Welcome to my about me page. I am entering my 5th year of
teaching 5th grade at
Hillsboro School. I am extremely lucky to be teaching at such a family
oriented school. The staff, students, and parents make it feel like
home!!!
I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Bluefield
State College in 2001
right before the birth of my youngest daughter. I knew long ago (like
in elementary
school) that I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I loved it when
teachers gave me
"leftover supplies" at the end of each year. I spent summers
playing school with my younger
brother and the children that my mom babysat.
I am a product
of Pocahontas County Schools. As a child, we travelled quite a bit with
my dad's jobs, but always ended up back "home". I did attend school in
Maryland
for five years in grades 6 thru 10. My family left West Virginia after
the 1986
flood. We moved back to the county when I was a junior in high school.
I ended up
graduating with the same friends that I had began school with 13 years
earlier!!!
I was very lucky to have completed my student teaching experience at
Hillsboro School-
the very school that I now teach at!! I've had the opportunity to watch
the students
there grow and change as learners.What an awesome thing that is
:)
I live in a beautiful log home on a farm. I have been happily married
to my husband for 12
years and we have four children; one son and three daughters. My
children keep both my
husband and myself VERY busy with all of their many school and
extracurricular
activities. My husband spends a lot of time coaching the kids' various
teams and I am
very involved "behind the scenes" on various committees. My girls all
attend school
at Hillsboro and my son will be starting middle school this year.
Aside from attending many of my own childrens' sporting events an
teaching, I
also enjoy watching the West Virginia Mountaineers football and
basketball teams,
and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers professional football team. When I
have "free" time
I like to read and sew, and of course, play on my computer. I do spend
a lot of time
online outside of school searching for new ideas to use in my
classroom. The Internet
is a wonderful school resource.
I have one cat and three dogs as pets. My children also have two
ponies.
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