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NAME:
Betsy Wood, M.Ed.
SCHOOL:
Central Tree Middle School
CLASS:
Grade 8 Algebra, Grade 7 Prealgebra
SCHOOL PHONE:
508-886-0073
This is my ninth year at CTMS and my twenty-second year as an educator (how
could I have possibly gotten to be that old?). I am really looking forward
to working with the eighth grade students again this year (Algebra). I so
enjoy helping them to prepare for high school! I will also be teaching four
sections of seventh grade math.
Prior to moving to this area ten years ago, I taught at a private high
school alternative program in Weston (Basic Math up through and including
Trigonometry). I continue to help high school students to prepare for SATs
and occasionally do private tutoring. I have also held some other math-
related positions throughout the years: a brokerage assistant at Merrill
Lynch (fascinating!) and Structural Industrial Engineer Trainee for General
Dynamics (enlightening!).
I have come to love this area of Massachusetts - just the right proximity to
mountains and ocean (after growing up near Newport, RI). My own children
are in fifth and tenth grades this year. Between both of their schedules,
we are involved in soccer, hockey, baseball, golf, horseback riding and
dance/gymnastics (and love to ski during that season). During my down
time, I help to run one of Worcester's emergency food pantries. I also
enjoy quilting, tennis, biking, reading (especially mysteries, medical and
legal thrillers, and science fiction) and calligraphy (which I do
professionally in my spare time).
To see even the most math-phobic students learn to make connections and
applications with mathematics. To role-model the, "YES-YOU-CAN ATTITUDE!"
in all areas of academics. To show my students that it's great to get FIRED
UP about school...even in the 8th grade, and lastly...To give them the best
possible preparation for their high school experience!
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