Education:
Bachelor of Music Education Murray State University Teaching Experience: 2 years: Music and Band at Massac Unit 1 Schools 1 year: Music at Tunica Elementary School 6 years: Band at Millington Central High School 3 years: Riverdale Elementary & Middle (Music & Band) Teacher Survey When is my birthday? March 17 (St. Patty's Day!...and I hate to wear green!) What is my favorite color? Yellow What is my main instrument? French Horn What are my favorite subjects? Band and English What is my favorite drink? Iced mocha What are my favorite snacks? Chips & Salsa and Muddy's cupcakes (Prozacs...yum!!) What are my favorite sports? St. Louis Cardinals Baseball and Murray State Basketball |
About me:
This is my 12th year of teaching, and my 3rd year at Riverdale! I am beyond excited to be here this year! I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelors in Music Education from Murray State University. (Go Racers!) I am originally from Mascoutah, Illinois (about 20 minutes from St. Louis), so I travel to Illinois often to visit my family. I have been married to my husband Mark for 10 years, and we have called Memphis home for the past 9 of those. We met at MSU. He is a professional trumpet player and trumpet teacher in the Memphis area. We have two sons...Charlie, who is 5 and Adam, who is 2. We also have a dog (Percy) and a cat (Tony). I spent my first 3 years of teaching in the elementary music and middle school band classroom, then 6 years as the band director at Millington Central High School. I loved my time at MCHS, but I am so happy to get back to my "roots" of teaching at a K-8 school...and Riverdale is one of the best!! I'm looking forward to making music with the RMS bands and music classes this year! |