Bessie Santos, Director/Speech Team Coach

Bessie Santos has taught Language Arts at Julian since 2000. Bessie has a BA in English from UIC and a Master’s in English from Governors State University. Before working at Julian, she taught for 6 years at Conrady Junior High in Hickory Hills, IL. There she was the coach for all the events in the annual speech team competition. She was also instrumental in bringing in 2 new programs to the school: Drama Club and the annual spring play. Now part of the Julian faculty, she has enjoyed being the coach of Julian’s first-place speech team as well as a director for CAST productions.