First Grade

Miss Ogden grew up in the education world and her mom worked at her elementary school and would spend most of her time after school helping out the teachers. She knew that she loved working with kids but it was her volunteer experience in high school, during which she helped students with their school work and teachers with anything and everything, that made it clear that she wanted to be a teacher. After graduating high school, she attended Arizona State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in early childhood and special education. She has spent the last few years teaching kindergarten in both Phoenix and Gilbert. She is excited for this new chapter in her teaching career as she moves up to teach first grade! After work, you can find her at the gym or at Trader Joe’s. In her spare time, she loves shopping, going to the lake, spending time with family/ friends, and visiting new places. 

Mrs. Parker enjoys swimming, crafting and traveling in her spare time.  In fact she has traveled to Hawaii and Europe! She grew up in Buffalo Grove, a suburb of Chicago and loves to read historical fiction.  Her favorite superhero is Ashoka Tano from Star Wars.  She enjoys all kinds of foods including Vero's Pizza, Oregano's and Madeleines where she can get breakfast foods with fruit and coffee.  Mrs. Parker is a classic rock music lover and loves to listen to Coldplay & Journey, but also enjoys country too.

"In every job that must be done there is an element of fun" - Mary Poppins

Mrs. Stevens is a big dog lover and has 2 dogs of her own one named Rosie who is a yellow lab and Mia who is a Cavalier Spaniel. She grew up in Lansing IL which is a suburb of Chicago right on the Indiana border. Fun fact about Mrs. Stevens when she got married her wedding was in IL but the reception was only 5 mins away but was in Indiana because the states were so close together. When her family vacations she loves the beaches in San Diego so she can also visit family in that area. Mrs. Stevens loves to read and her favorite authors are Adriana Locke, Lucy Score or Meghan Quinn. She can't pick a favorite book because she loves so many! When she gets to spend a night in and isn't running her kids to practice she enjoys listening to Ed Sheeran with some good Mexican take out from Costa Vida.

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." -Jane Goodall

Ms. Thigpin also known as "DJ Thigpin" is one of our fantastic 1st grade teachers. She is very creative and loves to craft especially crocheting, painting, and scrapbooking. She grew up in Washington state and loves to vacation at Disney World or at the beach. Ms. Thigpin's favorite superhero is Captain America and her favorite book is Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty. When she gets the time during the week she loves to eat at Gecko Grill and listen to Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett.

"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious … and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney