Meet the Directors
This will be my 6th year in Argyle, having spent the 11 years prior as the Theatre Director at Harpool Middle School. Prior to teaching at Harpool, I served as Associate Director of Theatre at Denton High School for 3 years. In past summers I have been honored to direct in various camps in the DFW area and also serve as a Contest Manager for High School UIL One-Act Play in the spring. In addition, I have enjoyed working as an actor, director, and producer outside of school for various theatres over the years.
On a personal note, I am blessed to be a mother of two fantastic kids and am crazy fortunate to teach with my awesome husband and best friend, Travis. Go Team Turek! Our kids, Emmy and Ty, complete our little family of four and we all feel very blessed and honored to live, work, and play in this community. Together we love to cook, bake, travel, watch movies, and just spend as much quality time as possible with one another making memories.
I feel very fortunate to do what I do and relished every moment of teaching, as well as the continual process of learning as an educator. Albert Einstein said that "Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it." I am a firm believer in this philosophy. Being a teacher has afforded me the opportunity to pursue my art form while instilling a love of theatre in others.
This is my 6th year teaching in Argyle. Prior to becoming an Eagle, I spent 14 years at 3 different middle schools in Denton ISD. (Fun fact: this is actually my 4th time to be an Eagle- my elementary school, my 8th grade year, and my post-grad work at UNT!) Before starting to teach Theatre in 2018, I taught all levels of middle school Social Studies, as well as some English and Science!
I was involved in theatre and choir in high school, have been involved in several community theatres around the area, and served as the tech director for all of Harpool's productions, even when teaching other subjects.
All of my family information is exactly the same as above, because I have the honor and privilege of being married to and working with my best friend.
