Making a change!

For the past 7 years I have taught ESL pre-k. It's been fun, tiresome, stressful and humbling. However, I have been wanting to make a change and begin teaching a higher grade level. Even more important to me, I wanted to be able to teach at the school Avery would be attending. With several elementary schools in our district, I wasn't sure if I would be able to. After lots of prayer, worry and wondering, 2 wonderful opportunities presented themselves to me. To make a long story short, I found out just a couple of weeks ago that I will be teaching Burley Primary school, the new dual-language campus Avery will be attending! Even better....I will be teaching second grade! It will be new territory for me, but I am so excited. I know lots of things have changed in education since I was in school, but second grade was my FAVORITE grade, and I honestly remember so much of my year in that class. Mostly because I had the absolute best teacher, Mrs. Rhonda Menefee. Her name is Mrs. McElhaney now, but I still catch myself referring to her as Mrs. Menefee :) I stay in touch with her to this day, and she is still just the sweetest! She is the reason I have such wonderful memories of that school year, and why I wanted to become a teacher myself. I used to play school A LOT at home, and I remember searching all over the school supply aisle at the store for the same type of pens that Mrs. M used to grade our papers with. I think I was a little obsessed, haha!  If she is reading this--Thank you so much for your love of education, and your dedication and love to your students--it HAS made a difference!
August will be the beginning of a new and exciting year for both Avery and I!