4th Grade - Section A


Kathleen Mumaw       kmumaw@stonecreekschool.org 

 

Education:  

  • Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with a double minor in science and psychology from Ohio University.
     

Experience:

  • Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from Adams State College. 
    I have been teaching for fourteen years.

  • I have taught every grade except fourth grade from kindergarten through eighth grade.
    I have enjoyed being able to see how the curriculum unfolds from one grade level to the next.

Strengths:
One of my greatest strengths is my rapport with students. Having an excellent rapport paves the way for an exciting, challenging, respectful and caring classroom environment. Differentiating to meet student’s needs comes naturally to me when planning lessons.

Personal:
I have lived in the valley for six years and have made Leadville my home for the last four years. My husband Chris and I have two children. My son Kacy is four and my daughter Maya is two.  We also have two dogs, a Border Collie named Rio, and an Australian Sheppard named Blues. We love to spend time outside. Our latest endeavor has been gardening, which is pretty difficult at 10,000 feet! So far we have been eating lots of lettuce and radishes.

 

   

 

4th Grade - Section B 

Megan VanderTuin      mvandertuin@stonecreekschool.org

Education:

  • Graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2004 with a degree in Elementary Education and a 3.7 GPA.  Minor in Ethnic and Gender Studies. 
  • Received the Educational Testing Service Recognition of Excellence by scoring in the top 15 percent of candidates nationwide on the PRAXIS II exam.

Experience:

  • Preschool teacher in Ft. Collins, CO while attending UNC in Greeley.
  • Student taught in Timnath, CO and O’Fallon, MO. Technology teacher at Meadow Mountain Elementary for one year.
  • Kindergarten teacher at Stone Creek Charter School for 2 years and 3rd grade teacher for 1 year.

Strengths:
High expectations for students, promotes citizenship, highly organized, excellent classroom management, responsible, promotes responsibility among students, good sense of humor, challenging but FUN. 

Vision for SCCS 4th Graders:
Value the importance of volunteering and citizenship locally and globally, realize learning can be challenging and fun, create lifelong learners, and continue to excite the spirit and develop the mind.