Welcome to third grade at North Elementary!  This is my second year at North (teaching third grade both years) and the start of my 13^th year of teaching. When I began my teaching career, I started out teaching full day kindergarten in Adams 14 (Commerce City schools) at Rosehill Elementary and then continued there with teaching first grade, which I absolutely loved.  When my family moved into the 27J attendance area; however, I decided to apply for a kindergarten position at Pennock Elementary in 27J, thinking that if I got the position, then moving to 27J from Adams 14 was meant to be.  It turned out that it WAS meant to be and I continued to teach kinder, first, and second grades at Pennock for the next 8 years. During that time, I also added to my teaching certification in Early Childhood Education with a minor in Special Education and obtained my Masters degree in Educational Equity & Cultural Diversity with an emphasis in Linguistically Diverse Education through the University of Colorado at Boulder. Two years ago, I found myself needing a change and wanting to work with the same population of kiddos I’d worked with at Rosehill, so I applied for and got a third grade position here at North - which has been the best career decision I’ve ever made. The families and students here are kind, respectful, hard-working, and just over all, amazing! I enjoy coming to work every day to see and be a part of your student’s life and help them become any and every thing they want to be!  I love being a part of North and I hope you do too!