NAME:
Mrs. Rank
SCHOOL:
Noel Grisham Middle School
CLASS:
7th Grade Texas History / Team 7-2
SCHOOL PHONE:
512-428-2724
I am delighted to be teaching Texas History for the 3rd year at Grisham.
I truly enjoy working with middle school students. Teaching is my third
career. After graduating with a degree in Communications from Michigan State
University (Go Spartans!) I worked in advertising in upstate New York. The
second career was focusing on family relocation as our family became
corportate nomads living in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvia and
finally Texas. Since arriving in Austin 1998 I have been involved at Grisham
as parent, PTA volunteer, substitute teacher, Collaborative Teacher Support
and now teaching Texas History! My husband Jim is a marketing consultant and
adjunct faculty at several area colleges. We have two daughters. Our oldest
graduated from UNT in 2009 with a degree in geography, our youngest will be a
member of the Westwood class of 2010.
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.