Kelly Guerrero, 6th Grade Counselor phone 868-0955
Kelly Pullig Guerrero has enjoyed every one of her twenty-three years in Caddo Parish Schools. Kelly received her bachelor’s degree in education from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, her master’s degree in administration and supervision from Centenary College in Shreveport, and her master’s degree in counseling from Louisiana Tech at Barksdale. She taught second and fifth grades at Forest Hill Elementary where she later accepted the position as counselor. Kelly has supervised many student teachers and counseling interns throughout her career. She has participated in numerous accountability programs in which she has assessed and assisted peer teachers. Kelly completed the Caddo Parish Administrative Internship Program in 2000. She is now the sixth grade counselor at Caddo Middle Magnet where she enjoys assisting teachers, students, and parents each day.
Kelly is married to Kevin Guerrero and has two children. Elaina is fifteen and attends Caddo Magnet High. She is a Senior Company member of the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet and plays piano and guitar. Landon is 12 and attends Caddo Middle Magnet. He enjoys football, baseball, and basketball and is a member of the CMM Advanced Band where he plays trumpet and drums.
Kelly attends Calvary Baptist Church and sings in the Praise Team. She enjoys working with the church’s youth group and has chaperoned many trips for this age group. Kelly likes to run, read, and travel with her family.
“There is no better place to work than at a school,” Kelly has said countless times. “Working with children, no matter what their age, is exciting, challenging, and refreshing. Children are full of new ideas and hope. They represent new beginnings and a bright future. They encourage me each day.”
Kelly is married to Kevin Guerrero and has two children. Elaina is fifteen and attends Caddo Magnet High. She is a Senior Company member of the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet and plays piano and guitar. Landon is 12 and attends Caddo Middle Magnet. He enjoys football, baseball, and basketball and is a member of the CMM Advanced Band where he plays trumpet and drums.
Kelly attends Calvary Baptist Church and sings in the Praise Team. She enjoys working with the church’s youth group and has chaperoned many trips for this age group. Kelly likes to run, read, and travel with her family.
“There is no better place to work than at a school,” Kelly has said countless times. “Working with children, no matter what their age, is exciting, challenging, and refreshing. Children are full of new ideas and hope. They represent new beginnings and a bright future. They encourage me each day.”
Brooke Strickland , 7th Grade Counselor phone 868-0955
Brooke Walker Strickland was born and raised in Shreveport. She received a Bachelor of Science in Child Life and a Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance, both from Louisiana Tech University. She also received her National Board Certification in Counseling in 2009. After earning her Master’s degree, she moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she was a counselor at Westdale Middle School for three years. She returned home to Shreveport in 2007 and has worked at Caddo Middle Magnet ever since! She is married to Ben Strickland and they have a son, Walker, and two dogs, Lola and Tuff! She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, watching football, and traveling. She loves her CMM family and getting to know her 7th grade students every year! Seventh grade can be challenging at times but she enjoys assisting and watching her students begin to grow and mature into young adults!
Barbara Bennett, 8th Grade Counselor phone 868-0955
After attending Caddo Parish public schools, Barbara Mason Bennett received a BA degree in Education from Grambling State University and a ME in Guidance and Counseling from Prairie View A.M. She is in her 37th year as a Caddo Parish School Board employee. She began her career as a math teacher at Green Oaks High School, which is her alma mater. After ten years, she accepted a counseling position at Youree Drive Middle School and in 1998, she became a member of the Caddo Middle Magnet staff. She is delighted to be a part of the "middle Magnet Spirit of Excellence". Her passion is spending quality time getting to know her students, talking to them, giving advice, listening to problems, teaching them how to become good problem-solvers, decision-makers and most of all helping them develop coping skills. 8th graders are finally maturing into semi-young adults, and don't do as many crazy, immature things they did in 6th and 7th grade, but nevertheless, they are still middle schoolers, and crazy things will happen! As she assists them with the transition from middle school to high school, she hopes they will be ready to enter high school with a chest full of self-confidence, the life skills to lead the way and the determination to be successful in all their endeavors. Her honors include: Rookie Teacher of the Year, Middle School Counselor of the Year and Educator of Distinction. A proud mother of two, Candace 30 and Lonnie II 22, when she is not at work, she loves spending time with her family, traveling,gardening, shopping, reading, exercising and interior designing. She is active with Alpha Kappa Alpha and her church where she serves as the Dean of Christian Education. Her motto: Live life, Learn much, Laugh out Loud, Love everyone.
Ruth Cole, Data Processing Clerk
