Mrs. MacDonald

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About The Teacher
Mrs. MacDonald has been teaching for 7 years. She began her teaching career in Nanakuli, Hawaii; continued on to the Irvington Union Free School District for a few years, and two years ago joined the Carmel CSD. She taught the extended day class for MPES and KPS in the 2007-2008 SY, and last year she was a first grade teacher at MPES. Her undergraduate degree is in Elementary Education (College of Saint Rose), and her graduate degree is in Literacy (Mercy College). She holds certification in NYS for Elementary Education(Pre K- 6)and is also certified as a reading teacher (Pre K -6). Mrs. MacDonald loves football, and can often be found rooting for the NY teams with her husband Matthew. He's a special education teacher who teaches children who have Autism at the Devereux center in Red Hook. They love to spend time with Wookie, their little sock stealing puppy.

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Mission
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. – Plato Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today. – Gabriela Mistral (Chilean teacher 1899 - 1957) The secret of education is respecting the pupil. – Ralph Waldo Emerson