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Students shop for prizes with points earned by reading books and passing comprehension assessments.
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Bean Elementary is fortunate to have such a talented, energetic music teacher as Donnetta Lippe.   Donnetta has been teaching at Bean for 6 years. The music program at Bean follows a standards-based curriculum that exposes the children to rhythm, and allows children to learn through movement.  Music instruction also helps to foster respect, touches on multicultural awareness, and encourages creative expression, and performance.


Art is taught at Bean Elementary by the talented Kay Wagnon-Holder.  Kay graduated from Texas Tech with a B. F. A. in Studio Art opting for a major in painting and a minor in drawing.  Kay, "...challenges talented and courageous young artists to inspire, to join, and even to lead a concerned public in a journey that gives vision and encouragement to administrators and school boards, both in the public and private domain..." 
"If a student knows the rules of writing, that student can communicate with anyone who shares a common language.  If a student learns the fundamentals of art, that student can communicate with the world."

-Kay Wagnon-Holder

 
One of Mrs. Krebbs' earliest memories is of going to the public library with her family. She fell in love with books as a child and her goal as Bean's librarian is to help every child find books that make him want to read more. Mrs. Krebbs says she has the best job at Bean because she gets to work in a beautiful library with over 17,000 great books; she gets to order books to help the teachers; and she gets to read to the students at Bean. Another great part of her job is promoting reading with contests and celebrations such as the Texas Bluebonnet Books, Children's Book Week, Accelerated Reader and Read Across America.

Mrs. Krebbs is also the librarian at Stewart Elementary. The Bean Library is staffed every day by the library clerk, Mrs. Sherrie Clemmons

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"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read."   Mary McLeod Bethune  Librarian Nancy Krebbs and Library Clerk Sherrie Clemmons
 
Bean Elementary offers bilingual instruction for students in kindergarten through 4th grades and English as a Second Language to students in 5th and 6th grades. Our bilingual program addresses the needs of students who are recent immigrants and/or speak Spanish predominantly.  Students in the bilingual program are instructed primarily in Spanish.  Students in the ESL program are placed in a classroom where instruction is delivered in English but are provided assistance in Spanish.

 
ESL teacher, Melissa Hernandez and  kindergarten bilingual teacher, Bianca Castillo
 
The physical education program lead by Theresa Reed and Angella Hines at Bean Elementary is designed to enhance the students' physical fitness level as well as promote a healthy and active lifestyle.  Bean has incorporated the CATCH curriculum which is designed to engage students in the enjoyment of participation of moderate to vigorous physical activity.  The students at Bean attend PE class on a daily basis for 45 minutes.  Our goal is to provide every child with a foundation of movement experiences that they build on throughout life.   

 

  

P. E. Teachers Angela Hines, Daisy Mendoza, and  Theresa Reed

    
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