Mrs. Thornton

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About The Teacher
I was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas and attended Texas A&M-University on a tennis scholarship and graduated with honors with a B.S. in Kinesiology and a minor in mathematics. Upon graduation, I accepted a coaching and teaching position with Flour Bluff I.S.D. in Corpus Christi where I taught high school geometry and served as the head junior high tennis coach for 2 years. After marrying my husband, Matthew, we moved to Los Angeles, California where I taught 7th Grade Pre-Algebra and coached tennis, cross country, and track and field for Placerita Junior High School in Newhall, California. While teaching, I also earned my Master of Arts Degree from California State University Northridge in Secondary Mathematics Education, again graduating with highest honors. I am very excited to begin my 10th year of teaching as a member of the Grisham Middle School staff and look forward to sharing my enthusiasm for teaching with my new students.

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Mission
I believe math is a valuable lifelong tool that is important for all students. It is my goal to make math interesting, fun, challenging, and rewarding. In addition, I also hope to encourage my students to continue to build on their strengths, improve on their weaknesses, and to be caring and compassionate citizens in the community.