Welcome to Mendenhall, the first elementary school in Plano ISD.  Our mission is for the Mendenhall community to work together to develop each student as a life-long learner and responsible citizen.

My name is Karen Noble and I am the principal at Mendenhall. I was born in Houston, TX, lived in North Carolina for nine years before moving to Plano and I attended Wilson, Haggard, Vines and graduated from Plano Senior High School in 1980. I attended Baylor University where I earned a B.A., majoring in Elementary Education. I returned to Plano and began my teaching career at Carlisle Elementary. While teaching fifth grade at Carlisle, I received a M.Ed. in Special Education-Gifted and Talented from Texas Woman’s University. After nine years at Carlisle, I went to teach fifth grade at Thomas Elementary. I stayed at Thomas for five years before going to open Beverly Elementary as fifth grade team leader. After two years in that position, I was appointed Principal Intern at Beverly and became the Principal Intern at Mendenhall in the fall of 2001. I received my Principal Certification from Texas Woman’s University in 2001.

At Mendenhall we strive daily to accomplish our mission of working together to develop each student as a life-long learner and responsible citizen.

I am so glad that you have chosen to view our Mendenhall Website. There are many exciting things going on each and every day at Mendenhall. After experiencing the school through our website, we invite you for a visit at our campus. We are very proud of our students and would love to have the opportunity to talk with you about the learning that occurs here!

Karen Noble , Principal