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What's your New Year's Resolution?

Hi Everybody!

• I teach Regents Chemistry, Regents Biology and Gemini Biology, an FLCC course (which alternates years with Forensics).
• I am the MasterMinds and Academic Challenge Bowl coach.  MasterMinds and ACB are interscholastic academic competitions in which 2 teams answer quiz questions in a college bowl or Jeopardy-type format.  We meet on C days during both lunches - bring up your lunch and have some fun matching wits with your peers!
• Academic Challenge Bowl is new this year for 7th & 8th graders and will have different questions and a slightly different format than the high school MasterMinds team.  They will travel to other schools (hopefully with the MasterMinds teams).

     Here's a little history about me.  I was born and raised in Maine, graduating from Greenville High School in 1993.  I attended college at William Smith in Geneva, NY and graduated in 1997 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Biology.  While at college, I worked as an athletic trainer for the Hobart hockey team, other sports and summer camps.  I drove out West for graduate school at the University of Oregon in Eugene.  In 1998, I received a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology.  When I came back to Penn Yan, I temporarily worked as a teacher substitute.  I really enjoyed it, but needing something more permanent, I went to work in the hospitals in Penn Yan and Geneva as a lab tech and phlebotomist.  It was very interesting work, but I realized that I missed being around young people and intellectual challenges.

     In 2001, I left the hospital, married and went to work at DeSales High School in Geneva.  I taught Biology, Chemistry and Gemini Biology for 3 years.  In 2004, I went to Canandaigua Academy to teach Chemistry and then after having my first child, I wanted to be closer to home.  (I now have 2 children, Conor & Erin.)  I also wanted a small school where I could teach multiple subjects and so I could see students througout their years. I LOVE my students - they are the BEST!

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