Special Education Team
(top row) , Mrs. Solomon, Mr. Gonzalez, Miss Emmer, Mrs. Talamantez, Mrs. Thomasson, and Mrs. Hasan
(bottom row) Mrs. Hersh, Miss Browne, Mrs. Soomro, and Mrs. Jackse
Susie Solomon
Position: Lead Special
Education Teacher
E-mail: susie.solomon@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0466
Mrs. Solomon is
the Special Education Team Leader. She has lived in Texas for the majority
of her life. Her undergraduate degree is in elementary and special education
from Texas Tech University, and Masters degree in special education
from the University of Texas at Dallas. She taught five years at Barron
Elementary in Plano before having a family. She returned to teaching
special education in 1995 at Thomas Elementary. She came to Beverly
from Thomas Elementary in 1998.
Jennifer
Hersh
Position: Special Education Teacher
E-mail: jennifer.hersh@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0467
Mrs. Hersh is a graduate of Michigan State University. She has lived in Plano since
1990, and was a stay-at-home mom for 9 years. She joined PISD in 2002
at Skaggs Elementary and began as Special Education teacher at Beverly
in 2003.
Matthew
Gonzales
Position: Special
Education Teacher
Email: matthew.gonzales@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400, Ext. 30430
Matthew Gonzales is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. He has many graduate hours from the University of Dallas. Matthew began his career in special education at Brinker Elementary in Plano in 2002 where he taught for two years. Matthew comes from a family of educators. His mom was a teacher and principal in Plano for many years and his sister teaches at Rice Middle School. Matthew is an outdoorsman who thoroughly enjoys spending his free time fly-fishing, hiking, and golfing. He has been a part of the Beverly team since 2006.
Kimberly
Browne
Position: Special Education Teacher
Email: kimberly.browne@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752 0492
Kimberly Browne was born and raised in Richardson. She received her B.S. from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi in Elementary and Special Education. She received her M.S. in May 2005 in Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders from the University of Texas at Dallas. She is very excited to be back for another year at Beverly!!!
Jennifer Dean
Position: Special EducationTeacher
E-mail: jennifer.dean@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400,
Ext. 30436
Hello! My name is Jennifer Dean, I am the new Special Education teacher at Beverly this year!
I received my Bachelors of Education at Texas Tech University. I have been teaching Special Education for 5 years now. I live in Frisco with my husband of two years. I enjoy playing tennis and doing anything active! I also teach aerobics at Lifetime Fitness Center in the evenings.
I am so excited to be a part of the Beverly family!
Betty Talamantez
Position: Special Education
Assistant
E-mail: betty.talamantez@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400,
Ext. 30431
Mrs. Talamantez grew up in South Texas and moved to Plano in 1976. She joined the PISD staff at Carlisle Elementary in 1991. Later she would find herself moving to Thomas Elementary, where she worked for 1 year. Now, she and her team enjoy working with the Special Education students at Beverly Elementary. She loves working with children and making a difference to help our young children succeed. Mrs. Talamentez was named 2002-2003 Texas Associate Educator of the Year by the Association of Texas Professional Educators.
Mahpara Soomro
Position: Special Education Assistant
E-mail: mahpara.soomro@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400, Ext. 30432
Mrs. Soomro earned
her Associate Of Arts Degree from North Harris College in Houston, TX.
She got married and decided to stay home and raise a family. She has
two daughters that are also at Beverly. She has worked as a Pre- School
teacher and loved working with kids. She decided to join Beverly at
2003 and has been with us ever since. She was nominated for the Superintendent
award 2006. She is currently at University of Texas at Dallas getting
her Mathematics degree.
Julie Jackse
Position: Special Education Assistant
E-mail: juliann.jackse@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400, Ext. 30434
Mrs. Jackse and her family of six, moved to Plano in 1997 from Denver, Colorado where she was born and raised. She joined Beverly Elementary in 1999 as a Special Education Assistant. She has been a PASAR employee since the pilot program started. She is the Assistant Site Manager for the PASAR program here at Beverly. I am looking forward to another awesome year at Beverly. Go Bobcats!!
Melinda
Thomasson
Position: Special Education Assistant
E-mail: melinda.thomasson@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400, Ext. 30435
I graduated from Irving High School in Irving, Texas and attended Abilene Christian University. I have been married to Todd Thomasson for 24 years. We have 3 beautiful daughters. One who graduated ACU, one daughter is at Plano East Senior High School and one daughter who is a Beverly Bobcat. I have worked with children from birth to 4th grade for 21 years. I have been at Beverly since 2005.
Nayeema Hasan
Position: Special Education Assistant
E-mail: nayeema.hasan@pisd.edu
Phone: 469-752-0400. Ext. 30444
I have a Master's degree in history from Dhaka University in Bangladesh. I have been living in Plano since 1998. I have two sons ages 9 and 15. I joined Beverly in 2008 and I am very excited to be a part of the Beverly family!