Rachel Stafford- Sophomore Counselor
Last Job: 7th grade math teacher at Mabelvale Middle School
Hometown: Muscle Shoals, Alab.
Favorite Color: Turquoise
If you could do anything this Saturday, what would you do?
“If I could do anything this Saturday… I would spend time with my family doing something outside. Maybe hiking Pinnacle or going to lunch at a place with a nice porch. The day would probably involve a lot of good food too!”
Lara Huff- Math
Last Job: Teacher in Austin, Texas
Hometown: Little Rock and Alexander
Favorite Color: “It’s always been red, but I feel myself being pulled over to the side of Bryant Blue!”
What is your favorite animal?
“Red pandas because they are the cutest animals I have ever seen.“
Amy Noble- Special Education
Last Job: Bethel Middle School
Hometown: Little Rock
Favorite Color: Purple
Would you be willing to willing to eat a worm sandwich in order to meet your favorite actor/actress? “I would eat a gummy worm sandwich and would like to meet Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, the three actors who starred in Harry Potter films. Favorite book and movie series ever.”
Rene Henry- Science
Last Job: Lake Ridge High School in Mansfield, Texas
Hometown: Rifle, Colo.
Favorite Color: Pink
What is your biggest accomplishment? “My biggest accomplishment was having an amazing baby boy last year!”
Monica England- Social Studies
Last Job: Pine Bluff High School
Hometown: Pine Bluff
Favorite Color: Bryant Blue!
If you could be as talented as one of your friends at something, what would it be?
“It would have to be… singing. I am only a good singer in the eyes of a 5 year old, and she likes singing vegetables, so that is not saying much.”
James Paul- AV Tech
Last Job: Jacksonville High School
Hometown: Dallas, Texas to Jacksonville
Favorite Color: “Green or blue depending on the day.”
What is the best luck you have ever had?
“What is luck?! Everything happens for a reason.”
Amy Fisher- Math
Last Job: Bryant High School in 2006
Hometown: Greer, S.C.
Favorite Color: Green
If there was no dress code, what would you wear to school?
“We wore oversized shirts or sweaters and jeans.”
Jay Chipman- Band
Last Job: Lakeside School District
Hometown: Osceola
Color: Purple
What moment in your life do you wish would’ve been caught on tape?
“My daughter Ava walking on her own for the first time.”
Jeremy Clay- Drama
Last Job: Sheridan High School
Hometown: White Hall
Favorite Color Blue
Would you rather be braver or stronger?
“Stronger. Never had a timid bone in my body. Probably would have a problem with bravery if I were smarter.”
Leslie Herrington- English
Last Job: Parkview Arts/Science Magnet School
Hometown: Paris, AR
Favorite Color: Black and Blue
What quality do you look for most in a friend?
“I look for a good sense of humor in all my friends.”
Devery Rhodes- EAST
Last Job: Arkansas Department of Career Orientation
Hometown: Hot Springs
Favorite Color: Green
Would you rather be rich and famous for doing nothing, or be poor but touch people’s lives? “I would rather change people’s lives than be rich. Money means nothing to me.
Rebecca Crotts- Special Education
Last Job: Elementary Special Education for Bentonville
Hometown: Forrest City
Favorite Color: Green
If you suddenly were a kid again, what would you do differently?
“I would take more naps, and play a lot more.”
Melissa Joslin- Math
Last Job: Woodlawn High
Hometown: White Hall
Favorite Color: Green
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
“I would love to go to Switzerland because I think it looks so pretty, from pictures anyway.”
Leah Garner- Freshman Academy Assistant Principal
Last Job: Jonesboro High School
Hometown: Benton
Favorite Color: “Bryant Blue!! It’s a bonus that I get to wear that all the time!”
If you had to pick a nickname to have for the rest of your life, what would it be?
“Seriously? That’s super difficult. I’d probably pick something that had ten different nonsense words in it and was difficult to say or remember just to hear people mess it up. But that’s not really a nickname. I’m going to stick with my original name. I like it just fine.”
Amanda Brucks- English
Last Job: Fountain Lake High English Teacher
Hometown: Paron
Favorite Color: Red
If somebody broke into your house, where would you hide?
“Someone did break into my house and I didn’t realize it and I walked through the front door just a few minutes after they went out the back door, so I guess I am not perceptive enough to know when to hide!”
Jessica Tinsley- Special Education
Last Job: AR School for Mathematics, Science, and the Arts Office of Distance Education teaching oral communication and drama to over 20 school districts.
Hometown: Mabelvale
Favorite Color: Blue
Who is your biggest hero? Why?
“My hero is Jesus. I strive to love like him, and all the people he has shown himself to me through.”
Sharon Howard- Special Education
Last Job: Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center in Alexander, AR
Hometown: Texarkana
Favorite Color: Green
Think of the most boring thing you have ever done. Would you be willing to do that for a whole week if you could celebrate your birthday twice each year?
“Yes I would!!”
