About

This is our second year! Looking forward to many years of great work and fellowship.

My name is David T. Dowell and I am so excited to be here at Frankford MS once again this year as the speech and theatre teacher!  Theatre and Speech Arts are my passion and my people. I attended SMU, received a wonderful education and heard the call to be a teacher. After graduating, I worked as an actor, camp counselor, and teaching artist in the Washington, DC area. After many happy years I began to long for seeing students as they grow as artists and people, so I became a full-time teacher, teaching middle school in Fairfax, VA. 

After 7 of the most wonderful years of my life teaching at Lanier Middle School, the pandemic hit and I stepped away from the classroom so I could be the primary parent of my children and support my spouse who is a nurse. When we decided to move to Texas, I knew it was the right time to return to the classroom. 

I am so excited to work with students from across the Frankford MS family to create theatre.