ghirvingpso

Great Hearts Upper school: see your email!

Lower School and Upper School Meet the Teacher is well underway! We're so glad to be welcoming all our families onto campus today, many after a very long time away. We do hope we will see as many of you as possible before the day is over.

Meet your PSO Board

Michelle Weissenstein, Middle School VP

I am so excited to serve on the Great Hearts PSO as the Middle School VP this year! My son, Luke, will be going into 6th grade and we are looking forward to entering Middle School and becoming part of the Upper School family. We have been part of Great Hearts since he was in 2nd grade (we tried to get in from the start but he finally got his lucky lottery spot for 2nd grade) and we are so grateful to be here!

My husband, Stefan, and I met at Texas A&M. Soon after we graduated, we got married and then went onto grad school there together. He got his Masters in Architecture and I got my Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology. After grad school we moved to DFW for my husband’s job and around that same time Luke was born. Ever since, I have been keeping busy being a stay-at-home mom and being active at our church, guiding 3-6-year-old children in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, volunteering at the school, and helping with whatever activity my son is currently involved in. In past years, I have especially loved volunteering weekly in the Lower School lunchroom and being able to meet many of the students. They are all so kind and it is such a joy to get to know them, even if it’s just for a few seconds as they get their meal.

I love this school so much! We have had such a wonderful experience these past four years in the Lower School and expect many more great years ahead as we move into the Upper School. I am so thankful for the wonderful teachers, staff, students, families, culture, and curriculum. I am reminded daily of what a gift it is to be part of Great Hearts Irving! I am looking forward to helping the PSO support our teachers and families and being part of bringing our community closer together. I look forward to meeting many of you, growing in friendship, and supporting Great Hearts together.

Meet your PSO Board

Terra McGhee, Treasurer

I am so excited to serve as PSO Treasurer this year! I have two great-hearted scholars: Owen (5th grade) and Kaia (3rd grade). Both have been learning the ways of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness since they started Kindergarten at GHI. My youngest is excited to join the Great Hearts family but will have to wait until 2022 for her debut.

When Owen was accepted into GHI in 2016 it literally changed our lives. We gave up our trendy neighborhood in Bishop Arts to move to the ‘burbs here in Irving. And every day my kiddos come home from school proselytizing about the life cycle of a butterfly, their favorite Greek goddess, or how many ways you can pronounce “ough” I thank goodness that we made that move. We are beyond all gratitude to witness their superior education of mind, body, and conscience.

When I’m not balancing the books for our PSO or attempting (and failing) to keep my raucous house in order, you can find me waxing poetic about debit and credits at UT Arlington, where I teach accounting to both exuberant and reluctant scholars. In my sparse spare time I also pretend to train our chihuahua, Ginger, and our black lab, Booda, to mind their manners.

I look forward to the wonderful ways the PSO can support our teachers and families this year. I am forever grateful to the community we have joined at GH and the inspiring work of the faculty and staff I witness every day.