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Hello my loves!!! My name is Ms. Monk and I teach these precious music makers. I have been teaching for a long time and am beginning my 9th year here at Compass. If you hear your children talking about "Monkey" that would be me :-) My goal every day is to bring joy to these halls, and to give each heart an appreciation for music. 

There are the formal things everyone wants to know: My deep love for music began long ago. I have sung in church and whenever anyone would listen. I took piano lessons and voice lessons for many years and am also a proud alumni of the Texas All-State Choir. I graduated from Permian in 1999 and Texas Tech in 2002. I sang in the choirs at Tech as well as the Lubbock Chorale while in college. I have been in multiple Church Choir and praise teams. I worked in outpatient mental health programs/ and social services, served as the House Manager for Ronald McDonald House in Lubbock, and then the road made its way to teaching. 

I have always known I wanted to teach. I always have enjoyed the chaos of children and watching them

learn. It is my absolute dream come true to get to do that through music. My deepest understandings are usually accompanied by music. And my goal as a teacher or mentor has always been to foster an understanding and appreciation for the arts. There is such beauty in them. They speak when words can’t and often are our best, if not our only, outlet. I want my students to break stereotypes and they might find they can appreciate things they never would. Ask my big kids who “hate opera” 🙄 yet have chosen Musicals for dorm movie night. 

So as long as I have the opportunity to teach, this is my goal. My passion. 

 

A Few of my Favorite things:
laughter

my Red Raiders

tacos

diet coke

books- I LOVE to read 

gardening 

adventures