Mrs. Babb graduated with honors from NSU in 1994. She began teaching for the Bartlesville district in 1996. Mrs. Babb and her husband have five children, four of whom are grown. In her spare time, Mrs. Babb loves to read, paint, travel with the family, white water raft, work in her flower bed and bike ride.

Miss Bliss received her bachelor's degree and certification in special education from OU in 1980; she earned her master's and further certification in 1987 from OSU. Miss Bliss began working for the Bartlesville Public Schools in 1993. Priot to that she taught at Owasso and Sequoyah. She has completed registry trainings in the following areas: Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism and Multiple Disabilities/Deaf Blindness and Assistive Technology Training. Miss Bliss is the Director of the Extended School Year Program and the Special Olympics Head Coach for Bartlesville School System. She was Teacher of the Year for Mills Elementary in Owasso, 1992-1993 and Teacher of the Year, Bartlesville Mid-High 2003-2004. Miss Bliss has 2 cats and a dog. She enjoys reading, sewing and decorative painting.

This is Mrs. Deiter's first year at the Mid-High.  She graduated from Hope College, which is located in Holland, Michigan.  She and her husband Brandon were just married this past May and moved to Bartlesville in June.  She enjoys playing tennis, cooking, and spending time with her family.

Mrs. Hartmann has been teaching at Bartlesville Mid-High for six years. She received her bachelors in English education and her masters in education at Northeastern State University, and holds teaching certifications in English and special education. Mrs. Hartmann is married to Brian; they have a dog (Rufus Sue), a cat (Linus), and a bird (Zee Bee Lou).
 

Mrs. Harvey graduated and obtained her bachelor’s from Georgia Southwestern College. She has 23 years of experience in teaching special education. She has taught in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and now Oklahoma She is married to Ed and they have 4 children; her hobbies are selling antiques, reading and swimming.

Mr. Hastings is currently enjoying his tenth year of teaching special education students at the Mid High.  Mr. Hastings graduated from Sooner High School (now the Mid High) in 1969.  After receiving an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, Mr. Hastings attended the University of Oklahoma and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism.  Later, Mr. Hastings attended Oklahoma State University and earned a Masters Degree in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership.  Mr. Hastings has two incredible daughters and enjoys creating original music, reading non-fiction books, camping and fishing in Colorado, and watching the University of Oklahoma play football.

Mrs. Upshaw received her Bachelors degree from Central State University (now known as the University of Central Oklahoma).  She began her teaching career in her hometown of Ponca City in 1979 where she taught at a junior high school.  She has taught in the Bartlesville school district since 2003.  She is married to Steve, and they have two college age children:  Aaron will graduate with a Finance degree in May 2008 and Lara, a junior, is majoring in Communications at the University of Oklahoma. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, watching movies and attending church activities.