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Hello! I grew up in Damascus, MD. I attended Towson University for my bachelors in English and Secondary Education. I have lived in New Market, MD for the last 13 years. I will be teaching ELA at Ballenger Creek Middle School. Possible unusual fact? I am slightly obsessed with dogs, especially Jack Russell Terriers. We currently have 2, as well as a beagle mix! Our youngest pup is 4 months old and quite a handful!

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-I am from Severn MD, which is in Anne Arundel County
-I graduated from Frostburg State University
-This is my first year teaching!
-I will be teaching 6th grade ELA at West Frederick Middle
-I am red/green colorblind

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Hello, my name is Alia and I grew up in Maryland. I earned my undergraduate degree from The University of Maryland and my Master's from Johns Hopkins University. I began my teaching career in MCPS as a special educator and eventually moved into  teaching general education English. This year, I will be teaching 6th grade English with FCPS at Oakdale Middle School. Something you may not know about me is that I enjoy painting and have started to  pick it up once again!

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Hello and welcome to the FCPS family! I am originally from the Catskill region in New York. I moved to Maryland in 2007 to begin my teaching career with FCPS. I have my BA in secondary education/English from SUNY New Paltz and my masters in instructional technology from the University of Maryland University College! I am the Technology Teacher Specialist for ELA/Media Services Prek-12! Something unusual about me is that I was an Irish Dancer for over 14 years and toured with a troupe through Ireland and the Northeast United States! I am excited to support all of you as we embark on an exciting and unusual year!

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Hello! I am new to Frederick County. My husband and I moved to the DMV area a year ago from Texas. I grew up Michigan and have moved around a lot. We are both loving all that Maryland and Frederick County has to offer. My undergraduate is in vocal music performance and I’ve made the transition to English/Language arts after some further schooling. Most recently, I completed my Master of Education in Secondary Teaching – English from the George Washington University. This is my first year teaching.

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I was born in Paris and lived overseas as a child, but have spent most of my life here in Maryland. I knew very early in my life that I was to to teach- it chose me, not the other way around! I attended the University of Maryland and have taught for over 40 years, 30+ in Montgomery County at the elementary and mid level and the last 6 years in Arlington County. I recently moved to Frederick County after some big life changes and am THRILLED to join the FCPS family as an English teacher grade 6 at Urbana Middle School. Something unusual about me is I ran my first marathon (and survived!) at 50 !

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WELCOME TO FCPS!
I am delighted that you are joining us. WOO HOO!!
So . . . I am originally from a small town outside of Pittsburgh, PA. I received from BA and MEd from Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA. I started teaching 40+ years ago - oh my how the time really does fly - with FCPS. I traveled throughout the county during my years as an English teacher, which included stops at Governor Thomas Johnson Middle School, Governor Thomas Johnson High School, Catoctin High School, Walkersville High School, Central Office, and now Oakdale High School. I adore teaching English and reading intervention, which is my current role as the OHS Literacy Specialist and department chairperson. I love to travel and most recently - as in last summer - spent 12 days in ITALY. I stayed stateside this year and shared some of the summer days with family in Cape May, NJ.

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Good Evening All,
I have lived in the county since 1992. I attented Mount Saint Mary's, where I earned my BA in English and minored in Education. I am a second year teacher. I will be teaching 6th and 7th grades at Urbana Middle.
Unusaul fact: I had to have surgery on my arm and wrist three days ago. It took me 10 minutes to type this message with my good hand. My responses will be slow  and limited, please be paitent with me! :)

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Hello everyone!

I was born in Columbus, Ohio, but I spent most of my life in Southern MD. I received my English BS and MAT from Frostburg State and my School Library Media MS from University of MD. I’m returning to FCPS (started my career with 8 years of English at FHS, then a year at GTJHS as a media specialist) after 5 years as a media specialist in Howard Co. I’ll be at THS this year teaching 10 year long, 10 merit, and 9 merit. I love to share that I originally went to college thinking I would be a math teacher, but decided to pursue English because I enjoyed it so much more. I think it’s also why I love grammar so much!

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Hi everyone!

-I attended Messiah University (when it was still Messiah College!!) for my BA, and I just graduated from Salisbury University with an MA in English Literature.
-I am originally from the Eastern Shore of MD, but I loved the mountains so much I wanted to move closer!
-I taught two years of First Year Comp. at Salisbury University and designed a Writing About Writing curriculum.
-I will be teaching at Oakdale HS Honors 9 and Honors 10.
-I love baking and crafting, and I am hoping to get more into sewing!

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Hello Fellow English , LA teachers, and specialists!

-I have lived in several places around the Maryland / Southern PA area, but I am originally from Annapolis, MD and currently reside in Gettysburg, PA.
-I earned my undergrad degree at Towson University and my M.Ed at McDaniel College.
- This will be my 15th year of teaching, and I started my career here at FCPS.
- I will be teaching 6th and 7th grade LA at Governor Thomas Johnson Middle School.
- I love to travel and have visited 41 states and 18 countries.

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Greetings!

- I am from the Chicago area and just moved this past week to Maryland!
- I earned my undergrad at Governors State Univ and my M.S.Ed at the University of Saint Francis.
- I will be teaching 9th grade English at Tuscarora High School.
- Unusual fact: I was a year-round club gymnast for 15 years and want to eventually coach gymnastics once I'm more settled into my new surroundings.

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Hello everyone!
-I have lived in Frederick for my entire life.
I graduated from Virginia Tech (BA English) & Towson (MAT).
-I will be teaching 8th grade ELA at Monocacy Middle! This is my fourth year teaching. I previously taught 10th/11th grade ELA in Howard County.
-Unusual Fact: Spencer Lane, located in Ijamsville, MD (Urbana High School district) is named after my family!

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Hello! I am from Howard County and just graduated from McDaniel College. This is my first year teaching. I will be teaching 7th grade English at Thurmont Middle School. Something unusual about me is that I love alpacas. They are my favorite animal.

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Hello!

-I am originally from Damascus, MD but I have lived in Frederick for about four years now
-This year will be my first year teaching
-I'm excited to be teaching 7th grade at West Frederick Middle School
-Outside of school I have worked in theater education for seven years through multiple organizations

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Greetings!

This will be my 18th year of teaching, and I will be joining Brunswick High School. Although I’m originally from Massachusetts, I have lived in 5 states and consider Maryland home. We moved back here this summer after 6 years in Indiana.

I earned my undergrad at Liberty Univ and my M.S.Ed at Johns Hopkins Univ.

I have taught middle school, high school, and college ages. My most unusual teaching experience was in a Tyson chicken processing plant (the smell there was even worse than middle school).

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Hello fellow ELA teachers and specialists!

**I am from Maryland, though I am somewhat new to Frederick. I moved here about four years ago and currently reside in Walkersville.
**I graduated from UMD (BA English)/ UMUC (MAT)
**I previously taught ninth grade English at Saint John's Catholic Prep in Buckeystown, but this will be my first year teaching middle school ELA!
**I will be teaching sixth grade English at Ballenger Creek Middle School.
**Unusual Fact: I love plants! I try to plant something different every year, but this spring my cherry tomato plants returned. They are now taller than me!

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Hi there!
-I grew up here in Frederick County and graduated from Walkersville High in 2011
-My degrees are from Grove City College (BA) and Penn State (MEd) but I only visited State College once during my online studies!
-I taught at a charter high school for 3 years in Pittsburgh and spent the past 2 years at Hope Academy, a private school in the Bronx
-I'm teaching 8th grade LA at Windsor Knolls Middle
-Unusual Fact: I lived around the block from Lin-Manuel Miranda!

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Hi everyone! So happy to be here and meet all of you!

1. I am a Frederick native, but I've been living in Arlington, VA for the past few years. I have been working for the other FCPS (Fairfax) as a middle school ELA teacher.
2. I graduated from Wake Forest University (BA in History/English), Mount St. Mary's University (MAT in Secondary English)
3. I'll be a fourth year teaching and I will be a 9/10th Grade ELA teacher at Urbana High.
4. I'm a total anglophile (I used to live in London) and I can recite all the English kings and queens in order.

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Greetings everyone!  I am a Maryland girl, growing up about 30 miles south in Ellicott City. I earned my BA from University of Maryland, Go Terps! I began working in education in 2008 and I became a certified teacher in 2013. I will be working at West Frederick Middle School as a 7th grade ELA teacher. I very recently returned from living in Costa Rica for the past 3.5 years and I love to hula hoop.

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~I am from the hills of Kentucky
~I graduated from Georgetown College (BA) , Morehead University (MA)
~I have been an educator for 40+ years in Kentucky and FCPS
~I am the Secondary English/Language Arts Curriculum Specialist
~Something usual: I escaped from France in March right before COVID!

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Hello! Some facts about me... (*) I am from Slate Hill, NY, a tiny town about 50 miles north of NYC.  (*) I received my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Penn State University.  (*) This is my 18th year working for FCPS.  (*) I am the teacher specialist for Secondary ELA. (*) I've run in three marathons and am running in my first "virtual race" this fall so I'll have a 2020 medal for my Christmas tree!