Jeri Been-Goodman, after graduating from Springlake-Earth High School, attended Texas Tech, graduating with a BS in Exercise Sports and Science. She is certified to teach all level PE, health, and Life and Earth Science. Jeri began teaching in Bovina in 1991, spent 10 years at Hale Center, and joined the S-E staff in 2002. She and her husband Jamie have a son, Trace, and a daughter, Taytum. Jeri enjoys raising ducks, chickens, and horses, gardening, working outside, going to Ruidosa, watching sports, and playing with Trace and Taytum. Her favorite sayings is "TOGETHER & BELIEVE." Her favorites include: book--Lonesome Dove, TV shows--CSI, ER, Deal or No Deal, Author--Sandra Brown, Movies--Cars, Seabisuit, and Coach Carter, food--Cagel's Steak and Leal's (chicken/spinach/mushroom quesadillas). Jeri coached the 2005-2006 State Runner-Up Basketball Team. She is the head coach for girls basketball, track, and cross country, and boys cross country. She teaches 6th and 7th grade science and 2nd and 3rd grade PE. Her grandfather, Ed Haley, was the girls coach at S-E also. He coached the grandmothers of two of her present players! Her grandmother, Mildred Haley, was a long time teacher in the S-E system. Jer was on S-E's first Cross Country Team in 1984-85. Mr. Conkin was her high school principal, and her aunt, Debbie Haberer, was her first grade teacher. Her husband words for Ag Supply, and all of her family lives in Earth--her parents, sister, two brothers, and grandmother.

Hi, I'm Missy Bigham and I teach 6th grade Reading and work with the students that are Dyslexic or are showing signs of having Dyslexia. I love working with the students. I love to watch the students grow, mature, and become better readers during the time that I have them. That is what teaching is all about to me. I am married to a wonderful man Gary who is an administrator here at Springlake-Earth. We have a terrific 11 year old son, Garrett, who loves to hunt, fish, and has a great bug collection. If you find any neat bugs he would love to have them. His teacher Mrs. Riley gave him a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach to add to his collection. It's really cool! We also have a beautiful daughter, Garyn, who is 4 years old. She loves to play in the kitchen and pretend she is cooking. I often find pans of water where she has made "soup." I love to spend a lot of time with my family. Garrett and I spend many hours working with his show steer and heifer. While Garyn and I love to read and do lots of baking. Gary keeps us all very busy on the farm from keeping the fence line sprayed, rounding up and working cattle, or taking care of the pivots. I am a graduate of Amherst High School, home of the Fighting Bulldogs. I attended South Plains College and graduated from Texas Tech University. I began my teaching career at Amherst and taught Kindergaren. It was quite a change from helping students tie their shoes to Jr. High, but I love both age levels. Thanks to all my former and current students for allowing this to be such a joyous job.

	Joyce Bills began teaching at Springlake-Earth in 1999 after graduating from West Texas A&M with a Bachelors of Science degree in Education. She taught Junior High Language Arts until the fall of 2003, when she began teaching computer technology to students in grades two through eight. She graduated from Dimmitt High School. She and her husband Randy stay busy with the activites of their three children. Katie is a 2004 WTAMU graduate and married Derek Ray in June 2006. She is currently teaching BCIS, Video Tech & Computer Applications at Seminole High School. Bruce is the assistant Cheerleading Coach and Spirit Publicist at Texas Tech University and will graduate in May 2007. Curt is finishing his junior year at Texas A&M University and is majoring in Agricultural Systems Management and is working on his pilot's license. Joyce's hobbies include photography, water sports, biking, tennis, and woodworking.