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About The Teacher Label:


About The Teacher
Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year!! Education: Penn State University - Bachelors in Social Work Holy Family University - Masters in Education Certifications: Elementary Education (K-6) Middle School English (7-9) Hello...I am entering my 26th year of teaching at the middle school level and I enjoy it more and more every year! I have been married to my husband, Ed,for 24 years and we have two children, Eddie and Alexa, both of whom are in college this year!! We have a collie named Desi too...he is the furball on my announcements page. I am looking forward to a great year with your children - please feel free to contact me at any time.

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Mission
"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized." ~Haim Ginott~