Mrs. Ried had the opportunity
to serve Weatherford students and staff as Bilingual Literacy Specialist
and now she carries on as Assistant Principal. She feels privileged to
have the opportunity to serve the Weatherford community.
Mrs. Elly Ried originally came from El Paso, where she received a Bachelor’s
Degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. Currently she is working
on her masters in Educational Administration at the University of North
Texas. Mrs. Ried’s teaching experience entails working in a bilingual
classroom at different grade levels, bilingual team leader, bilingual
literacy specialist and now Assistant Principal.
In addition to Spanish she is also fluent in Farsi as her family lived
in Iran for several years. This opportunity gave Mrs. Ried a better
insight as to what our students experience as they learn a new language.
Our Assistant Principal sees Weatherford as a school that offers a
challenging educational environment by providing child centered classrooms
with an instructional focus on multitasking and small group instruction.
Staff and students set high expectations for themselves in a positive
learning environment that encourages and nurtures creativity. At Weatherford
the focus is to build on what the child knows in order to continue to
nurture critical thinking and problem solving skills.