About The Teacher

NAME: Ms. Ott (McGrail)

SCHOOL: Lime Kiln Middle School

CLASS: Seventh Grade English and Reading

SCHOOL PHONE: 410-880-5988


About The Teacher

     Ms. Ott was born and raised in Pennsylvania.   She lived in several 
different small towns across the state.  Upon graduating high school, she 
attended Allegheny College near Erie, PA and focused her studies on 
English Literature, Psychology and French.   While she attended Allegheny, 
she had the opportunity to study abroad in London, England and was awarded a 
semester internship with the London Sunday Times Magazine.  During her time abroad she also 
ventured to Ireland, Scotland, Belgium and France.  After 
college she moved to Baltimore and worked in advertising until she decided 
to make the career choice her mother and many of her friends made— 
teaching!  She attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Education and 
has her Masters in Secondary English.  Now, she is excited to teach at her 
new school, Lime Kiln Middle.  In her spare time, Ms. Ott loves to walk 
and play with her Basset Hound puppy, Harley, travel to different cities, 
read (of course!), bake, cook, download and listen to music and watch 
movies.

E-mail Address: patty_mcgrail@hcpss.org

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot 
think well, others will do their thinking for them.”

George Orwell