Mena Public Schools is pleased to announce the latest addition to its leadership team. Samantha Sellers was hired to serve as the Louise Durham Elementary Principal next year.
Mrs. Sellers is a 2008 graduate of Van-Cove High School and began her teaching career in 2011 as a second-grade teacher at Vandervoort Elementary School in Vandervoort, Arkansas. She is currently serving as the Principal of Vandervoort Elementary and the Curriculum Coordinator for the Cossatot River School District. She has also worked for CRSD as the Kindergarten through sixth-grade literacy coach and the district’s English as a Second Language Coordinator.
Earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Southern Arkansas University (SAU), Mrs. Sellers carried on her formal education earning an additional master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction and an Educational Specialist Degree in Administration, all from SAU.
Having eight years of classroom experience, Mrs. Sellers understands the pivotal role that Pre-K through second grade will play in the future of our state indicated in the new LEARNS Act. However, her mission has always been to ensure that all students have a physically and academically safe learning environment that is motivational, data-driven, and above all conducive to student learning within every facet of education. Mrs. Sellers stated that through the development of a collaboratively created school vision and organizational focus on improving student learning, Louise Durham Elementary School can continue to flourish.
Mrs. Sellers stated that early childhood education is her love and where her heart and expertise are focused.