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ABOUT ME
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This will be my 22nd year teaching English, 21 of which have been in Weatherford ISD. I have been teaching AP Language at WHS for 17 years, and before that I taught Pre-AP for 4 years at Hall Middle School. I am the English Department Head at Weatherford High School, and I am an AP Language and Composition Exam Reader for the College Board. My continued professional growth to prepare for the teaching of this course include 13 years of attendance at TCU's AP Summer Institute, 1 year at Rice University's AP Institute, and a 1 year at UTA's AP three-day institute. I am an avid reader of fiction, nonfiction, and professional publications. I have a Master of Education degree in Secondary English Curriculum and Instruction, in which I maintained a 4.0 GPA as a graduate student.
I am married to Jamie Tharp, Physics teacher and coach at Paschal High Schoool, and we have two daughters, Abby, a junior at Texas Tech University, and Sadie, a senior at Weatherford High School. I love English. My classroom is my second home, and I find great joy and purpose in discussing literature, teaching writing, and encouraging college preparatory growth in thinking and skill development. I am very excited to embark on each day of each new week of the school year!
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This will be my 22nd year teaching English, 21 of which have been in Weatherford ISD. I have been teaching AP Language at WHS for 17 years, and before that I taught Pre-AP for 4 years at Hall Middle School. I am the English Department Head at Weatherford High School, and I am an AP Language and Composition Exam Reader for the College Board. My continued professional growth to prepare for the teaching of this course include 13 years of attendance at TCU's AP Summer Institute, 1 year at Rice University's AP Institute, and a 1 year at UTA's AP three-day institute. I am an avid reader of fiction, nonfiction, and professional publications. I have a Master of Education degree in Secondary English Curriculum and Instruction, in which I maintained a 4.0 GPA as a graduate student.
I am married to Jamie Tharp, Physics teacher and coach at Paschal High Schoool, and we have two daughters, Abby, a junior at Texas Tech University, and Sadie, a senior at Weatherford High School. I love English. My classroom is my second home, and I find great joy and purpose in discussing literature, teaching writing, and encouraging college preparatory growth in thinking and skill development. I am very excited to embark on each day of each new week of the school year!