Introducing... ME!

Hello fellow bloggers!  I am so excited to start this blog I don't even know where to begin.  I guess I will start by introducing myself.

I am a second grade teacher at Kamaile Academy.  Kamaile is located on the west side of Oahu, Hawaii.  We are in a town called Waianae.  The 2013-2014 school year will mark my fifth year teaching second grade at Kamaile.  I am originally from Edwardsburg, Michigan.  I went to school at Saint Mary's college in Notre Dame, Indiana close to where I grew up.  My students learn about college and strive to prepare for it.  We celebrate on College Day every Wednesday by singing our Kamaile Cheer and the Notre Dame fight song.  They are so cute!


I was inspired to create this blog when I stumbled upon a couple master teachers who have blogs of their own.  I was searching for ideas for my grade level's summer "Reading Toolkit" 'Ohana Night coming up.  I was immediately blown away with ideas that would apply to the workshop I will be leading on writing- thanks to the blogs I looked at.  I decided to come up with a blog to log my professional ideas/development as a teacher.  Maybe I will also be able to help other teachers.  If not, this will still be a useful tool for my own projects, lessons, family communication, and reflections.

When I graduated college and moved to this beautiful place I created a blog to track my growth as a teacher and a new independent person in this big world.  Additionally, I created a website for my class.  As time went on, I became too busy to blog my daily life in my personal blog, and parents weren't really utilizing the class website, so I slowly stopped both.  With this blog, I plan on combining the two to create an easy stop for families to follow what we do in school and how they can help support their child's learning at home.

Stay tuned!