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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
March 30th
Kerilyn Ngom -- Speech, English IV, ELA SWAGGER
Keri is
responsible in part for the huge success of ELA SWAGGER to
prepare our kids for TAKS. She is passionate about what she
does and her students know she cares about them. Thank you
Keri for being so compassionate and for all you do.
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
February 20th
Blaine Mountain -- English IV, SWAGGER creator
 This
week’s COW is very involved in what’s happening on campus. He
is solely responsible for coming up with our whole idea of
SWAGGER. Congratulations to Mr. Blaine Mountain, English IV
teacher! He gets our kids pumped up for TAKS and he volunteers
for many things. Besides all of this, he is a great teacher.
Just ask one of his students! Congratulations, Blaine, our
Cardinal Of the Week!!! |
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
February 13th
Paula D'Spain -- Graduation Coach
The COW
for Friday, Feb. 13, is Mrs. Paula D’Spain, our graduation
coach. Mrs. D’Spain has been at MAC for 5 years and taught
history here before becoming our graduation coach. She
works very hard to make sure our senior re-testers are not
falling through the cracks, to make sure students are
provided opportunities to look for scholarships, and to
assist with many of our programs on campus.
Congratulations, Mrs. D’Spain, Cardinal Of the Week!!!
Thanks a million to our friends at Las Colinas Chick fil A;
we couldn’t do this without having a great partnership with
you!
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 MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
February 6th
Michael D'SPain -- Choir Director
Please join the Mac Admin team in congratulating
our COW this week, our multi-talented, rockin' choir director,
Mr. Michael D'Spain. When Michael became a MacArthur Cardinal
six years ago, he took over a dying choir program and has since
built our choir department up to be the best in the city!!! He
is very helpful and accommodating both on campus and when asked
to provide entertainment all across the district. Michael
D'Spain, you ROCK!!!
Las Colinas Chick fil A, you also ROCK!!! |
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
January 30th
Tiran Thompson -- Webmastering Instructor
 Please
join me in congratulating our
COW of the week, Mr. Tiran Thompson. Tiran is our
Webmastering teacher. Besides being an outstanding
teacher, he is an excellent role model for kids.
Students in his classes are very fond of Mr. Thompson.
He attends many of their events, sports and otherwise to
show his support. What a great addition to our staff he
is! Congratulations Mr. Thompson, and thanks to our
friends at Las Colinas Chick fil A for making this
happen every week! We love them.
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
January 19th
Kathy Minturn -- Counseling Office Secretary
Please
congratulate our COW of the week, Mrs. Kathy Minturn! Kathy
does a great job running the counseling office where she has
worked for several years. She is a vital part of the
department and MacArthur High School. We appreciate her
work ethic and the many hours she works at school getting
ready for school to open in August, close in June, and
everything in between! Congratulations Kathy. And a big
THANK YOU to our friends at Las Colinas Chick fil A!!!
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
January 12th
Dana Pritchett
Please
join the admin staff in congratulating our COW this
week. Dana Pritchett very capably made sure some of our
kids were taken care of while their own teacher was out
for a lengthy illness. She has a great attitude and
always makes decisions based on what is best for kids.
Congratulations, Ms. Pritchett, our Cardinal of the
Week.
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 MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
December 15th
Angela Vail - MacArthur Receptionist
Congratulations to our last COW of the week for 2008!!!
Angela Vail, our Girl Friday Receptionist, (and girl
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, too!) is our
very deserving Cardinal of the Week. Angela has been at
MAC answering the phone for many years and she still
answers the phone with a happy voice!!! She takes care
of all of us and our messages, deliveries, and special
problems.
We want to extend a very special thank you to our
friends and supporters at North MacArthur Chick fil A.
Not only do they help us honor a staff member every
week, but today they sent their Chick fil A Cow to help
Santa with Project Adoption. All of our visiting
elementary students received goodies from Chick fil A to
help complete their holiday surprises from MacArthur.
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
December 8th
James Engler -
Honors/GT Chemistry teacher
Please congratulate our COW of the week, Mr. James Englert,
Honors/GT Chemistry teacher. His students were 100% engaged
today when we went to his room. Besides doing a great job
in the classroom with his students, Mr. Englert takes care
of all of us by being our very own “copy room guy” who fills
the machines, fixes the machines, talks to the machines and
makes them work for us!!! Thanks for all you do, James. |
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 MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
December 1st
Erika Toney -
Pre-AP World
Geography
Instructor,
Varsity Cheerleading Coach
Please
join us in congratulating the MAC COW for this week! Mrs.
Erika Toney was met with huge applause upon this
announcement in her Honors World Geography classroom today.
She is an outstanding teacher and also serves as the varsity
cheer coach. This is her third year at MAC.
Congratulations Coach Toney!!! |
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
November 21st
Gary Church - AP World History, AP Government, Economics
Instructor
Please
join us in congratulating our Cow of the week, Mr. Gary
Church. Gary teaches AP World History, World History and AP
Government and Eco. In addition, Mr. Church is a very
visible staff member. He is always on his duty, attends MAC
events and even filled in with some of Mr. Evans’ duties
after he retired. Gary is a vital part of our staff and a
great teacher in the social studies department. Congrats
Gary!! |
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 MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
November 17th
Ellen Jones - Math Instructor, MAC Advisory Coordinator
Please join us in
congratulating our Chick fil A COW for this week. Ellen Jones
is in her second year as a math teacher at MAC. Besides being a
great addition to our math department, she has taken on the huge
task of planning all of our advisory activities. This is a
really big job she has undertaken. We really appreciate her
hard work and long hours in this endeavor! Congratulations
Ellen!
Ellen poses with Principal, Cynthia Bean and VP Julie Davis |
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
November 10th
Spencer Price - Special Ed
Instructional Aide
Please congratulate our COW of the
week for last week. He has been at MAC for two years. This
person is a "pitch in and help" kind of guy and always has a
great smile on his face. He is a bright spot on our team
and we are lucky he has joined the Cardinals! Well
deserved!!!
Mr. Price poses with balloons and our principal,
Cynthia Bean.
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
October 27th
Security Officers David Graves, Maria Ramirez and Danny
Bishop
This week’s recipients of
the COW award are very deserving. They spread their wings
and fly everywhere here at Mac. Since flying into MacArthur
High School, our building has been safer and more secure.
Being on their feet all day is really tough, and I
appreciate their hard work. Can you guess who they are?
Thanks for coming to our rescue OFTEN!
From left
to right:
VP - Dion Dahl, Security Officers - David Graves,
Maria Ramirez & Danny Bishop,
Principal - Cynthia Bean
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
October 20th
Sherry Martinez -
Social Studies Department Head, Student Council Advisor,
Student Activities Coordinator, Unofficial School Photograph
Documenter
Please
join me in congratulating our MAC COW of the week for
10/20/08. Well deserving of this award, this Cardinal flies
over many MAC activities and has her claw in everything! (in
a good way) I bet she is really relaxing today after
Homecoming week. Can you guess who???
Sherry poses with COW friend.
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
October 13th
Colonel Terrance Wallace - ROTC
Our
COW this week is very deserving. This teacher has transformed
and rebuilt our ROTC program at MHS---talk about a
motivator!!!!! This person’s positive attitude is so
contagious! We are lucky to have this newbie.
Colonel Wallace poses
with Principal Cynthia Bean |
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
October 6th
Ursula Wright - A+ Coordinator
This week's award goes to Ursula Wright.
This teacher is a valuable
member of our staff who works every night helping our kids play catch
up to graduate. This individual's presence in our halls is a
force!!!Congrats
to Ursula!!
From left to right:
Fred Allen( MAC PAC), VP - Ahna Gomez, Ursula
Wright (with COW friend), Principal - Cynthia Bean |
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MAC COW (Cardinal of the Week) Award
September 15th
Brenda Tucker -
Special
Education Department Diagnostician
This weeks'
winner is a valuable member of our MAC team. We appreciate all
the hard work she does as diagnostician in the Special Education
department. Congratulations Brenda and thank you for all you
do!!!
Brenda is sharing her moment with VP Ron Jennings.
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