-Welcome!
I am an 8th-grade English and United States history teacher at POCS. I absolutely love being an educator and wholeheartedly believe that POCS is a very special place. I am proud to be a part of this amazing team and love getting to work with middle schoolers. I have been teaching at POCS since the 2014-2015 school year and have a M.A.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction and hold two teaching credentials: a Multiple Subject Credential and a Single Subject Credential in Social Sciences. I previously taught second grade in Rincon Valley and Windsor school districts, as well as 5th and 6th grades at Jack London Elementary. In my spare time, you can find me hiking, backpacking, traveling, working in my garden, or hanging with my family and our pack of rescue dogs. I appreciate a balance of downtime and being adventurous. I am a lifelong learner and hope to instill a sense of wonder, curiosity, and a drive to take meaningful action in each of my students.
Email is my preferred method of contact, and I check my email at least 1-2 times per day. My email address is [email protected], or you can also send me a message via ParentSquare. You can access your student's grades online by visiting the school's online grade book at https://pinerolivet.aeries.net/
Here is our classroom's Amazon Wishlist that has both classroom supplies and snacks to share amongst Finnegan/Brandenburg students. We do A LOT of projects in our class throughout the year, and we go through many supplies as a result. If your family is able, purchasing off our class wishlist, sending in gift cards to Staples or Amazon, grabbing a box or two of snack boxes when you go grocery shopping, or donating used printer ink cartridges all help support our learning community. Every donation goes toward your parent volunteer hours and is greatly appreciated by our students.
ACCESS MY HELPFUL RESOURCES AND TUTORIAL VIDEOS HERE
ACCESS MY CLASS EXPECTATIONS PRESENTATION BY CLICKING HERE
ACCESS MY BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT PRESENTATION HERE
Access Google Classroom by Clicking Here
I am an 8th-grade English and United States history teacher at POCS. I absolutely love being an educator and wholeheartedly believe that POCS is a very special place. I am proud to be a part of this amazing team and love getting to work with middle schoolers. I have been teaching at POCS since the 2014-2015 school year and have a M.A.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction and hold two teaching credentials: a Multiple Subject Credential and a Single Subject Credential in Social Sciences. I previously taught second grade in Rincon Valley and Windsor school districts, as well as 5th and 6th grades at Jack London Elementary. In my spare time, you can find me hiking, backpacking, traveling, working in my garden, or hanging with my family and our pack of rescue dogs. I appreciate a balance of downtime and being adventurous. I am a lifelong learner and hope to instill a sense of wonder, curiosity, and a drive to take meaningful action in each of my students.
Email is my preferred method of contact, and I check my email at least 1-2 times per day. My email address is [email protected], or you can also send me a message via ParentSquare. You can access your student's grades online by visiting the school's online grade book at https://pinerolivet.aeries.net/
Here is our classroom's Amazon Wishlist that has both classroom supplies and snacks to share amongst Finnegan/Brandenburg students. We do A LOT of projects in our class throughout the year, and we go through many supplies as a result. If your family is able, purchasing off our class wishlist, sending in gift cards to Staples or Amazon, grabbing a box or two of snack boxes when you go grocery shopping, or donating used printer ink cartridges all help support our learning community. Every donation goes toward your parent volunteer hours and is greatly appreciated by our students.
ACCESS MY HELPFUL RESOURCES AND TUTORIAL VIDEOS HERE
ACCESS MY CLASS EXPECTATIONS PRESENTATION BY CLICKING HERE
ACCESS MY BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT PRESENTATION HERE
Access Google Classroom by Clicking Here
REQUIRED MATERIALS
- A computer device to do schoolwork on at home (devices are available for checkout from the school for students who do not have a device they can access daily to complete schoolwork)
- 2 college-ruled spiral notebooks (single subject)
- 1-2 college-ruled composition books
- 1 two-inch binder with a pack of dividers to go inside
- Post-It notepads 3x3 inch (several packs)
- Writing and Coloring Utensils- Pencils, colored ballpoint pens, 5 different color highlighters (orange, yellow, pink, blue and green), a pair of scissors, and coloring utensils (colored pencils and/or crayons)
- Not a requirement, but Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine tipped) are great for posters and projects
