1st grade

Welcome Back First Graders!

My name is Kimberly Dennis-Rushton, but please call me Ms. Rushton. I am thrilled to be your first-grade teacher this year! Parents, I am so excited to be able to share with you, the responsibility of preparing our young scholars for the future!

This will be a year full of growth, exploration, and FUN! Yes, school will be quite different this year. However, if we stay committed, work together, and encourage one another, we will SUCCEED!

Here's a little bit of information about me. I was born and raised in Greenville, TX. But I have been a resident of Fort Worth for the past 27 years. I reside with my husband, son, and toy poodle. I'm sure you'll learn more about them as the year progresses. I am a graduate of Texas A & M University-Commerce. This school year is the beginning of my 24th year in education. I've spent most of these years as a first-grade teacher! FIRST GRADE ROCKS! However, I have also taught 2nd grade, and worked as a Reading Consultant/Coach. I enjoy reading, traveling, watching great television/movies, and eating good food!

I'm really looking forward to meeting each of you and learning all about you as well! Let's make this a GREAT year!

Ms. Zulma Morales is our new dual language first grade teacher. She was born and raised on the “Island of Enchantment,” Puerto Rico. She attended the University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla and Mayagüez.

After moving to Texas, Ms. Morales completed her Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies with minors in Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX in 2009.

She was excited when she accepted her first assignment as a second grade Spanish Immersion teacher at Morningside ES in 2010. In 2014, she completed her Master’s Degree in Spanish at the University of Granada, Spain.

Since then, she has achieved over ten years of experience in first, second, and third grade levels in dual language and Spanish Immersion settings as a teacher, grade level chair, and grade level administrator in public and charter school systems.

During her spare time, Ms. Morales enjoys working out, traveling, baking, and reading true crime stories and biographies.