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= =  **Welcome students and parents to Music and Third and Fourth Grade Focus classes! I am looking forward to working with all of you this year. My husband and I share five children and five grandchildren. My educational background includes graduating from the University of Tennessee and obtaining my Master of Education Degree from Mercer University. In addition, I have earned certifications to teach Gifted students as well as ESOL (English Spea****kers of Other Languages). I have taught for a “number” of years in both private an****d public settings. My experience includes teaching in all grades Pre-K through eighth grade, International Summer School for ESOL students and adults, working with students with Learning Disabilities at the Hill Center which is part of Durham Academy, Gifted Cluster Third Grade Classes for a number of years as well as teaching in the Gifted Program, and have had the pleasure of teaching Music at Beaufort Academy since 2011. Being a teacher is extremely rewarding, and I am very fortunate to be doing what I love to do!**
 * NICHOLS’ NEST ** **MUSIC - GRADES 1-4**  ** FOCUS - GRADES 3-4 ** ** 2013-2014 **