FINLEY-OATES

This will be my second year with Bonham Independent School District and I am so happy to be working at the Finely-Oates campus!

I am an Interventionist/Coach in the Success Lab as well as the campus technology specialist.  Although I will be doing much of the same work as I did last year, I look forward to working more closely with teachers on integrating technology to enhance student learning.  I love working with such a great staff and students!

I began my career as an elementary P.E. teacher and JH/HS coach at Collinsville ISD in 1997.  In 1999, I began teaching 5^th/6^th grade Science at Sam Rayburn ISD.  While at Sam Rayburn, I taught PK-6 Computers, various elementary PE classes, and spent 15 years as the Elementary UIL Coordinator.  I also spent several years coaching JH/HS Track teams and assisting at all levels of girls softball and basketball programs.  After teaching science for roughly eight years, I began helping the Technology Director with technology troubleshooting for the district and eventually became the district Instructional Technology Specialist.

I met my husband, Donavan, while attending the University of North Texas.  We were married in 1997 and moved to Bonham in 1998 (he is a BHS graduate).  Together, we have two children Hope and Seth.  Our daughter, Hope, graduated from Sam Rayburn in 2017 and is currently in Corpus Christi entering her first year in Dental Hygiene school.  Our son, Seth, is a 2019 graduate of Bonham High and will be attending Grayson College in the fall.

We currently have three household pets.  We have two mini Australian Shepherds Bolt (our oldest) and Nemo (a puppy) who is now three-legged, and a stray cat we call Pumpkin and/or Fat Cat.