I am in my fourteenth year of teaching (wow!) at CES. I have taught thirteen years in first grade at California. This year is my first year teaching third grade. I was raised in California my whole life and graduated from CHS in 2001. I then graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Central Missouri with my Bachelors in Elementary Education. I became a first grade teacher at CES and then went back to school and got my Masters from Southeast Missouri State University in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I am married to my college sweetheart, Kelly. We have three amazingly beautiful and bright little girls, Lily, Elly, and Karly. In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family. I also enjoy photography, reading, and walking.
It is my goal to create a warming and welcoming environment for my students. I hope my classroom is an extension of home and that my third graders love stepping into our room everyday. It is also my mission to instill a love of reading and learning in all of my students. I strive to make learning fun and enjoyable. I also aim to differentiate all of my lessons based on each child's individual academic needs. I promise to give 120% of myself all of the time. I love my job and my students truly are an extension of my "family." It is with great pleasure that I will be serving you this school year.
Welcome to third grade...it's going to be AWESOME!
*If your child will be in my classroom for the 2019-2020 school year, please go to the link below and fill out our open house Google form. This form includes the information that you would typically fill out during open house and return to school. Therefore, filling out this form will help open house move more quickly and efficiently. It will also help reduce the amount of paperwork for you to fill out and return to school. Thank you!
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