I am excited to be involved at Grace Lutheran School for another year as a math teacher. I have held many positions here over the years, starting with being a parent of Grace students, then Junior Great Books leader, enrichment teacher, teacher aide for several grades, breakfast supervisor, librarian, substitute teacher, and math teacher. In each of these roles I have enjoyed getting to know the children and their families.
I wanted to be a math teacher ever since I was a young girl playing school with my younger sister and brother. I enjoyed making arithmetic worksheets for them to do! I helped my classmates with math in both junior and senior high school. At Concordia College in Moorhead I studied math, physics, and education. I taught physics and grades 9-12 math in Grafton, ND for several years. After moving back to Fargo, I taught various math and physics classes at Concordia College. I’ve also taught hands-on physics classes for elementary and secondary teachers across the state of ND. Now I am back to teaching students about math!
My husband teaches in the computer science department at MSUM. Our daughter has a Master’s Degree in Education, is married with a daughter and lives in Hugo, MN. Our two sons are both in Fargo.
I have taught all ages (2 through adult) of students in Sunday School and now enjoy leading an adult class with my husband. Teaching VBS every summer is also a tradition, as is attending Camp Wilderness (Boy Scouts of America) each summer for a week or two when my husband is chaplain there. When I have spare time I can usually be found reading a book.