NAME:
Lisa Swagerty, NBCT
SCHOOL:
Palo Verde Elementary
CLASS:
Third Grade
SCHOOL PHONE:
650-856-1672
Years teaching: 23
Family: Husband, Richard, retired from Stanford after 35 years!
Son, Emrich, 23, is building his own glass blowing business and is the facilities director of the
Eugene Glass School in Eugene, Oregon.
Daughter, Molly, 20, is a junior at Washington University in St. Louis majoring in
engineering.
Both children are graduates of Palo Verde.
Pets: Two cats, Ernie and Percy
For Fun I...Read, spend time with friends, travel, 'do' art
Favorite Food: mochas, salads with fruit and nuts, berry pie
Favorite Color: it varies
Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Frindle by Andrew
Clements, Harry Potter
Favorite Flower: Daffodils
Birthday: March 12
The most challenging and important lessions I teach in addition to the curriculum are:
• Be curious and ask questions
• Develop inner resources
• Trust your own instincts
• Be positive
• Friends are too important not to take care of
