Heritage’s staff Cardinal Spotlight is 5th grade teacher, Terrena Bernal. Ms. Bernal is a proud graduate of Southside ISD. This is her 9th year of teaching. Ms. Bernal is a rock star teacher for many reasons. She sets the highest expectations for her students and her students are motivated to meet the challenges of Ms. Bernal’s rigorous and dynamic instruction. Ms. Bernal also focuses on building relationships with her students. All of her students know that she loves them and will be there for them beyond their elementary years. In addition, you can often find her at her students’ games on Monday evenings. We are so fortunate to have such a hardworking and dedicated teacher; and so proud of our Heritage teacher of the year for the 2021-2022 school year. Way to go Ms. Bernal!
The Student Spotlight this week is 1st grade student, Michael Gonzales. His love of learning is contagious and even inspires his teacher to want to learn more about whatever topic they are studying. Michael always enjoyed math, but felt the opposite way about reading. He was hesitant to try to read at the beginning of the year, but now he is excited to push himself a little more each day to read something that will challenge him and promote his reading growth. Michael has a fun personality and is very helpful, thoughtful, kind, empathetic, respectful and responsible! We love his creative ideas and his dedication to learning. Michael, we are very proud of your accomplishments!