Meet the Teacher

Hello! I am so excited to start this school year as your 5th graders Science and SEL teacher! This is my fourteenth year of teaching and my first year in fifth grade. I have taught kindergarten, second grade, and third grade. I went to school here at WES as a child, and my mother taught here for many, many years. I have been roaming these halls since I was four years old, so this school is very much home to me.

After graduating from Wilkes Central High School, I attended UNC-Chapel Hill and graduated with a degree in psychology. After graduation and working in the field of psychology for a year, I attended Meredith College where I earned a Master's of Teaching.

I have been married to my husband, Joey, for 14 years this December. We have three kids, Canaan, Kenna and Colbie. Canaan will be in seventh grade this year. Kenna will be in fourth grade. Colbie is starting her educational career at preschool this year! At home we have five pets. One is a guinea pig named Cinnamon Roll. She is Canaan's pet and he has to take care of her all by himself because I am allergic to her! We also have two fish inside the house and two more outside in a small pond. We love to travel and eat at new places, even though my kids never like their food!

Book: The Giver

Color: Purple and Green

Food: Diary free Ice Cream and Sprinkles!

Animal: Pigs

Saturday activity: Playing with Canaan, Kenna and CoCo

I am so excited to get this school year started! Our students have been learning science each year, but this year they really get in to some big, important ideas. We will learn about body systems, weather, ecosystems, and much more. I hope your little scientist is as excited for fifth grade as I am!

An exciting thing about fifth grade is that each teacher teaches a subject, so the kids get to switch classes like they do in middle school! Mrs. Bentley will teach our fifth graders math and Mrs. Sloop will teach reading. The classes will rotate through each classroom every day.