Hi! I’m Ms. Crockett, and I welcome you to our class! I think I

have the best job in the world. I am looking forward to a great year

of getting to know you and helping you to learn more about this great

and challenging language of ours. We will all work together to become

better communicators.

I want to share a little about myself to help you get to know me a

little better. As the year progresses, I look forward to getting to

know you all much better too. I grew up in Albany, Georgia, where my

dear Mom and my brother and his family still live. My husband,

Michael, is a real estate professional, and he and I live here in

Marietta. Colleen, our youngest daughter, graduated from the Commercial Photography

program at North Georgia Technical College and is a professional

photographer. Our middle daughter, Bess, graduated from Armstrong Atlantic State

University in Savannah with a degree in theater performance and is pursuing her

acting career. Our oldest, Aaron, graduated from

UGA, is a sales consultant for McKesson Corporation and now lives with

our daughter-in-love, Kim, our precious grandbabies Katie and Luke, and their great

golden retriever Maggie in Acworth.

We still mourn the loss of our fifteen year old mixed breed

terrier dog, Luckie, one of the cutest dogs in the world, who passed

away. Our family loves travel, music, art, swimming, theater, and all

kinds of games.

     I graduated from Valdosta State College with  degrees in English  

 English Education and earned my M.Ed. in English Education from 

UGA. (Go DAWGS! ) This year I'm beginning work on my Specialist degree. 

I've taught for 27(!) years and transferred to 

Hightower seven years ago from East Cobb Middle School.  I am SO 

happy to have joined the wonderfully warm Hightower family.  I’ve always 

known that I wanted to be a teacher and consider it to be both a blessing 

and  a great responsibility. 

I believe, among other things, that...

   ...little things mean a lot...

...music, books, and art feed our minds, bodies, and spirits...

...first things should be first...

...my students are some of my greatest teachers...

...things go better with laughter...and dark chocolate covered almonds...

...we reap what we sow...

...life is as fun as we make it...

…and that we’ll make this year fun and successful!!