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 Fine Arts Department |
Elementary Music
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| Adams Elementary |
Often requested as clinician, Sandy has presented workshops on local, state, and national levels. Sandy has served as President of the Oklahoma Kodály Educators and has served OAKE as a Southern Regional Representative. Since 1990, Sandy has enjoyed teaching Solfege I and II in The University of Oklahoma Kodály summer certification programs in Norman and in Tulsa.
School Phone: 405-366-5972 Beverly Garner
currently teaches music at Adams Elementary in Norman and has a total of 31 years of
teaching experience in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. She received her B.M.E. from
the University of Tulsa and her Kodaly Certification from Silver Lake College in
Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Ms. Garner completed her
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| Cleveland Elementary |
Hillery Bruner
Regina Bell, a 20-year veteran music teacher, is a 1985 Shawnee High School graduate and completed her degree in Music education at the University of Oklahoma. While in college, she was active in the Pride of Oklahoma marching band, the Pride of Oklahoma Student Staff, the University Wind Ensemble, honors chamber group and the University Orchestra. After graduating from OU, Ms. Bell taught for 11 years in Arlington, Texas and for one year in McKinney, Texas. Ms. Bell also taught 4 years at Madison Elementary school in Norman and was on the grant writing team that awarded the school the 2003 OETT Technology Trust Grant for $75,000. She has also presented at several state wide technology conferences on the integration of technology into the music classroom. Ms. Bell is a member of MENC, OMEA, NEA, OTA, PTA, Tau Beta Sigma, Mu Phi Epsilon, The Pride of Oklahoma Alumni Band and is the Scholarship Chairwomen for the OU Club of Norman which awards scholarships to incoming freshman at OU who graduate from a Norman High School and Norman North High School. Ms. Bell has been recognized with several teaching awards including the 1999 AWARE award for Excellence in Teaching as teacher of the year for the Arlington, Texas Independent School District, Inductee to the Arlington Education Wall of Fame, Texas PTA Life Membership and is listed in the 2000, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Edition of Who's Who Among American Classroom Teachers. Ms. Bell was named the Association of Professional Oklahoma Educators Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2007. She has also received over $4000.00 in grants from the Norman Public Schools Foundation. Her motto is "Whatever it takes" to make her students find love and appreciation in MUSIC. She is thrilled to be a Cleveland Cub. Ms. Bell is married to Mike Bell and they have two sons Brooks and Brady. They also have two "daughters" Blossom and Baylee Dog Bell.
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| Eisenhower Elementary | Kristina Buche
Carrie Werkman |
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| Jackson Elementary |
Kim McElroy
Diana Austin School Phone: 405-366-5884 Diana Austin is currently in her third year of teaching music and assisting with the school choir at Jackson Elementary. She has taught elementary and secondary music in Oklahoma for 28 years. She received her Bachelor of Music Educaton degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. She is a member of MEMC.
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| Jefferson Elementary |
Carol Webb
teaches Kindergarten-5th grade and Pre-School music at Jefferson Elementary and also
teaches at day-care programs in the Norman area. She has taught at Jefferson since
1993. Ms. Webb received her B.M.E from the University of Oklahoma. She is a Kodaly
Certified Instructor and is currently a board member for the Oklahoma Kodaly Educators.
Ms. Webb also serves as Kdg-2nd grade choir director at her church in Noble. |
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| Kennedy Elementary |
School Phone: 405-366-5894 Sherri Logan currently teaches Kdg-5th grade students at Kennedy Elementary School. Prior to teaching at Kennedy, she taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade choral music at Longfellow Middle School. She has been with Norman Public Schools since 1989. Prior to teaching at Longfellow, she was choral director at Whittier Middle School. Ms. Logan earned her Bachelor of Music
Education degree at Oklahoma City University and a Master of Music Education degree at the
University of Oklahoma. She is a member of MENC, OMEA, ACDA, OCDA, COCDA and has
served as adjudicator around the state of Oklahoma. She is active with her church music
department and also teaches private voice students.
School Phone: 405-366-5894 Megan Boyd is excited to begin her first year at Kennedy Elementary School teaching Kindergarten-5th grade! She is a 2006 Norman North High School graduate and received her Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Music Education from the University of Oklahoma. She is certified in Vocal Music grades K-12. Megan is a member of the National Association for Music Education (MENC), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI), an International Music Fraternity. She continues to study voice with renowned baritone Kim Josephson and is a member of the Richard Zielinski Singers, a professional choir.
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| Lakeview Elementary | Dara Evans Dara Evans is beginning her first year with the Norman Public Schools with the 2010-2011 school year. |
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| Lincoln Elementary |
School Phone: 405-366-5904 |
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| Madison Elementary |
School Phone: 405-366-5910 Tara Light is beginning her third year of teaching in Norman Public Schools with the 2010-2011 school year.
Emily Richardson School Phone: 405-366-5910
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| McKinley Elementary | Leah Nellis School Phone:405-366-5914 This is Leah Nellis'
seventeenth
year in the Norman Public Schools where she continues to teach at McKinley Elementary. She
previously taught music in grades K-12 for the Navajo School District near Altus (for
eleven years) where she directed an elementary honor choir, and junior high and high
school choirs. She received her Kodaly Certification in 1987 and a Masters Degree in Music
Education in 1993 from Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She is active in MENC,
ACDA, and OAKE and has served as a local officer in the latter two organizations' state
chapters. She has served as President of the Oklahoma Kodaly Educators
and as co-editor of their newsletter. She has sung with the Cimarron
Circuit Opera Company and a local chancel choir where she is a frequent soloist. |
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| Monroe Elementary |
Micci Underwood School Phone: 366-5927
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| Roosevelt Elementary |
Erin Faulkner Erin Faulkner is in her fourth year of teaching at Roosevelt Elementary where she teaches pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. In 2006, she received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Oklahoma City University. She was also awarded the OCU Department of Education’s Outstanding Future Elementary/Secondary (K-12) Teacher Award for the 2006-2007 school year. Miss Faulkner is a member of MENC, NEA, Green Country Oklahoma Orff Chapter, and Sigma Alpha Iota.
Sharon Wayne received her Bachelor's Degree at the University of Central Oklahoma, a Master's Degree in Music Education at the University of Oklahoma, along with additional Kodaly and Orff training. She is certified in general music, early childhood, and elementary education. Sharon is an active member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OMEA), and the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Prior to teaching at Roosevelt, she has taught music in the community for several years to students Pre-K through 8th grade. Sharon performs for various organizations, special occasions, has a piano studio, and enjoys composing and arranging music. She currently serves on the Board for the Children's Arts Network. |
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| Truman Elementary |
Sarah Gee is in her fifth year of teaching at Truman Elementary. Her first two years she taught K-2nd grade and she is now responsible for teaching Kindergarten – 5th grade alongside her music team at Truman. Mrs. Gee received her Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Arts and Vocal Performance at Oklahoma Baptist University. She is very involved in her church music department and enjoys teaching piano and voice lessons on the side. Mrs. Gee is married to Jon Gee who is also a Norman Public Schools educator. |
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| Washington Elementary |
Mark Lenington School Phone: 405-366-5984 Mark Lenington received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1996. At OU he sang in the choir and select choir ensemble, sang lead roles in six different opera productions, played saxophone in the marching band, and worked during the summers with children’s musical camps. In 1995 he studied and sang opera for four months in Graz, Austria through the American Institute of Musical Studies. Mark was the assistant choral director at Norman High School in 1997-98, and has taught at Washington Elementary from 1998 to the present.
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| Wilson Elementary |
Sarah Bishop teaches music to Kindergarten through fifth grade students at Wilson Elementary School. She also conducts the Wilson Wildcats Honor Choir, an elective enrichment group of fourth and fifth graders. A graduate of Norman North High School, Mrs. Bishop received a bachelors degree in Elementary Education from the University of Oklahoma in 2006. She is certified in both elementary education and general vocal music education. After teaching 5th grade for one year, Mrs. Bishop began teaching music in the fall of 2008.
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