The new staff members, Sarah Ausdenmoore, Dena Suarez and Wendy Hearrean, receive the keys to their classrooms. They take their first steps in and start preparing for their first days of teaching Legacy’s students.
Ms. Suarez started her first day on the job on Feb. 11, replacing Christina Ayala as the Spanish I teacher.
“The building is absolutely beautiful,” Ms. Suarez said, “and the co-workers here are extremely professional.”
Ms. Suarez spent three years in Honduras at Academia Los Pinares as a missionary before moving back to America. She was able to witness and see the some of Honduras’ historical monuments and ruins, along with the Bay Islands of Honduras: Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja.
“The people there were very warm and welcoming,” Ms. Suarez said. “I was able to polish up on my Spanish while I was there.”
Upon her return, she worked at an elementary school in Arlington. Ms. Suarez calls her move to Legacy a big change for her.
“I’m very excited to be in the Bronco Nation,” Ms. Suarez said.
As for Ms. Ausdenmoore, she began her first day seven days after Ms. Suarez on Feb. 18. Ms. Ausdenmoore replaced former Teen Leadership teacher and Student Council Sponsor Dena Schimming, who had been hired as Summit’s new assistant principal.
“I had nightmares about what would happen on the first day on the job,” Ms. Ausdenmoore said.
Having a first day without any of her nightmare problems of fighting, screaming or having to call down the APs, Ms. Ausdenmoore came straight to Legacy for her first teaching job. She finished her student teaching last semester in Birdville ISD and graduated from Texas Tech University shortly after.
“I’ll get lost a little bit,” Ms. Ausdenmoore said, “but I’m really excited to be here. The students here are awesome.” 
Ms. Hearrean officially joined as a teacher on Feb. 21. Very aware of her surroundings, Ms. Hearrean was a long term substitute teacher here at Legacy. Now, Ms. Hearrean is the new ESL teacher.
“I’ve been in so many schools,” Ms. Hearrean said. “I’ve had a total of seven stops in schools.”
Ms. Hearrean went to six different colleges and universities in her education career. After attending Baylor University, Plattsburgh University near the Canadian Border, a community college, a school in London, Emerson College, and Manhattanville College in New York, Ms. Hearrean received her Master’s Degree. This degree led her to become a substitute teacher for 15 years and eventually, to her new teaching job as a ESL teacher at Legacy.
“It’s very different than any other teacher job,” Ms. Hearrean said.
Ms. Hearrean teaches a variety of foreigners that speak different languages, such as Spanish and Chinese. When she teaches English to the students, she speaks very slowly and pronounces words very distinctly. Students learn the language through hard work and activities, like acting things out.
“I know every nook and cranny in this school,” Ms. Hearrean said. “I’m not going to get lost like the other new teachers.”
