These are my three amazing children who are now 20 - Martin, 19 - Patrick, and 16 - Jack. My wonderful husband Joe and I have been married since 1993. I began teaching in 1996 at Benjamin Franklin in fourth grade. I then taught science enrichment at Thomas Jefferson for one year. And, in 1991 I came to Calvin Coolidge Elementary School. I love working with children, building relationships, and teaching life skills about respect for self as well as others. The New York Common Core Standards can be found on engageNY.org if you are interested in viewing fifth grade curriculum. I would like to use this website to highlight and focus on all the wonderful things that happen on a daily basis in our classroom. Thank you for visiting this site. I hope you found it useful.