MEET THE TEACHER



MEET THE TEACHER


Hi! My name is Mrs. Staci and I am SO excited to be your preschool teacher this year! It’s going to be a fun year, full of learning and new adventures and I can’t wait to see what the year has in store for us. I want to know ALL about you, but first I am going to tell you a few things about me.

I was born and raised in Mesa, AZ and am the middle of seven children! I love my family so much and feel blessed that we are all married and all still live close by! After I graduated high school, I traveled to Hefei, China for a semester where I taught English to preschool aged children. It was a wonderful experience and I fell in love with teaching and knew I wanted to come home and pursue my degree in education. After two years at Mesa Community College, I went to Utah to continue to my education at BYU, while working as a Preschool Aide at Mountainland Headstart Preschool.

My plans changed a bit when I came home for a summer and fell in love, marrying my best friend in November 2004.  I did not return to Utah and my education was put on hold.  Within a year, my husband got a job at the University of Phoenix, and I decided to finish my degree and graduated with a degree in Management (because at the time they did not offer degrees in Education).

I continued to gain experience working with children, as I worked at a child care center, while finishing my school and was grateful to be able to quit working and become a stay at home mom when I had my first little boy in January of 2007!  That year I was able to co-teach preschool with my sister out of her home and learned so much from her! In 2008, we added another beautiful boy to our family and in 2009, we moved into our current home and I immediately began teaching preschool from my home, which has always been my dream! I had another boy in 2011, which kept life FUN with 3 young boys and we just recently added a princess to the mix in June of 2014. I am thankful for the opportunity I have to be a mom first and yet still be able to do something I absolutely love, which is teaching young children!

A few of my favorites:
Color: Purple
Season: Autumn
Food: Lasagna
Dessert: Icecream
Candy: Hot Tomales
Sport: Volleyball
Animal: Pig
Song: You are My Sunshine
Hobby: Crafts