Mrs. Francis' ESL Class

Thank you so much!! 🙏🏽🥰

🎉 Felicidades Friday 🎉

Join us in celebrating Mrs. Emily Francis , the CCS ML Teacher of the Year! Your dedication, passion, and unwavering commitment to your work inspire students, families, and fellow educators every day. Thank you for all that you do to create welcoming classrooms where every student can thrive.

¡Felicidades, Mrs. Francis! 🍎🫶🏽

Yesterday, I had the honor and privilege of joining our district leaders at the Summer Leadership Academy. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to share my story and reflect on the work that drives us forward.

As we continue to embrace our theme, “Your Future, Our Focus,” I am reminded that these words are more than a slogan—they are a promise. A promise to the students we serve every day: to see their potential, believe in their possibilities, and support them as they build their futures.

This week I had the pleasure of joining as they kicked off the 40th Anniversary Conference of the Phi Beta Delta (PBD) Honor Society for International Scholars.

What an honor to not only be invited to keynote on day 1, but also receive an Honorary Membership in the PBD Honor Society for International Scholars.

Grateful beyond words! I cannot wait to participate in all is to “Advancing Global Knowledge and Learning,”

Excited to feature 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨 as our 𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 at the Phi Beta Delta 40th Anniversary Conference! 🌍✨

Join us on 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 1 𝙖𝙩 1:00 𝙋𝙈 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙢, 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 for her keynote, “From Language Learner to Global Leader: Advancing Knowledge through Identity, Language, and Education.”
See you there!

Emily Francis Erik Byker

Do you like to do summer activities with friends? Well, we have an event for you!

Join us on May 30th for a quick drop-in to discuss our latest book for this year’s summer book chat. The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez will be our text. We chose this text because it gave the perspective of different ML families, which aligns with this year’s conference theme, Bridging Worlds, Building Futures. Books will be provided free of charge. Invite friends, whether members or not, we’d love to have you.

Deadline for Form: May 25th - Sign-up today so that we can order your book.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0Gz-l3_yaZD-75l2hIJBXZ-1-iPnx_ugO-Y_0ATnoJ69kxQ/viewform

Congratulations class of 2026 💛🕷️🖤🎓🎊💐

Off campus till August ☀️🖤🕷️💛
Year 22 on the books

EXCELLENT year with my tribe—my coteachers 🍎

My coteacher group keeps growing and growing at 🙌🏽🖤💛🕷️

Besides having the blessing of working with Mr. Goodwin as my ESL partner, I taught MLs alongside with these passionate content educators.

Mrs. Eudy, Mrs. Stewart, & Mrs. Shoe—Math I
Mr. Smith— Math II
Mrs Ijames & Ms. Cocherell— Biology
Ms. Mayhew—English I
Mr. Pace— Social Studies

Not only I loved serving our students in our classroom…but I enjoyed learning from each and every one of them.

Validating each other’s experiences & expertise was key to a successful school year. Our students responded so well to our collaboration & teaching.

Thank you, colleagues for always having my back like I have yours!