Hello Fabulous Future First Graders! 

Mrs. Carter; 1st Grade Teacher

Hi! I am Mrs. Carter, your First Grade Teacher! First, I hope you all  have a wonderful summer. I hope you find time to do all the things that bring you joy in your heart and make you happy! Summer is a perfect time to enjoy all of God's creation, explore, and get outside! 

Second, I want to tell you how excited I am to get to be your teacher this coming school year. We are going to have so much fun learning and using our imaginations and I hope to foster an environment that nurtures your God-given gifts so you grow to share them with the world! 

I also want to tell you a little about me! I received my bachelor in education from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, and my masters degree in science and mathematics from Oregon State University.  I have been a teacher for a very long time. more than half of my life I have been teaching! I want you to imagine and think of something that you love very much- that is how much I love teaching! I thank God everyday I get to do something I love as a job. Something else I love is BIG FUN! So, you should know that I think learning should be fun! Learning can be hard work too, but I promise you will have BIG FUN this year in First Grade.  Some of my favorite things to do when I am away from the classroom include spending time growing in my my faith, snowboarding, golfing, watersports, hiking and spending time with my husband and daughters; Gracie, a graduate of Canby High School who will be a sophmore at Purdue University in the area of integrated business and engineering, and my youngest daughter,  Addison, going to be a junior at Canby High School; both OLL graduates! 

I look forward to hearing about all the things you love and some of your favorite things to do. I look forward to helping you grow and develop as faith-filled Christians, artists,  leaders, readers, scientists mathematicians,  and celebrate the liturgical calendar as we journey through the year, and so much more! 

Finally, if you are ever in Canby this summer, where I live- feel free to send me a note, I would love to have you stop in and say hello if I am home!  Canby is a fun place to visit in the summer for the Canby Ferry, Canby Rodeo and Fair, Molalla State Park, TMK Creamery, go carting at Pat's Acres, golfing at Frontier (par 3) perfect for kids;) and the Dahlia Farm! I will be stepping away with family this summer to travel, but if you have any questions at all please feel free to reach out!