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Midland School DistrictWelcome to the Mustang Family!

Heather Meeks

First Grade

Midland Elementary School

Education Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Special Education. I am pursuing a Master of Education in Reading degree from Harding University, with plans to graduate this December.

Family My husband Nick and I have been married for 17 years. I have lived in Floral my whole life. We have a 14-year-old daughter, Haylee, and an 11-year-old son, Hayden. We have two dogs, Roxy and Dixie.

HobbiesI enjoy spending time with my family, baking, reading, and watching my children play sports.


Teresa Padial

Third Grade


Education I have been in education for twenty years. I have taught kindergarten, 2nd grade math and science, 3rd grade math and science, 4th grade self contained and math and science and 5th grade self contained. I have a bachelor's degree.

Family I am married to my amazing husband David. We have three wonderful boys. We also have two dogs.

HobbiesI like to read when I have time. I like to plant colorful flowers and I love to go swimming. I also like watching movies.


Cassie Holt

4th-6th Grade Science


Education First year teacher -- I started at Midland in the 6th grade and graduated from here.

Family I’ve been married to my husband, Zach, for 2 years and we have a little boy named Cooper.

HobbiesI enjoy spending time with family!


Ashlee Roberts

Special Education



Ja-Lisa Harris

4th Grade Math & Science


Education I have taught 8 years. 3 years in 3rd grade and 5 years in 2nd grade. I have a BSE in P-4 Education and MSE in Theory and Practice.

Family I am very family orientated and enjoy doing things with my family. I also have a wonderful fur baby that is a Toy Poodle named Jett.

HobbiesWalking, Reading, Playing Piano, road trips


Stephanie Dayberry

4th-6th Literacy


Education I’m a 1st year teacher; I graduated from UALR with a bachelors in Middle Childhood Education

Family I have a small petting zoo with 1 dog and 4 cats.

HobbiesI love to read, work on art, travel, and volunteer at the local Humane Society


Hannah Baggett

K-12 Music

Midland Schools

Education I earned my Bachelor's of Music Education at Arkansas Tech University. This will be my 2nd year of teaching! I taught K-5 music at Harvest Time Academy in Fort Smith last year.

Family I live with my wonderful husband, Justin, who is also a band director! We have three pets: two cats and a dog!

HobbiesWhen I am not teaching, I like to paint, play video games, and occasionally go play disc golf!


Lindsey Smith

Business

Midland High School

Education This is my first year in education. I have bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Accounting, and Finance, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration.

Family My husband and I have been married for 4 years and we have a precious, nearly 2 year old, daughter.

HobbiesI like to embroider and binge watch tv shows, but my favorite thing in life is being a mom!


Amanda Wentz

7th Grade English & Reading

Midland High School

Education I have 14 years in education. I’ve taught 7-12 English and Oral Communications. I have a Bachelor's in Communications and Master's in Teaching.

Family I’ve been married for 20 years; my husband is a coach/teacher. We have 19 year old twin sons and our youngest son is 16.

HobbiesSpend time with family, but at the moment most of our extra time is consumed training a puppy.


Jordan Walter

PE & Health Football, & BaseballMidland High School

Education This is year one in education. I graduated in the fall of 2019 with my BSE.

Family I have been married to my beautiful wife for just over three years. She is also an educator. She teaches 5th grade literacy at Cabot Middle School North and is heading into year number four. We currently have no children but we have a Brittany dog named Bear, and he keeps us on our toes.

HobbiesSpend time with family, but at the moment most of our extra time is consumed training a puppy.


Katelyn Thomas

Agriculture

Midland High School

Education 3 years experience in 8th-12th Agricultural Education, Bachelors in Agricultural Education and Minor in Psychology

Family I grew up in Pleasant Plains with my parents, Billy and Dana Thomas. My husband is James Phillips; I was too stubborn to change my last name. We have three wonderful foster children ages 2, 9, and 14. I have been called an animal whisperer and it has brought in a slew of interesting cats and dogs in our household.

HobbiesSwimming, watching sports (Softball, football, and basketball), collecting Stephen King novels, picking up stray animals, and going to rodeos


Chase Taylor

Social Studies & Girls Basketball

Midland High School


Caitlin Drew

Special Education

Midland High School

Education I studied Special Education at Harding University! This will be my first year in the classroom.

Family I am recently married to my wonderful husband, Caleb. We have been married for about 3 months! Life is getting interesting for us

HobbiesWhen I’m not teaching, I really enjoying hiking, antiquing, and spending time with my family!


Ronnie Brooks

Special Education

Midland High School

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