Hi, I'm Ali Bender and this is my fourth year teaching at AV-W. I student taught here in a third grade classroom. I was given the opportunity after completion of student teaching to become the second and third grade resource teacher which lead into teaching third grade math for the past 3 years.  AV-W Third Graders are always awesome! I’m so excited to meet all of you and get to know you this year! 

     I graduated from University of Wisconsin La Crosse with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Elementary Education.  I will be teaching all of the third grade sections of math and I love to solve story problems and write equations. Hopefully you will too. I will also be teaching science/social studies to my crew this year. I love to experiment!  

     Some of my interests outside of school include camping,  fishing,  UTVing,  vacationing to our family condo in South Padre Island, and spending time with my friends and family.  I was born and raised in Rhinelander and always knew I wanted to come back and teach in the north-woods.  My Husband and I live in Rhinelander with our two dogs Hunter and Nayvee. I also have a ONE year old daughter named Quincy. I love being a mama!

I am so excited to meet you!