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Mrs. Gretchen Hudson has been the Language Acquisition  Specialist at Donald STEM Academy since 2018. 

Mrs. Hudson shapes her work as a Language Acquisition Specialist with two mission statements, a personal one and a professional one: 

• Love to learn and learn to love. 

• Use sheltered instruction strategies  to make content across the curriculum approachable and  comprehensible for any English language learner.

She feels incredibly lucky to have secured a position within a public school where educators see and help all students to  be successful. She is beyond proud and excited to call herself a Donald Dolphin.

Prior to becoming a Language Acquisition Specialist and working at Donald, Mrs. Hudson worked for 9  years at Prairie Trail Elementary School teaching 1st, 3rd and 3rd grade Dual Language. Mrs. Hudson loves her job... whether guiding and helping students acquire English as a second language and learning the content in helping  them to prepare for their future. She loves working at Donald with some of the best people she knows!

Mrs. Hudson grew up in Lewisville, Texas and attended LISD schools. She is very much a product of LISD as well as her four children. Mrs. Hudson and her  children are proud graduates of Lewisville High School! Currently, Mrs. Hudson  lives in Flower Mound, Texas with her husband of 30 years.  She has four adult children and two  granddaughters. 

Mrs. Hudson during her free time enjoys  cooking classes, hiking in Angel Fire, New Mexico, reading and relaxing near a pool or an ocean.

If you would like to learn more about Mrs. Hudson, please reach out to her by email or in person.