Who is Mrs. Worrell?
An
Introduction:
Having come from a long line
of teachers (both her grandmothers were teachers as were two
great-grand-mothers, several great aunts, and her mother), one might say
teaching came naturally to Mrs. Worrell. Her first pupil however, her unwilling
two year old brother whose head she pushed into a book and demanded he “READ!!!”
might beg to differ. Over the years her teaching style and methods have
softened somewhat, but her zeal for all students to achieve nothing less than
their absolute best has remained steadfast.
Mrs. Worrell grew up in a small water front community on the
south shore of LI and attended her town’s public schools through ninth grade.
Finally deciding to follow in her family's tradition, she attended Northfield
Mt. Hermon, a private boarding school in northwestern Massachusetts. After
graduating from NMH, Mrs. Worrell attended college in North Carolina, but ended
up graduating from Northeastern University in Boston after being inducted
into Kappa Delta Pi, an educational honor society and earning a Bachelor’s
degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Reading. After graduating, she
was hired by the very district she had attended as a student and even got to
teach with several of her former teachers!
Over the course of the next six years, she attained tenure
and her Master’s Degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY while teaching
grades 2,3, &4. It was during this time that she married and had her first
child, Lucas (Luc– currently a 5th grader in Mrs. Shane’s class). After
spending a year and a half at home with Luc, she returned to the classroom where
she split her time between fifth and sixth grades. Her last assignment afforded
her the unique opportunity to “loop” with her students: an experience she labels
“phenomenal” and “incredibly rewarding”.
After moving to “Phirey” Phoenix in August of 2000, Mrs.
Worrell decided to stay home with Luc and help out in his classroom. She
planned to return to teaching in 2001, but the birth of her daughter Hannah
changed that plan. Luckily in 2002, a position opened up at Sierra and Mrs.
Worrell was offered her current job of teaching fifth grade. This year marks
Mrs. Worrell’s 16th year of teaching which she is excited about!!!
Other Info.
In her “spare time”, Mrs.
Worrell loves creating scrap-photo albums-(currently she’s about two years
behind on both children). She also enjoys exercising, baking, and watching her
son play hockey and her daughter “do” gymnastics. She can often be seen
sipping a “cino” (or in non-Hannah lingo a Venti Mocha Frappaccino light double
blended with whipped cream) when the weather is warm. On cooler days, a large
mug of Irish Breakfast tea and a blueberry scone hit the spot because they
remind her of time spent at her parents’ home on the coast of Maine rocking on
the front porch supervising the tides.