My name is Gretchen von Ende.  I teach Resource K-4.  This is my 13th year at Bradfield.  Before coming to HPISD, I taught Resource for 4 years in Lewisville ISD.  I have been teaching for 17 years and I still love it as much now as when I started.  I grew up in McAllen, TX in the Rio Grande Valley at the southern tip of Texas.  I went to college at McMurry University in Abilene, TX.  It was a family tradition to go to McMurry and I was very happy to carry on that tradition.  I moved to the Dallas area after graduation and started teaching.  I received my Master's degree in Special Education from Texas A&M Commerce in 2005.  In addition, I gained certification as an educational diagnostician. 

   Outside of school, I am active at my church, I enjoy keeping in touch with my friends and family, I like to read and watch TV, I have a wonderful boyfriend, and I like to take classes at the gym in addition to walking with colleagues after school. 

     Although I don't have children of my own, I love spending time with my nephews, my boyfriend's niece and nephew, and my best friends' children. 
     
    On December 23, 2012, my boyfriend and I became proud parents of a lab mix puppy named Tipper.  She is now my new "hobby". 

 

Please feel free to contact me anytime at
972-365-4428 (cell) 
vonendg@hpisd.org.