Let's Meet the 8th Grade Teachers
Bio: This is my tenth year teaching Math and Science at Laurin. I am an alumna of Prairie High School and was a member of the 1999 PHS Girls Basketball state championship team. (Go Falcons!) After high school, I played NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball at California State University, Northridge on a full athletic scholarship. While there, I completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. Upon returning to the NW, I decided to pursue a career in teaching and completed my Masters in Teaching degree at City University of Seattle, Vancouver. When I’m not teaching, I enjoy watching sports (Go Seahawks, Blazers, and Liverpool!), hanging with friends and family, fly fishing, live music, and Orangetheory workouts.
Bio: I have been teaching at Laurin since 2000; the first seven at 7th grade and 8th grade ever since. I teach algebra, 8th grade math and science. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Pacific University, where I also played fastpitch softball and spent a semester in Ecuador as an exchange student. Several years after earning my BA, I decided to pursue a teaching career and earned my Masters in Teaching at City University. Outside of teaching, I enjoy spending time with my husband of 26 years, being a mom to a son (currently at University of Redlands & a 2020 grad of Prairie) and a daughter (a sophomore at Prairie). I also teach Zumba classes, enjoy working out, doing yard work and watching sports.
Email: puhl.danielle@battlegroundps.org
Email: tinnon.celene@battlegroundps.org
Email: tugaw.tyler@battlegroundps.org
Bio: Ms. Nellor began her teaching career in 1977 and has been at Laurin since 1981. Her first four years were also with BGPS at Lewisville Intermediate School and she coached freshman basketball at Battle Ground High, as well. Growing up in Vancouver, Ms. Nellor attended Clark College and graduated from University of Portland with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in education. At Laurin, Ms. Nellor teaches eighth grade History and ELA. She raised two daughters, Emma and Megan, and enjoys spending time with family, photography, computers, sewing and reading in her free time away from school.