I am looking forward to starting another great year with my first graders! I am an avid reader and I want my students to read and enjoy as many books as they can this year. I grew up in northwestern Oklahoma on the farm that my great-grandparents homesteaded over a century ago and on which my father still lives and raises wheat. I am a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University, majoring in Elementary Education and minoring in Music (piano). I gained my Master's Degree at Southwestern as a Reading Specialist and I am also certified in Learning Disabilities/Mental Retardation. In 1999 I earned National Board Certification in Early Childhood and in November 2009 renewed this certification for another ten years. To gain this renewal I completed a portfolio documenting four comprehensive professional growth experiences since receiving National Board Certification and also describing and documenting the impact on student learning from these professional growth experiences. I have enjoyed mentoring many Mustang teachers and other Oklahoma educators as they have gained National Board Certification. Over the past several summers I have attended a national technology conference and many technology seminars. I enjoy implementing new utilizations of technologies into our classroom instruction that support and enrich the learning of my students and teaching my students how to utilize our school's technology resources. I hope that you and your child will visit our classroom website often and sign up to receive the updates of our Classroom Newsletter Page and our Homework Page by adding your email adresses to both pages.
To be responsible, courteous, and caring citizens and friends To be successful and eager readers To gain math, science, and social studies skills and understandings To become confident in expressing our ideas as beginning writers To gain skills in utilizing technology to enrich our learning To enjoy being part of our classroom community and our school community