Welcome to fifth grade! 

 

I absolutely love teaching.   I am blessed to have a job at an amazing school and district.

 

I moved to Mount Vernon in 1989 and began teaching in 1995.  I have been a classroom teacher for twenty-nine years. I taught two years in Heath, Ohio. Eight years I taught third grade at Dan Emmett Elementary. The last nineteen years I have taught fifth grade here at East Elementary.  I know how fortunate I am to work with an amazing group of educators here at East and hope to always continue the East School tradition of educating the whole person.

 

I received my first degree from Cincinnati Bible College in Business. Later, I acquired a Bachelor degree in Education from Mt. Vernon Nazarene University.  Recently I pursued and received a Master's degree in Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction from Walden University.

 

My husband, Don and I live in Mount Vernon.  He is now retired from AEP.  I have three sons who are East School graduates. My eldest son, his wife, and my grandsons,  live in Tennessee  He is is a meteorologist in the Air Force.  My middle son lives in the Lexington, Ohio with his wife and daughter.  My youngest son recently moved to Ohio with his wife and four children.  

Along with teaching, I love to read, walk, bike, travel, garden, and spend time with the family.  I am an avid Ohio State fan. 

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Fifth grade is such an important  year.  The academic content becomes more rigorous and students are preparing to transition to the middle school.  It is also a fun year with hands-on science experiments, developing their writing voice, studying the Western Hemisphere, extending math learning of decimals, fractions, number sense, and fifth grade camp in the spring.  It is a very exciting year that I am privileged to guide students through.