Teacher

 

NAME: Mrs. Rank Picture

SCHOOL: Noel Grisham Middle School

CLASS: 7th Grade Texas History Team 7-2

SCHOOL PHONE: 512-428-2724

About The Teacher

I am delighted to be teaching Texas History for the 2nd year at Grisham.  
Teaching is my third career.  I enjoy working with middle school students 
and pursued alternative teaching certification.  As a Communications 
graduate of Michigan State University I worked in advertising in upstate New 
York. Our family has lived in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvia and 
finally Texas.  In the 10 years we have been in Austin I have been involved 
at Grisham as parent, PTA volunteer, substitute teacher, Collaborative 
Teacher Support and now teaching Texas History! Our family moved to Austin 
in 1998.  Our oldest daughter will graduate from UNT in 2009, our youngest 
is a junior at Westwood.

Mission For The Class

Our mission as a class will be to gain an understanding of the geography, 
people and events that have molded Texas into the state it is today.  We 
will explore the past and examine the present, connecting and relating what 
we learn to the world around us.

Grisham Vision Statement:  Learning Together, Thinking Globally

Grisham Middle School Mission Statement:  
It is the mission of Grisham Middle School to work collaboratively in order 
to create a nurturing learning enironment in which all students are taught 
to think critically so that they have the skills to be successful.