Jo Chacón makes Spanish memorable at Cole Middle/High School

Jo Chacón has been teaching Spanish for 31 years, and has spent the last nine at Cole Middle/High School in the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District.

During the past nine years Chacón has distinguished herself as not only an exceptional teacher, but a true leader on the campus and in the district. She serves on the district Design Team where she helped develop a list of beliefs for Fort Sam Houston ISD. The beliefs are very important as they guide all decisions made in the district.

As the campus celebrates diversity, Jo Chacón has taken the lead by coordinating the annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration, with each year being better than the one before. Señora Chacón encourages the recognition of all the different cultures and her students take a major role in planning and then in participating in the celebration.

The love that Señora Chacón has for her students, for her school and for her community, is so very apparent in the way she works to meet the needs of individual students. She is always available for tutoring and with work and encouragement, her students excel. She has a way of letting each student know how important they are to her and to the school.