Hello and welcome to fourth grade!  My name is Jennifer Weishaar, and I am extremely excited to have you in our fourth grade class this school year!  It is going to be a wonderful year filled with so many new experiences.  I hope that you are excited to see what is in store for us!  During our first days of virtual learning, I am going to have the opportunity to learn all about you; however, I would like to take a few minutes to share a little bit about myself.

I was born and raised in New England.  Yet, surprising to most, I never developed a love for seafood.  In fact, I may be the only New Englander that does not enjoy lobster and other shell fish.  I later moved to Rhode Island for college and back to Connecticut for graduate school.  After completing my Masters in the Art of Teaching from Sacred Heart University, a college friend and I moved to Maryland to begin our teaching careers.  While in Maryland, I taught fifth grade and later third grade.  With a love of good, southern sweet tea and southern hospitality, my family and I moved to Greenville County.  Downtown Greenville and the quieter pace of life captured our hearts!  My son Devin is now a rising senior and my daughter Kaylee is starting tenth grade this year.  They have joked that I am the one "left behind" in elementary school.  My family and friends are such a special part of my life, and you will hear much more (than they probably care for me to share) as we learn more about each other.

I am delighted to be your teacher, and I look forward to learning along with you.  I know that this will be a fantastic school year for all of us!