Wendy Canales
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Head of school
MS. CANALES HAS 24 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION. THE LAST THREE YEARS BEFORE COMING TO NEXUS, SHE WAS THE HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL AND EARLY CHILDHOOD AT AN ALL-BOYS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, WHERE SHE TRAINED AND DEVELOPED ELEMENTARY BOYS AND THEIR TEACHERS, WENDY DEVELOPED CURRICULUM AND WORKED WITH PARENTS TO ENSURE STUDENT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WERE ACHIEVED - SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO BOYS.
PRIOR TO THAT SHE TAUGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 19 YEARS. WENDY HAS 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH ADMISSIONS AND ADMISSIONS TESTING FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. she IS CERTIFIED IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, PK-KINDER, SELF-CONTAINED GRADES 1-8, AND GENERIC SPECIAL EDUCATION PK-12TH GRADE. ms. canales has a MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS IN HOUSTON. WENDY HAS TWO CHILDREN, BOTH STUDENT ATHLETES, SO SHE UNDERSTANDS NEXUS PARENTS FIRST HAND. HER DAUGHTER PLAYS FIELD HOCKEY FOR CONCORDIA LUTHERAN WISCONSIN, AND HER SON is a freshman AT texas a&M university, PLAYING RUGBY. |