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I have been teaching 3rd Grade at Carl Sandburg Elementary since 2014.

I have been teaching in the district since 2020. I am a CBE pilot teacher. I am from Paris, IL and moved to Charleston after graduating from Illinois State. I have loved being in this district and community!

I started my teaching career in Colorado in 2014. Being a Charleston native, I was excited to join this district in 2017, and I've been teaching 3rd grade ever since! I'm a CBE teacher and enjoy giving students unique learning opportunities. As a mom of two rambunctious boys, Arlo and Teddy, I spend a lot of time with my family making memories when I'm not in the classroom.

I began teaching at Carl Sandburg in 2013. I have a Bachelors degree in elementary education from the University of Illinois (Go Illini!) and a Masters in education and reading instruction from Eastern Illinois University.

I am a 3rd grade teacher at Carl Sandburg. I have been teaching here since 2019.

Hi! I am a third grade teacher at Carl Sandburg. I just graduated from EIU in May and this is my first year teaching. I’m so excited for this school year!

Hi! I'm a third grade teacher at Carl Sandburg School. I started my teaching career in 2017 but this is my first year teaching in the Charleston School District. I am so excited to be here! I am looking forward to a great year!

I have been teaching gifted and talented in the Charleston CUSD1 since 2014. I have the privilege of working with students across multiple grade levels in all of the different buildings in the district.
I grew up in Findlay, Ohio, where I met my husband in my high school debate class. We are both graduates of Purdue University and have 3 adult children.
During my husband's 11 years of active duty in the US Navy, we lived in Nashville, TN, Portsmouth, VA, Jacksonville, NC, Orlando, FL, Chesapeake, VA, and Jacksonville, FL, before settling in Charleston in 2004.
After moving to Charleston, I completed a second bachelor degree at Eastern Illinois University in Elementary Education and simultaneously worked on a library media specialist endorsement through the graduate program at Indiana State University. I love learning!
All 3 of our children are graduates of Charleston High School. Our oldest daughter and her husband live in Durham, NC, where she is a nurse. Our other daughter and her husband live in Savannah, GA, and she is a marketing analyst. Our youngest son lives in Chicago and is a tax accountant.
We love to travel and have spent the past two summers enjoying destination weddings with our daughters in Greece and Yosemite.
In my free time, I sing and compete with a barbershop chorus and a quartet. I am also rarely seen anywhere without a book in hand.
My favorite teaching experiences are working with robotics with students to prepare for the talent show at the end of the year, having guest speakers come to our classroom to teach us 3D printing and computer coding, working with Judge Bower to prepare a mock trial that we present at the court house, having guest instructors for language arts and math problem solving, having EIU student guests come and teach us Social Sciences subjects, and learning so many new things from my students as they research and present projects for our annual GATE Showcase.

I grew up in Champaign and attended the University of Iowa. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and continued living in Iowa City for 9 years. I then moved to Charleston, where I earned my teaching certificate and Master's degree, both in Special Education. I currently teach 1st and 2nd Graders and work with them in my classroom as well as in their homerooms. I have a 22-year old daughter who works at Starbucks. She enjoys taking care of and visiting with her customers. We love to watch movies, travel and play with our little dog, Mater!

My name is Michelle Lynn. I have been a Learning Behavior Specialist, LBS1, at Carl Sandburg since 2011. I love working with students and watching their skills grow!

I have been with Charleston CUSD#1 since 2018 first as a paraprofessional and then as an LBS1. I am currently the K-3 Functional teacher at Carl Sandburg.

I am a Learning Behavior Specialist (LBS) at Carl Sandburg Elementary School. I have been with the Charleston School District for 17 years and have been teaching for 23 years. I love teaching reading and am a Certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist (C-SLDI). I am also certified by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education as an Orton Gillingham Certified Teacher.