Student Learning and Student Services

Dr. Jimmy C. Lightfoot, Assistant Superintendent

An important part of our mission at Gladewater ISD is to teach a thoughtfully developed curriculum that equips students for success in school and in life. We strive to provide students with authentic learning experiences and knowledge, and not just test-taking skills. Our GISD teachers work together as a professional learning community, learning together and designing lessons that keep students challenged and enthused. Our common goal for curriculum and instruction is to ensure that all students are equipped to go wherever they want to go and do whatever in life they want to do.

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - W.B. Yeats

“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” - John Dewey

“Intelligence plus character. That is the goal of true education.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Curriculum and Instruction Contacts

Accountability and Assessment:  Dr. Jimmy C. Lightfoot, Assistant Superintendent  --link to email address--

Athletics:  John Berry, Athletic Director  --link to email address--

Career and Technical Education (CTE):  Tracy Wells, CTE Director --link to email address--

Core Academic and Elective Courses:  Contact your child’s principal

Dyslexia Services:  Keshia Lewis, Dyslexia Specialist - Grades K-5  --link to email address--

                Jennifer Neighbors, Dyslexia Specialist - Grades 6-12  --link to email address--

English as a Second Language (ESL):  Renee Byers, Coordinator of Instruction  --link to email address--

Fine Arts:  Contact your child’s principal

Gifted and Talented Education:  Angie Townsend, GT Coordinator --link to email address--

Special Education Services:  Dr. Peggy Oden, Director of Special Education  --link to email address--

Textbooks:  Darla Allen, Instructional Materials Coordinator  --link to email address--

504 Services:  Kathy Musick, 504 Coordinator  --link to email address--