First Grade
Canyon Rim Elementary
Contact information:
You may contact me (or any other employee of GPS) by addressing an email as follows: “my first name” + “period” + “my last name” + “@” + “gilbertschools.net” Please use nicole.little in this format to contact me.
Voicemail:
Call the school: Canyon Rim is 480-984-3216
Press #
Say my name (Nicole Little)
Then leave a voicemail message. This will be forwarded to me and I will get back to you.
About me
Here is a little information about my family. My husband, Tim and I moved back to Arizona with our dogs in the summer of 2019. My husband retired from the military after volunteering for two tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In our spare time we love to cook and bake, travel, spend time with our friends and family and go to live shows.
We have a son Sean who lives in Florence with his wife Alexa, daughter Scarlett, and son Demetrius. Scarlett is 8 years old and is very excited to start third grade this year. Their son Demetrius is about 5 months old and growing quickly! My sister and her family also live here in Mesa. My niece, Layla will be in Mrs. Hadley's class this year.
I started my education degree at Macon State College. When I moved to Arizona in 2006, I transferred to Arizona State University. I graduated in May of 2009 from Arizona State University with my bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. I received my Master’s degree from Northern Arizona University in December 2010.
This will be my fourteenth-year teaching, but my eighteenth year working in education. I started my education career as a long-term substitute and completed my student teaching here at Canyon Rim as well as at Superstition Springs Elementary. I taught grades preschool through second grade and I quickly fell in love with teaching!
I love decorating and preparing the classroom, the smell of school supplies, and being a part of something bigger. I love the "aha" moments when you can see a child starting to understand and they start applying what they have learned. Every year it is my goal to make the children love school as much as I do!
How lucky am I to have the opportunity to do what I love the most?