Faculty K-6

 I LOVE being a teacher and look forward to a great year ahead! I truly enjoy working with young students. They make incredible progress during the school year and have such wonderful enthusiasm!

I love working with children who are just developing a lifelong love of learning along with their contagious smiles and enthusiasm.

I am so excited to start this journey of learning and growing alongside my kindergarteners!

 I have an educational background in early childhood education and love singing silly songs with my students.

 I love witnessing their growth and observing how their personalities bloom.

I love working with Kindergarten!

 I am so excited to be returning to work with our cute kinder kids!

 I teach 1st grade part time in a job-share with Mrs. Sorenson.

My true joy is nurturing young minds, helping them become skilled readers and writers.

 I am a lifelong learner and began my teaching career following retirement from the grocery industry after 37 years.

I taught high school German for 3 years before coming to Summit Academy. This is my 10th year here at Summit Academy.

 I love teaching reading and math and having fun while we learn.

Summit Academy is my home.

This will be my second year at Summit Academy. I love it here and especially love teaching 2nd grade!

 I love the community at Summit Academy and the love of learning that fills the atmosphere.

 I am truly grateful for the opportunity to spend my time supporting my teachers and helping our adorable second graders with anything they need.

  I'm an avid reader and am always looking for good book suggestions . . . . I also love animals and family history, and I have a reputation for making the best pies there are!

Our classroom will be FULL of creativity, fun, and most importantly LEARNING! I can’t wait for this year!

I'm beyond excited to be working at Summit Academy! Teaching has always been my passion.  I'm constantly striving to inspire students to love all subjects, but most importantly love themselves.  

I have been with summit for almost 3 years helping with the German DLI program.

 I love to inspire children, teach them new things and get them excited about learning.

 This is my second year teaching and I know it's going to be a GREAT one!

I enjoy teaching history and writing.

I look forward to working together with you as partners in your child’s growth and development!!

 I love learning myself and am currently working on getting my Technology and English Language Learners endorsements.

This is my second year teaching DLI German at Summit but I have been a teacher for almost 20 years.

I think Summit Academy is wonderful and I have truly enjoyed working here! 

 I also love to read and usually read around 100 books each year.

 This is my 15th year teaching 6th grade–my 8th at Summit Academy.  Summit is an amazing place to be, and teaching is my passion!

 I am looking forward to gaining a lot of experience, meet interesting new people and learn so much myself.

 My children have all attended Summit Independence and participate in the German program here. This is my 7th year teaching, 4th at Summit.

Education is my passion. I have taught in the elementary classroom for 28 years.

I look forward to getting to know the students and watching them learn and grow!

 I hope to spark their love for reading as we work on building skills to help them find continued success within the classroom.

My desire to help young people succeed in life, led me to Summit Academy Independence where I am in my second year working as a reading interventionist and teaching Academic Literacy.

 I love teaching art and completed my bachelor’s degree in Art Education at Utah State University.

That lightbulb moment when a student makes a connection is my favorite thing!

I was an Assistant Strength Coach with the Washington Redskins, the Baltimore Ravens, the USA Bobsled Team.

 Introducing children to the written word is my passion.  I want your child to grow to love reading as much as I do, which is a lot!