About+Miss+Avant

= = Who is Miss Avant?

Born in Dallas, Texas (August 18)


 * High School**: DeSoto High School - DeSoto, Texas (May 2001)


 * Undergraduate**: Texas A&M University - College Station, Texas (December 2005)
 * Majored in Interdiscplinary Studies (Bachelor of Science), Minored in History and English
 * Certified to teach middle school reading/language arts and social studies


 * Graduate**: Dallas Theological Seminary - Dallas, Texas (plan to graduate in Spring 2014)
 * Working on a Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural Ministry/Christian Leadership


 * Experience**:
 * Fowler Middle School (5 years) and Clark Middle School (1 year), Frisco ISD
 * Student Teacher in Bryan ISD (Bryan, Texas) and Hearne ISD (Hearne, Texas)
 * Camp Counselor (4 years) - Virginia, all over Texas
 * Sylvan Learning Center Teacher (1 year) - College Station, Texas
 * Day Care Teacher (2 years) - College Station, Texas
 * Church Teacher (2 years) - De Soto, Texas
 * Test Pilot (classified)

=Favorites?=
 * Drink - Dr. Pepper OR Chicken Express/Chick-fil-A Sweet Tea
 * Candy - Snickers
 * Food - Mexican or Italian
 * Color - Blue
 * Book - __The Holy Bible__, __Pride and Prejudice__
 * Movie - //The Sound of Music, Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, Sleeping Beauty,//
 * TV Shows - //24, JAG, Saved by the Bell//
 * Music - Country, Christian, Jazz/Big Band
 * Place to go - Anywhere I cannot hear a highway or a plane
 * Thing to do to veg - Besides sleeping, I like to read
 * Memory at Fowler Middle School - Being pied every year after receiving TAKS results for reading
 * Person to Go Eat Dinner with - Mr. "Man" :o)

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=What does Miss Avant do in her free time?=

When I'm not teaching at Fowler, I am usually studying or writing papers for grad school. On the weekends, I like to volunteer at various local outreaches for our friends in downtown Dallas and in Collin County. During the summers, I travel abroad to teach children English, character skills, and about the Bible. I love to meet new people in different places and ask them what their favorite books are to read.

I have traveled to the following countries - Ireland, China, Italy, Israel, and connecting flights in England and Spain (I'll count those since I have stamps in my passport). I traveled back to China this summer to teach English, and I will be traveling to the Philippines soon to visit friends. This will be my last year teaching. I will finish up my masters and move to the Philippines in 2014 to work with children in Manila. It has been such a blessing to teach the children of Frisco. :)

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