Hello! My name is Janet Koppinger. I am a 1st grade teacher at Grace Lutheran School in Fargo, ND. I grew up on a small dry land/pig farm south of Savage, Montana. I attended Savage Public School for my elementary and high schooling. After graduation from high school, I attended the University of North Dakota-Williston for two years. I transferred to Dickinson State University where I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with a concentration in Kindergarten education.
My first professional teaching job was in Lodgepole, South Dakota, in a one-room school house teaching three grades: kindergarten, first, and second. After two years at that position, my husband and son decided to move to Fargo. For three years, I taught at a daycare in Fargo as a preschool teacher/assistant director. My first teaching experience at Grace Lutheran School was as the preschool teacher and along with that, I was the kindergarten aide. I taught preschool for three years. Then, I became a kindergarten teacher, I taught kindergarten for 4 years. I am now teaching 1st grade! I really enjoy it.