About the Teacher
I have worked for Olive Branch High School since 2006/2007. Most of my childhood was spend living in Memphis, TN, then my parents moved us to Southaven, MS. I graduated from SHS in 1992. I then married my husband of 22 years (this May). We have one son, Drew, who graduated from OBHS in 2017. I started at OBHS in the attendance office, then moved on to every other job in the office throughout the years. After many colleagues telling me that I really needed to be in the classroom, did I finally decide to go back to college.
In 2017 I earned by Bachelors Degree from The University of MS. I am a certified History, English, and Special Education Teacher. Once I got my degree I started working for OBHS as a Special Education Inclusion Teacher in the History Department, and I could not have been happier!!!
In 2019/2020 I was also given the opportunity to be the Director for the OBHS Drama Department!! I jumped at this chance, although this was quite a daunting task. Those are might big shoes to fill after Mrs. Carol McRae and Mrs. Chelsea Cole had run the program for so long. With that in mind, I decided to give the Drama Club students the chance to pick out the show, they picked "The Addams Family, School Edition".
*****The dates have been postponed due to the Covid-19 virus, HOWEVER - the show WILL go on. Just don't know when yet.....When we have those dates, I will post them for everyone.
Mrs Watkins Office Hours
Virtual Learning Tools
Text-to-Speech Extension for Google Chrome (download required) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/super-simple-highlighter/hhlhjgianpocpoppaiihmlpgcoehlhio
Highlighter Extension for Google Chrome (download required) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readwrite-for-google-chro/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd
Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text in Google Docs (Controlaltchieve.com) https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/06/docs-self-editing.html
Text Reduction for reading comprehension - Google Docs Tutorial (Controlaltachieve.com) https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/11/docs-blackout.html
English Language Arts Practice (Commonlit.org) https://www.commonlit.org/
Math Video Lessons (Virtualnerd.com) http://virtualnerd.com/
Watch/Listen to Historical Speeches for visual/auditory learners (History.com) https://www.history.com/speeches
Listen to Stories Online for auditory learners (Audible.com) https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
MDE Recommended K-12 Resources for Learning at Home https://www.mdek12.org/LearningAtHome
Improve Typing/Computer Literacy Skills (Typingclub.com) https://www.typingclub.com/
Helpful Tips and Tools for Completing Assignments (Nationalgeographic.com) https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/homework-help
Stressed out? Try this website for some tips to ease stress :) https://www.mylemarks.com