By by Brenda Fike

With the beginning of the 2008-09 school year less than a month away, some teachers are beginning to prepare their rooms for their classes. One of those teachers is Donna Quinlan, first grade teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School. She is stapling letters to the “Word Wall.” As the school year progresses, students place words under the appropriate beginning letter. Quinlan said by the end of the year the wall will be full of words. Mexico Public Schools resume classes on Aug. 20.