Ms. Hale is a 1996 graduate of Tom Bean High School and a 1999 graduate of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas.  She graduated with a major in Spanish and minor in Public Relations. 

This is her fourth teaching year at TBHS and the 2010-2011 school year will be her twelfth year as a Spanish teacher.

Ms. Hale strives to create and implement activities that enable students to develop all four language skills:  reading, writing, listening and speaking.

In addition to the goal of helping students to communicate effectively in Spanish, an essential aim of her teaching is to expose students to the richness and diversity of cultures in the Spanish-speaking world.