TROY

This is my 24th year of teaching.  I began my career in McAllen where I taught science at the middle and high school.  After teaching in McAllen for 19 years, I moved to central Texas and taught at Temple high school for one year.  This is my fourth year teaching biology at Troy High School.

I have been teaching science for 24 years.  I began my teaching career in McAllen, Texas.  I taught resource math and science at Nikki Rowe High School for 6 years.  I then had the opportunity to teach middle school for the same district.  I spent 7 amazing years in the middle school and started a Sciene Olympiad team that qualified for state the very first year we competed.  I then had the opportunity to move back to high school where I taught biology, aquatic science, chemistry, physics and MYP biology.  While at Lamar Academy, I also started a Science Olympiad team that consistently competed at the state level.  My family decided to relocate, and I followed them to Central Texas where I took a job teaching biology at Temple High School for one year.  I have been teaching biology at Troy High School ever since.

I just got married over the summer but haven’t officially changed my last name.  I will be doing that later in the year.  My last name will change to LaFevers-Baker.

In my free time away from school, I am an avid hiker, world traveler, and mixed media artist.  During my travels I like to photograph the science I see in nature.  I use those images in my course to help students see the science in action.