Meet Your Directors

Kelly McDonald is in her thirteenth year of teaching, and her eighth year as the head choir director at Kleb Intermediate. Prior to teaching at Kleb, she was the assistant director at McCullough Junior High in The Woodlands, Texas for three years. While there, she co-directed the 2015 TMEA Invited Treble choir, as well as received numerous Sweepstakes at UIL Concert and Sight Reading competitions and Best in Class recognitions at choral festivals in the state. She is a product of Texas music education having attended Flower Mound High School in Lewisville ISD and Baylor University. In 2009, Mrs. McDonald graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education, with a vocal emphasis. She studied voice under Ms. Soon Cho and sang in a number of choirs, including the Baylor Women's Choir, Concert Choir, and the A Cappella Choir under the direction of Dr. Donald Bailey. Mrs. McDonald was also active on campus as a member of both Mu Phi Epsilon and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Before moving to Houston, Mrs. McDonald taught at Blalack Middle School in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD where she assisted in taking the Varsity Men's Choir to the TMEA and ACDA conventions. In 2013 Mrs. McDonald was awarded the Texas Choral Directors Association Young Director of Distinction Award for successful teaching in the first five years of her career. Mrs. McDonald resides in Houston, Texas with her husband Jake, daughter Lane, and son Rhett.

Hayley Scoggins is in her third year of teaching, and her third year at Kleb Intermediate. Before accepting the position at Kleb, she was a long-term substitute for the Griffin Middle School choir in The Colony TX. During her short time at Griffin, Ms. Scoggins received Sweepstakes at UIL for the NV Men’s chorus and the Varsity Women’s chorus. Ms. Scoggins graduated in December 2019 from the University of North Texas College of Music, with a degree in Vocal Music Education under the direction of Jessica Napoles and Jamey Kelley. During her 4 years at UNT, she was a part of the Women’s Chorus, University Singers, UpFront Music Educators choir and UNT’s top choir, the Acapella choir. While at UNT, Ms. Scoggins stayed very involved on campus; working as an intern for UNT’s All-State camp, and serving as Vice President of her sorority, Alpha Phi. Ms. Scoggins grew up in Flower Mound TX, and graduated from Marcus Highschool, under the direction of Jason Dove and Wesley Davis. Ms. Scoggins now resides in Houston TX with her cat Kylo.