Ms. DeCoux

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About The Teacher
I am so excited to be at Jollyville, a school with a big heart and a commitment to ensuring that your child succeeds. This is my sixth year of teaching. I have a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Teacher Certification, three graduate credits from the "New Jersey Writing Project" and three from "Teaching Environmental Science." I am an avid reader and I like to write. Previously, I worked in the high tech industry for eighteen years. However, I always yearned to be a teacher. In fact, I inadvertently got into the high tech industry because I was interested in how computers could help struggling students learn. My three grown children, two daughters, Jeana and Janelle, and a son, Jeff, live in the Austin area with my seven grandchildren. I have a Schnauzer named SugarBear who, along with my grandchldren, keeps me busy. My grandchildren range in age from a freshman in college to the youngest who will be turning five. I grew up in the country in Wisconsin and Minnesota with my parents and five brothers and sisters. Though my father was a truck driver with an eighth grade education, he instilled in us the value of education. All of us are college graduates. One of my sisters (who has Dyslexia) has been an Austin Montessori teacher for over 30 years and my other sister home-schooled her boys. One of my brothers has been a Mathmatics/Aeronautics Professor at Penn State for 25 years, while another brother provides technical support for the same college.

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Mission
To stimulate imaginations with research-based inquiry and instruction that inspires children to become life-long learners.