DeQueen Elementary School

I began my job as 2^nd and 3^rd Grade Counselor at De Queen Elementary and De Queen Primary School in August 2017.  

I began my teaching career in Special Education at Centerpoint Elementary School in Glenwood, Arkansas.  i then became the K-8^th Grade Counselor at Centerpoint.  I taught Special Education at Peake Elementary and Goza Middle School for two years and then went to Ouachita Baptist University and worked for TRIO Programs in Educational Talent Search.  Then I was counselor at Lake Hamilton Primary School.  We moved to Monroe, Louisiana where I was counselor at a Private School.  When my husband and I returned to Glenwood, I went to work teaching Special Education for Kirby School District.  Then I found my current job as counselor at De Queen.  

I love working with students and enjoy watching them grow academically as well as socially.  

I am happily married to Erby Burgess.  We have been married for 35 years.  I have two children.  Chris Burgess and his wife Emily and Sarah Beth Pianalto and her husband Justin.   Chris and Emily have two girls and Sarah and Justin have a little boy.  

I love spending time with my family.  I love to kayak, canoe and camp.  I also love to travel.