I am excited to be teaching my fifth year of first grade, and my fifteenth year of teaching at PGS! My husband, Scott, and I both grew up in this district and believe in Pioneer Pride. I graduated from Vincennes University and transferred to New Mexico State University, where I graduated in 1989 with my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. My husband retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2005, and we came back home. We have four children who have now all graduated from PHS as well. We were thrilled to add our first grandchild, Ella, to the PGS family this year in Pre-K. Mr. Mendenhall is a bus route driver for Palestine CUSD#3.