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St. Paul's Episcopal School
   517 Columbus Ave.
Waco, Texas 76701
254-753-0246
FAX 755-7488
info@stpaulsschoolwaco.com
   
 


Debbie Bennett
  Personal Information:  I am a Wacoan by birth but spent eleven years in the Dallas area during the first years of my marriage to my husband, Kenny.  We have a daughter, Katherine, a freshman at Reicher and a son, William, a third-grader at St. Paul's.  We have two cats and 2 guinea pigs.  The pigs are our classroom pets in the three-year-old class.  We are members of St. Paul's church.  I serve on the Youth Advisory Committee and co-teach the adult Christian Formation class, Faith and Families, at St. Paul's.
 
Educational Information:  I earned a BS degree in Home Economics Education from Baylor.  I continued my education at Texas Woman's University in Denton with Early Childhood and English as a Second Language certifications.
 
Professional Information:  My Home Economics teaching experience includes one year at Waco High School and eight years at Nimitz High School in Irving.  My Early Childhood experience includes one year of half-day Kindergarten and half-day PreK in Carrollton, five years of registered home daycare in my home, and one year as an infant teacher at a corporate daycare center, and one-half year of three-year-olds at St. Paul's  My other work experience includes Food Service Supervisor in a nursing home and a Nutritional Specialist at Nutri System.  I am IB-certified at Level One. 


Hilary Gardner
Personal Information:  I grew up in Kansas City and have lived in Washington, D.C., San Diego, and New Orleans before moving to Waco.  My husband, Kevin, is a professor of English literature at Baylor University, and we have one son, Graham, who is a third-grader at St. Paul's.  We also have an apricot toy poodle named Sophie.  I enjoy travelling; some of my favorite destinations have been Chicago, New York, Boston and London.  
 
Educational Information:  I have a BA in history and political science from MidAmerica Nazarene University and an MA in history from the University of San Diego.  I am a member of the TAIR (Texas Association For The Improvement Of Reading.)  I am IB-certified at Levels One and Three.
 
Professional Information:  I am in my second year of teaching at St. Paul's.  Before this, I worked as a substitute teacher at St. Paul's for several years and also directed the Guild of the Christ Child at St. Paul's Church where we are members.  In previous jobs I have worked as an editor, a college history instructor, a museum curator, and a congressional aide.


Rosemary Casson
 

Personal Information:  I moved to Waco from Del Rio, Texas fourteen months ago.  I live in Hewitt with my two dogs.  I have three grown sons who are married, and I have six grandchildren.  I attend St. Jerome's Catholic Church where I sing in the choir, and I am a Eucharistic minister.

Educational Information:  I attended Texas Tech University, Sul Ross University, and St. Thomas University. 

Professional Information:  In Del Rio, I worked with Special Ed Students for twelve years.

I was also the Educational Director for three years at the Del Rio Council for the Arts.