About+Me

 Hello, I am excited for the new year to take off with flying colors! I think it's important to tell you a little about who your child has this year. I have been teaching in the Buhler Schools for 23 years! 18 of these years were in the 4th grade and this is the start of my 6th year teaching 3rd grade. I have years of experience and as the kids usually tell me, "You're older than my parents!" I just laugh because a couple of years ago, I could say for the first time, "I had your parents."

I actually started school in the Hutch area and my parents moved into the Buhler district when I was in 4th grade. I tell the kids, Prairie Hills wasn't even built yet when I was in 7th and 8th. I graduated from Buhler High and went on to finish college at the best school in the state. The only PURPLE  college to call home! After leaving Manhattan, I moved back to Hutch and got a job with Buhler the following year. So many of us come back home for different reasons, mine was a good decision. I began teaching in one of the best districts in the state!

I live here in Buhler now, and my husband, Steve and I have 5 children. Three are grown and gone. Matt, our oldest, lives and works in Wichita. Our next oldest is Josh, he and our daughter-n-law, along with two of our grandchildren, Kale and Addy, live in McPherson. The youngest of the oldest is Tiffany, and she along with our third grandchild, Caleb, lives in Wichita, too. The next two and youngest are the twins. Hunter and Kenzie are in 7th grade. A woman in the grocery store once told me when they were babies, "Honey, this is the toughest time, if you can make it the first year, you'll be fine." Oh my, the first year seems like nothing compared to this beginning of these middle years! Go ahead a smile, you'll be there one of these days. : )

Thank you for sharing a part of you this school year with me. I love teaching and seeing the kids' faces light up when something makes sense or they "get it." I hope you understand how important your child is to me.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them. Richard L. Evans