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Mary Spickler
Principal
As Principal, let me welcome you to Shepard Elementary School! I have been an educator for 30 + years and feel honored to work at such an excellent school.During those years I taught first, third and fourth grades, as well as worked as a reading specialist with grades K-6. I even taught a few reading courses to undergraduates at the University of Missouri in St. Louis.
I grew up in Houston, TX and received my undergraduate degree in education from the University of Texas in Austin. There I met and married my husband, Jeff. His job took us to St. Louis where I continued to teach and go to school myself. I earned my Master’s Degree in Education there. One thing I learned about myself during that time was that I love learning, so I was frequently going back to take a course here and there.
When I began my work towards my administration certification my husband’s job brought us back to Texas. Here in Plano I taught at Mitchell and Huffman, and served as Principal intern at Mitchell, Barksdale, Hughston and Carlisle while I completed my administration certification. I then served as Principal at Saigling Elementary prior to coming to Shepard.
During my varied school experiences I had some excellent role models who instilled some important values:
All decisions must begin with what is best for the children.
We choose our attitude. Why not make it a good one?
If we love our work, we never really have to “work.”
Be there. (Wherever, whenever that is; be in the moment)

I trust that you will find that philosophy to be evident here at Shepard. Students here think this is a wonderful place to learn and grow. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to speak to your child’s teacher, the counselor, or myself.
Welcome to Shepard!