Welcome, I am thrilled to begin another year teaching 5th grade at Olive Drive Elementary.  This is my seventeenth year teaching and I am still as passionate about it as my first year.  I have taught third grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, and even a ninth grade section.  I have been married sixteen years to a high school biology teacher and together we have two daughters, Dalani (22 years old) and Siena (9 years old).  I look forward to getting to know you better.  Even though things may be different this year, it is going to be a wonderful year!