Barry Lee Horn
Barry Lee Horn’s passion for teaching and learning began at Richland College.
He holds four college degrees and has dedicated his career to education, for which he’s been recognized and rewarded. But what honors Barry most is helping others.
Barry is assistant principal at Bullock Elementary School in Garland, which has about 70 percent Hispanic students and 20 percent Vietnamese students. To assist the diverse community Bullock Elementary serves, Barry facilitates programming that helps students and their parents understand the American education system. He actively seeks out educational partnerships, develops enrichment programs, and mentors parents – many of whom are recent immigrants.
Barry’s desire to help others isn’t limited to students and their parents. While working as an assistant principal at Lister Elementary, Barry filled in for the principal – doing both jobs during the principal’s extended leave of absence.
Barry also serves the community by volunteering. He has served as U.I.L. coordinator, president of the Dallas Metro North Phi Delta Kappa organization, and co-director of Odyssey of the Mind (Outer Metro Region of North Texas).
He was honored as Employee of the Year at Austin Academy in 1993; Exemplary Dissertation at UNT in 1992; Kappan of the Year in 1992; and Teacher of the Year for the Richardson Independent School District in 1982.
Barry earned an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree in 1974 from Richland College. He went on to the University of North Texas, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1975, a Master of Education degree in 1982, and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration in 1991. He also did graduate studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, the American College of Switzerland and the University of Texas at Austin