of birthday and private gymnastics parties! Linda's education has continued over the years through attending various national and state level congresses, local clinics, & personal study. She has received certifications in First Aid/CPR, USAG Skill Evaluating, KAT (Kinder Accreditation for Teachers), and USA Gymnastics Safety. In August 2001 she took a break from gymnastics to pursue starting a family and became a mom to her son Troy in January 2003. After the birth of her son she wanted to find a way to continue to work with children and also be able to spend maximum time with her family. She began working in a state licensed private preschool teaching music & movement in 2006 and then worked as the lead teacher and Mother's Day Out coordinator in 2008 until starting here at FUMC in 2010. Her son Troy was diagnosed with Autism in 2007, she and her husband have been blessed with lots of support and love from friends and family and her son is thriving and is the light of their lives! She is passionate about helping other parents and families to learn how to find the joy and support in raising children with special needs. When she is not working she loves to read and hang out with friends and family. |
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Amber Karnuth My name is Amber Karnuth, and I have recently earned my B.A. in Psychology at University of Texas at Dallas. During my undergraduate work, I worked with the UTD Think Lab, a research group studying the cognitive abilities in children. My favorite undergraduate classes were Educational Psychology, Normal Language Development, and Child Development. Through these courses I discovered my passion for teaching young children. I consider myself blessed to be in such an influential field of work, and I look forward to the work that I do every single day. This is my second year teaching pre-kindergarten, and I am thrilled to be a part of the Weekday Program. My favorite part of teaching is figuring out how each child learns best and appreciating each precious milestone. Additionally, I have taught gymnastics and tumbling to children eighteen months through eighteen years for eight years. I have served as the director of Pre-school aged activities at Express Cheer and Dance and Director of Gymnastics at a gymnastics facility in Plano. I still take dance classes weekly, and am glad to share my knowledge through the Dallas School of Movement, teaching ballet, tumbling and cheerleading to after schoolers. My favorite places to shop are the container store and IKEA. My favorite foods are Greek & anything seafood. I love not being able to sit still, cooking, dancing, yoga, gardening, and I'm currently training for a marathon. |
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Dorota Kuntz Born November 24th, Mrs. Kuntz was raised in Poland. She went to school in both Poland and Texas. Dorota has her degree in Early Childhood Development. She is married and has three children, two sons, Luke and Kuba, and a daughter, Caroline. When Dorota is not working, he is at home playing with and taking care of Caroline. She has worked with children since 1987 and has been employed with the Weekday Program since 2004. For Ms. Dorota, the children are never boring; they make each day more entertaining then the last. Her absolute favorite snack is chocolate and any restaurant is her favorite. |
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Ashley Miller Ashley is a three's teacher. She was born in Mt. Pleasant and grew up in Terrell. She received her bachelor's degree in management from UT Tyler in 2007. She recently received her alternative teacher certification through Texas Teach. Ashley's favorite things about working with children are seeing how enthusiastic and imaginative they can be each day. Her favorite part of the day is lunch time when they all sit together and interact with each other. Her birthday is August 25th. Some of her favorite places are Starbucks, Chick-fil-a, Target, and Barnes & Noble. When she is not at work, Ashley enjoys spending time with her fiancé, David, reading, and watching college football and basketball! Go Pokes! |
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Robin Nance Robin has been working with children since the fall of 1973 and working with the Weekday Program since 1980. She enjoys being with the children because they are amusing, funny, and interesting. Mrs. Nance's favorite part of the day is story time, when all the children gather around and listen and interact with the story. Robin is married with two children, both living in New York. She was born in Colorado City, Texas and grew up in both Houston and Midland. When she is not at work, Robin likes to garden, sew, and read. Her birthday is October 14th. Barnes & Noble is her favorite place to shop and she enjoys all Mexican food. Mrs. Nance has her B.A. in Elementary Education. |
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Terry Orban In the past years, Terry has been an infants and ones teacher. She has been a twos' teacher since 2007. Playing with the kids and watching them learn and grow in front of her eyes is the most rewarding part of Ms. Orban's job. Terry has worked with children since she was 14 and started working with us in 2001. Born in Chicago on September 9th, Terry grew up in Thornton, Illinois. She is currently working on achieving her associate's degree and learning to play tennis with her son, Matthew. Terry also has a daughter, Angela, who has given her two beautiful grandsons. Her favorite places to shop and eat are Target and Texas Road House. |
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Kristy Pulcher My name is Kristy Pulcher. I have worked with children since 1996 at two different child care facilities, Legacy Learning Center and I ran my own MDO for six years. I was born in Pennsylvania and just celebrated my 21st wedding anniversary with my husband, Keith. We have three wonderful boys, Andrew, 18, Cameron, 15, and Colby, 6. I work with children because I get to see the world through their eyes and get to let them know I care about them. My favorite places to shop are Wal-mart and US Toys. Garage sales, thrift stores, and the Dollar Tree are also wonderful places to find fun and interesting things. |
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Alisa Pynes Alisa was born in Oklahoma and moved to Plano, Tx in 2002. She has three great children ranging in age from 17 to 12, two sons, Collin, Trey and daughter Allison. She recently moved to Wylie, Tx and is a newlywed to her wonderful husband/firefighter Jeff. She is currently finishing up her associates degree at CCCCD and will then pursue her bachelor's in Early Childhood Education at UTD. She has worked in childcare in all facets from management to classroom since 1998 and also worked in business management. Her one true passion of a career path has always been to work with children and give an enthusiasm and depth to teaching in the classroom to help open young minds and enrich their souls. She feels each child has a positive footprint in this world to be made regardless of abilities and hopes she can give them the confidence and encouragement to make it. She loves spending her free time grill'n outdoors and enjoying the company of her family and friends. She loves her coffee, especially if it's from Starbucks! |
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Vonda Robinson Vonda has been teaching Pre-K since 2005 when she began working with us. She really enjoys coming up with creative ways to present curriculum. She also loves playing and being silly with the kids. Vonda began working with children when she was 21. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in Dallas. She has three children, two boys, Jay and Damien, and a daughter, Rebecca. Before joining our team of excellent teachers, Ms. Vonda worked as a public school special education teacher and has her bachelor's degree in counseling consulting. She just achieved her master's in Early Childhood Education. Her birthday is September 4th. When she goes out to eat, she likes to go to Chili's, Subway, or Café De France. Vonda collects all sorts of things, mostly crosses and music and books on Christian or Jewish studies. |
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| Brianna Williams My name is Brianna Williams; I was born on July 15th in Dallas, TX. I have been a student at Collin College where I have been working on my basics. I have been on and off at FUMC since 2005 and I am thrilled to be part of the program again! Working with children is my passion; they are such a joy to be around. I have been working with children since I was in my early teens. It has been a blessing to have my mother as a great resource for guidance, since she had been a preschool teacher for over twenty years. I love the innocence of a child and having the opportunity to be a Godly role model in their lives! Working with the ones is so rewarding because they always make me smile! In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, shopping at Kohl's, eating at On The Border, and doing any activities outside!
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Angie Wynn Angie is our music and movement teacher. Angie began working with children in high school and joined the Weekday Program in 1997, as a threes teacher. Her favorite thing about working with kids is their sense of fun and excitement. When Angie is at home with her family, she enjoys being outdoors, camping and gardening. Her birthday is May 20th and any Mexican food restaurant is her favorite. Angie was born in Dallas and grew up in Mesquite. She attended Eastfield Community College where she earned her associate's degree in Science and Liberal Arts.
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