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Wimberley Danforth Jr. High

ADMINISTRATION

Updated: August 21, 2006

Dee Howard
Principal

Education:
Graduated from Abilene Christian University with a BBA '84
Worked on MBA at ACU '84 -85'
Earned Masters of Education Degree from Sul Ross State University and
Mid-Management and Superintendent Certification 1995

Personal and Work:
This is the 11th year that I have been an administrator here in WISD. A year and a half of that was as Assistant Principal for the secondary schools grades 7-12 and then high school. In April of 1998 I began as Principal at the Junior High. Prior to working in Wimberley, I was Director of Special Education for the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District. My husband Greg and I have been married for almost 21 years. Greg is the administrator at the alternative campus and also the head tennis coach. We have 2 children. Matt is a freshman at Baylor University and Sara is a junior at Wimberley High School. We love Wimberley and being part of this great community.

Jana Sauceda
Administrative Assistant

Born and raised in Pierre, SD, I relocated to Wimberley in 1983. My husband is Tony Sauceda, Jr. We have 5 boys, 4 of whom are my stepchildren. They are Gabe, Adrian (A-1), Alexis (Lex), Jesse, and Dagan. I have worked in many different fields including cosmetology at Hair Magic in Wimberley, baking pies at Wimberley Pie Co., and as Asst. Court Coordinator for Judge Ramsay in San Marcos. I have been with WISD 7 years. Working here with the staff and children at WJHS is a very challenging and rewarding experience.

Jason Valentine
Assistant Principal

Education:

Graduated from Tarleton State University with a BS in 1998
Earned a Masters of Education from TSU in 2000
Educational Administration Certification in 2002

Personal and Work:

I am entering my ninth year in education and my fifth year at Wimberley ISD. I have been teaching biology and coaching football, powerlifting and track at the high school for the last four years. I am excited about the opportunity to work at WJHS considering that my career in education began at the junior high level. My wife, Carrie and I have been married for seven years and share the joys of our one-year-old daughter, Claire.

Pam Weldon
Counselor

Education:

Graduated from East Texas State University (now A&M Commerce), with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1975
Earned a Master of Science Degree in Guidance & Counseling in 1979

Biography:

I am really excited to be back at Wimberley Junior High. Eleven years ago, I was the counselor here at WJH. I worked for the Special Education Co-op for two years before coming back to Wimberley High School, where I was the freshman/sophomore counselor for eight years. My husband, Steve, and I have a daughter, Alisa Weldon, who lives in Austin. We also have a daughter Abbey Larremore, who is a third grade teacher at Bowen. She is married to James Larremore, who will be teaching World Geography at Wimberley High School, and coaching girl’s athletics at Wimberley Junior High. Our son, John, is freshman at Hardin-Simmons and is continuing to play football.

Gail Kirkham
Registrar

I was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and worked as a legal secretary in Washington, D.C. before I was married. After I married, I lived in Killeen, Panama, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa and worked as administrative assistants in all those places except Panama. Wimberley is home now and God willing, there will be no more moves! My husband, Wes and I have two boys and three weimaraners. Our oldest son graduated from Texas State and lives in San Antonio and our youngest is a senior at WHS.

Natalie Milner
Attendance

I was born in Crystal City, Texas and have lived all over the State of Texas. I have worked in many fields including Law and Non-Profit Office Management, Retail and Restaurant Management. I am beginning my 4th year at Danforth and am currently the Attendance Clerk and Administrative Assistant to the Asst. Principal. My husband is Coach Milner and I have two wonderful children, Maddie, 13 and Evan, 9. Some of my interests include gardening, pets and reading. I love interacting with our wonderful students and cheering on the Lady Texans!!

Darelle Jordan
Nurse (Secondary)

Mrs. Jordan was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She moved to Austin in 1985 to attend the University of Texas where she graduated in 1988 with a bachelors degree in nursing. She has worked for 25 years as a registered nurse in many healthcare and educational settings. While in college she met and married Richard Jordan a native Texan who convinced her the hill country would be a great place to live. The Jordan's moved to Wimberley in 1992 and have three children Eliza Anne who is an 9th grader at the High School, James Paul a 6th grade student here at WJHS and Amelia a 6 years old and starting kindergarten at Scudder this year. She enjoys camping with her family and traveling to Florida during the summer to play on the beach.

Misty Goodnight
Nurse's Aide (Secondary)

I am a Certified Medical Assistant and have been nursing for five years. This is my second year at WJHS, and I love working here. I am currently in college finishing my teaching degree, with hopes of becoming a kindergarten teacher. I currently reside in Wimberley.

Sue Hales
Librarian

Susan Hales has worked for Wimberley ISD since 1996. She taught sixth grade science for two years, and Physical Science for one year. Since then, she has been the Library Media Specialist at Wimberley Jr. High. Previously, she taught for seven years in San Antonio's East Central ISD as a sixth grade science teacher.

Ms. Hales graduated from SWTSU with a B.S. in Biology and from UT with a Master's degree in Library and Information Science.

Prior to teaching, Ms. Hales and her husband of twenty-six years, Robin, lived overseas in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.; Aberdeen, Scotland; Bangkok, Thailand; and Singapore.