Welcome, 4th Graders, to the 2025 - 2026 School Year!
Some of the exciting events students can look forward to are:
Reflections Project
Personal Timeline Project
Survival of the Fittest Exhibits
Weekly Tanner Dance Classes
STEM Fair Project
Rendezvous
Field Trips to cool places like:
Natural History Museum
Utah State Capitol
All About Ms. Swift
The 2025 - 2026 school year will be my 16th year of teaching. I moved to Salt Lake from Northern Virginia in 2020. This school year will be my 4th year teaching at Morningside Elementary. Previously, I taught in Fairfax County Public Schools in McLean, Virginia. I taught as a math and language arts resource teacher for several years, as a special education teacher, and as a 3rd grade gifted teacher. I received my B.S. in Human Development from Brigham Young University and an M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nevada Las Vegas where I worked as a graduate assistant on the publication of the Journal of Children's Literature. I love being outside and enjoying nature, which is what drew me back to Utah. I also love to read and cook.
Resources
Below, are linked sites we use often in our class. For some sites, students may need to log-in with their Gmail account provided by Granite Schools. Their email is their 9-number followed by "@graniteschools.org."