About Me
Edgar Allan Poe statue & I in Boston
Thanks for wanting to find out more about me! Lucky for you, you'll hear a lot more throughout the school year because writing and literature lend themselves to exploring the individual. I share as you share!
I'm the Team Titan English teacher, and I have the best job in the world. I've been lucky enough to teach at HBMS for the past 11 years. I can't believe I'm going into my 12th year here! The school is my home away from home. I try to make my classroom as cozy as possible since I spend so much time there, and you will too.
All I knew when I entered college was that I wanted to major in English. I wanted to read and write...and then read and write some more. Crazy? Maybe. A high school English teacher of mine said that we better love what we want to do for the rest of our lives. So that is what I did at Suffolk University in Boston, MA for 4 years. I loved living in Boston - the noise, taking the T, the people, and so much more. I'm definitely in love with the city.
Teaching was always in the back of my mind, but I wasn't ready to commit until it came time to graduate! I spent some time substitute teaching during college breaks for money at the middle school I went to, and in one middle school English class the kids were reading The Secret Life of Bees. As I looked around the room I thought, "This would be the best job ever!" It turns out that I was 100% correct. I didn't exactly enjoy my own middle school experience, so I feel like I am making up for that as a middle school teacher.
After graduating college, I spent another 2 years getting my Masters of Arts Teaching in Secondary English back home in NH at UNH. Before coming to HBMS, I interned for a year in a 7th grade classroom in Bedford, NH and subsequently taught 8th grade there for 2 years. In 2014 and 2015 my first two classes of students graduated from BHS. I finally attended my first class of students graduating from HBHS in June of 2017!
Mrs. DiZazzo & I
"I'm an English teacher. What's your superpower?"
Fun Facts
💍I was Ms. Bouchard before I got married, so if a lot of my classroom books say "Bouchard" -- that's why.
🌸My daughter, Sienna, was born 7/17/20. She's a pandemic baby!
🐱I'm a huge animal lover - I've rescued quite a few including a rat that was destined to be snake food and a one-eyed gerbil. Right now I have a pitbull mix named Belle (yes, Beauty and the Beast inspired), and 2 cats - Hamilton (yes, Hamilton the musical inspired) and George (also Hamilton inspired).
📏I love organizing anything and everything. It brings order to my life!
🌟Yellow is my favorite color.
💞My family is the most important thing to me in the world & my mom is my best friend.
📖My favorite novel is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. You'll read it in high school, I hope!
🍁Things I'm obsessed with: Target, school supplies (Flair pens!), Broadway, naps, quotes, fall, Edgar Allan Poe, A Christmas Carol
🖐I'm actually pretty shy and quiet...despite how I am in the classroom! When I was in school I NEVER raised my hand to participate. Seriously, never.