Grade By Grade

Second Grade


2nd Grade Team 2007
Melinda Hoover - Team Leader Melinda Hoover (Team Leader) email: Melinda.Hoover@pisd.edu
Mrs. Hoover graduated in December of 1993 with her Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. She began her teaching career in Friendswood, Texas. After moving to the Dallas area in 1999, she taught for a year in Garland before joining Plano ISD. She has taught 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. She is Stinson's 2007 Experienced Teacher of the Year!
Jennie Dunham Jennie Dunham email: Jennie.Dunham@pisd.edu
Mrs. Dunham began her teaching career in 2003. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. Mrs. Dunham taught Kindergarten for one year in Frisco and has been teaching at Stinson for three years now.
Amanda Jackson Amanda Jackson email: Amanda.Jackson@pisd.edu
Mrs. Jackson graduated from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Education. This is Mrs. Jackson's third year teaching at Stinson Elementary!
Amanda Stigers Amanda Stigers email: Amanda.Stigers@pisd.edu
Mrs. Stigers graduated from Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas in December 2000 with her Bachelors in Elementary Education. She began her career teaching second grade in DeSoto, Texas for two years.
This is Mrs. Stigers 7th year to be teaching second grade and has spent the last five years here at Stinson. She is currently working on her Master's degree specializing in being a Master Reading Teacher at UNT.
Heather Storer Heather Storer email: Heather.Storer@pisd.edu
Miss Storer has been teaching since 2004. She graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. She loves teaching 2nd grade at Stinson!
Kendra Russell

Kendra Russell email: kendra.russell@pisd.edu
Mrs.Russell began teaching in 2002 with Plano ISD. She spent 3 years teaching PPCD at Beaty ECS. She came to Stinson Elementary in 2005 to teach in the Special Education department. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Speech Pathology and a Masters of Education in Special Education from Stephen F. Austin State University. Mrs. Russell is so excited to be teaching 2nd grade this year!

Aly Ryles Aly Ryles email: Aly.Ryles@pisd.edu

Ms. Ryles has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and a Minor in Human Development from Washington State University. She taught 2nd and 3rd grade in the Kent School District in Washington starting in 2000. In 2002 she received her Masters in Teaching from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix Arizona. Ms. Ryles taught for 5 years near Seattle Washington before joining the staff at Stinson Elementary to teach 3rd grade. She is now excited to be teaching 2nd grade this year at Stinson!