Greetings and Welcome to 4th Grade

I began my work in District 11 at five years old in a kindergarten classroom at the now closed, Ivywild Elementary Scool.  I spent seven years there before I went onto North Middle School, and then to William J. Palmer High School where I graduated in 1991.  I attended Western State College for one year before tranferring to The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where I graduated with a bachelors of arts in Sociology, and completed my teacher training in their Teacher Education Program.  More recently I completed my masters in Educational Administration.  This is my 21st year teaching in District 11, and my fifth year at Taylor Elementary School.  The majority of my teaching, 18 years, have been in 4th and 5th grades. 

I am a mother to two teens, two dogs and two cats.  I enjoy gardening