Samantha Padilla

Sixth grade Reading teacher at Midway Park Elementary in Euless, Texas.

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

Y’all the stage for the first live MPE Talent Show since Covid looks so amazing! Big thanks to Creative Balloons by C&N for the incredible balloon arrangements and to Nilda Muñoz for helping me set up!!! 💚🦜 @LieslJames @hebisd @HEBISDpeople @MsAitkenMPE @MPELibrarian

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

Welcome to CaféELA! Today our students garnered many snaps with their poem writing skills at our Poetry Slam 😎☕️ I did this lesson when I was a student teacher, and this week my student teacher did it! Talk about a #fullcirclemoment 💚 #poetsthatknowit #parrotpride @hebisd

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

@StaceyBurchHEB Aww thanks for the retweet @StaceyBurchHEB 💜💜💜

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

It was so much fun celebrating with some of my amazing school family at the @hebisd Employee Banquet tonight 💚🦜 #BestTeamEva #BestSchoolEva #ParrotPride @HEBISDpeople @LieslJames @MPELibrarian

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

The #GrowthMindset video celebrates the hard work&growth of MPE Parrots and ALL students this year! The song&video are parodies, and an homage to @mileycyrus ’s amazing song&video. *I don’t own the track rights or profit from these videos! @HEBISDpeople https://t.co/6QQZsq6GBk

[Liesl James @LieslJames]

Check out Midway Park’s Growth Mindset Video. Put students keep getting “better” all the time as they learn and grow. Thanks to @MsPadillasWorld for writing, singing and directing this amazing video. https://t.co/r3ElhGNFBi
@hebisd @HEBISDpeople

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

STAAR starts next week! I recorded the song yesterday, and now it’s being mixed. The video should be ready soon! Working down to the wire on this one 😅 Fun fact— the kids picked the song this year! 🦜💚 #ParrotPride #growthmindset @hebisd @HEBISDpeople @LieslJames

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

My students coded @microbit_edu into stepcounters as a culminating activity for our Exploration Unit! Watching these amazing kiddos problem-solve through the coding process made my teacher heart proud! #ParrotPride #CSforAll @hebisd @HEBISDpeople @KieraE_TX @EdtechHeb @LieslJames

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

It’s Assistant Principal’s week and we have the best!!! Big thanks to Ms. Killip for all she does for our Parrot family and for being an absolute ROCKSTAR!!! Now that’s what we call #ParrotPride 🦜💚 @LieslJames @hebisd @HEBISDpeople

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

It was so awesome to have Innovate visit my class today!!!

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

@farris_carly @LieslJames @HEBISDpeople @hebisd Thank you 💚💚

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

It’s always a good day when we get a visit from @StaceyBurchHEB and #Innovate @hebisd 😄 Students showed their knowledge of plot elements by creating a @Pixton plot diagram over the text we read this week! #ParrotPride #6thgrade #ELA #STEM #CSforAll @HEBISDpeople @LieslJames

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

@GreenTopLawn @LieslJames @HEBISDpeople @hebisd Thank you!

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

Today was THIS much fun! I am so honored to represent MPE as 22-23 Teacher of the Year. Today I celebrated with fellow teachers of the year and many who have have had an huge impact on my career! 📸:@jliesl and thank you for everything! 🦜💚 #hebisd #parrotpride #6thgradeteacher

[Liesl James @LieslJames]

Today was our lucky day as we got to celebrate our Midway Park Teacher of the Year - Samantha Padilla. Join me in congratulating her 💚🦜 #ParrotPride @HEBISDpeople @hebisd @MsPadillasWorld

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

My 6th graders read about women in technology as explorers this week, and today they built Enigma machines out of Pringles cans! Then they practiced breaking codes and writing their own codes! #ParrotPride #WomensHistoryMonth #STEM 🦜💚 @hebisd @edtechheb @jliesl @kieraelledge

[HEB ISD @hebisd]

Are you interested in teaching for HEB ISD?!? Click the link below to complete the 2023-2024 HEB ISD Teacher Job Fair Interest Form. #hebisdtheplace2b
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[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

It’s #MarchMadness at Midway Park! From the Sweet 16 to the final 2, staff members have been ranking different flavors of Oreos! We’re down to Mint and Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie! Who will take it all and who will crumble???#ParrotPride #cookiechallenge @LieslJames @HEBISDpeople

[Liesl James @LieslJames]

Thank you to our HEB ISD School Board member, Julie Cole, for stopping by with invitations for our teacher of the year and service pin recipients. @HEBISDpeople @hebisd @MsPadillasWorld 💚

[Samantha Padilla @MsPadillasWorld]

#waybackwednesday to two weeks ago 😅 It was Makers Mania at Midway Park and our Parrots had so much fun learning through play! My 6th graders built a “prosthetic” hand out of card stock, straws, and yarn as a culminating activity for their Importance of Imagination unit!