NAME: Barbara N. Wesneski
SCHOOL: Dallas Middle School
CLASS: 6th Grade
SCHOOL PHONE: (570)675-5201
I am a 1996 graduate of Bloomsburg University. It is there that I received my Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with a Mathematics minor. I also graduated from Wilkes University with a masters in classroom technology. I found my home here in the Dallas School District in 1999. My first year here I had the privilege of teaching 3rd grade at Dallas Elementary. I spent the next five years at DES enjoying the 5th grade students and curriculum. Now the Dallas Elementary building no longer exists, and I am in my twenty-seventh year in the district and my twenty-first at our beautiful Middle School. I am very excited about teaching 6th grade at DMS.
Besides being a teacher, I am a mom of three amazing humans (if I may say so myself). LJ, the oldest, is my very sports minded 27 year old son who has been brainwashed to love Notre Dame and the Yankees. He is graduate of The University at Albany where he played tight end for their football team. Alexandria is my sweet 23 year old daughter. She is also very involved in sports, especially field hockey, which she played at the University of Iowa. She graduated this past December. She too has completed all stages of the brainwashing! Joshua is my very pleasant 20 year old who (no surprise here) loves sports as well. He attended Dominican Univesity where he played lacrosse, but since he switched his major, he is starting his junior year of college at LCCC while searching for a new school . He too has completed all stages of the brainwashing! All of their first Notre Dame jerseys were "retired" and hang on a wall in our home. The Notre Dame and Yankees influence comes from my wonderful husband, Larry.
I coached our junior high girls basketball team for seven years when I started teaching here at Dallas. We had great success with 3 district titles under our belt in 7 years. I miss coaching so much, but my family keeps me very busy. Sports have always been a part of my life having played basketball and softball since age 6, and team spirit is something in my blood being the youngest of 5 girls!
It is my mission to provide my students with a safe, productive, and fun environment that is conducive to the learning process.