Hickory Ridge Elementary School

📚🐶 From childhood stories to sunny beach breaks, our next staff spotlight shares a lifelong love for learning and adventure! 🏝️✨

Next up in today's double feature, we are thrilled to spotlight the wonderful Ms. Bryson, one of our amazing Kindergarten Teachers—pictured here with her absolute best friend! 💛🐾

Ms. Bryson has always had a passion for literacy. When she was in elementary school, reading and writing were her absolute favorite subjects, and she loved creating stories! Fast forward to today, and she brings that same magic to our youngest Cowboys as ELA is one of her favorite subjects to teach! 🍎🏫

She is a dog person through and through, sharing a sweet hug in her photo with her 2-year-old golden retriever, Sadie Mae! 🐶✨ When it comes to books, she loves children's favorites like The Giving Tree and Oh, the Places You'll Go!, along with nostalgic classics like Junie B. Jones and Amelia Bedelia. 📖🍃

Ms. Bryson also loves to explore the world! She studied abroad in Lugano, Switzerland, traveling to stunning spots like Zermatt and the Amalfi Coast in Italy! 🇨🇭🇮🇹 But if you ask her where her dream vacation is, it's anywhere with a beach—especially Hawaii, where she got to "live" during college breaks when her parents relocated there! 🌺🏝️

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☀️ From tracking the weather to managing a Kindergarten classroom, our next staff spotlight is truly magic! 🪄🏫

Today, we are thrilled to feature the wonderful Mrs. Heckel, one of our amazing Kindergarten Teachers—pictured here soaking up the summer vibes abroad! 🇨🇭🇮🇹

Mrs. Heckel has always had a passion for the world around us. As a child, she dreamed of becoming a meteorologist, but she also loved "playing school" and knew in her heart that she was destined to be a teacher! ☀️📚 She clearly brings that same enthusiasm to Hickory Ridge Elementary every single day.

When she isn't teaching, you might find her cheering on the Orlando Magic 🏀🪄 or—in a very relatable "world record" attempt—trying to hit the snooze button just one more time in the mornings! ⏰🥱 Her "teacher superpower" is something we can all dream of: the ability to snap her fingers and have the classroom instantly cleaned, organized, and restocked! 🪄🧹

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