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James Buchanan
Principal

Windy Barker
Vice Principal

Donna Roberts
Principal's Secretary, Bookkeeper


James Buchanan

James Buchanan
Principal

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James Buchanan graduated from Angelo State University with a B.A. in Speech and Theatre. He received a Master of Science degree from Texas A&M at Kingsville in Educational Administration. James taught theatre and speech for 25 years and for ten years was the Theatre Director at Taft High School.

In 1999 Buchanan was honored by the University of Texas, receiving an Excellence in Teaching Award. Buchanan also has been named the Texas Speech Teacher of the Year and Southern (9 state region) Teacher of the Year, as well as Teacher of the Year at Midland Texas and for Northside, and in 1996, a Distinguished Educator by Trinity University. He has directed numerous state and national champion individual speech events as well as winning UIL District one-act play 18 times and placing at state 8 years. He has directed and acted for film, television, radio, and the professional stage from Los Angeles to New York to Europe. Buchanan has written 14 plays that have been produced across the US and Europe. He has traveled in 25 countries. One of his most exciting summers was spent teaching humanities, history of film, and introduction to speech at the Navajo Tribal College at Tsaile, Arizona.

James loves to spend time with his nephews, Brandon (10 years old) and Dustin (5 years old) Cummings.

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Windy Barker

Windy Barker
Vice Principal

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Windy Barker graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Science in English. She later received a Master of Education in Education Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. She has taught English at the middle school, high school, and college levels, as well as fine arts, special education, and a gifted and talented program in middle schools. She comes to Communications Arts from Taft High School, where she coordinated the Ninth Grade Success Initiative.

Barker has written for a variety of media, having work published in newspapers and magazines. She has written descriptive texts for movies for visually impaired audiences, and writes and produces the Community Events Calendar for Texas Public Radio.

Believing that laughter is an essential element of every day, Barker shares her home with her husband and two children.

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Donna Roberts

Donna Roberts
Principal's Secretary, Bookkeeper

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Mrs. Roberts and her family moved to San Antonio in 1987 from their home town of Tucson, Arizona. She has worked for NISD the past 18 years. Mrs. Roberts taught Arts & Crafts for 13 years for NISD Adult Community Education. She was Principal's Secretary/Bookkeeper at Northside Children's Center for two years before joining Communications Arts three years ago.

Mrs Roberts is the glue that holds us together.

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San Antonio, Texas 78253
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