Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! I am pleased to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you and welcome you to Middle School Math at PCA. This will be my ninth year teaching Math at Pinnacle Classical Academy. I am a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a major in Secondary Education and History. In 2014, I received my masters of education degree in Middle Grades Mathematics at Brenau University. I have been named a finalist for the 2022 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math teaching. The Presidential Award is the highest honor give to Math and Science teachers in the nation. We are impatiently awaiting the results. I have two children a son, Jackson, who is starting fifth grade this fall and a daughter, Katherine, who will be starting second grade.