About Me

Hi,

I'm Russ Jenkins, your 5th grade teacher, this year. I am excited to meet and work together with you this year. I come to Copper Hills from Bud Rank, where I taught 6th grade for 3 years and 5th grade for a year. Before Bud Rank, I was in Auburn, Alabama, where I for 21 years, the last 20 in 6th grade.

As I child I grew up in North Yemen(today it is Yemen) in Asia, Mali in West Africa, and Bangladesh in Asia. As a 5th grader in Mali, there were only 3 of us being taught by a teacher who taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade in the same classroom - a little different from your experience this year.

I attended and graduated from Florida State University and Auburn University. I lived in Auburn for 24 years before moving to California 4 years ago. I have two children - my daughter, a sophomore at Clovis North, and my son, a sophomore at Cal Poly. I enjoy reading, traveling, hiking the trails of the Sierras, spending time at the beach, watching college athletics, and woodworking.