My name is Mrs. Vining. I am looking forward to being your Literacy teacher this year and to being your sponsor for the #KINDNESS CLUB. Here are a few things you should know about me:
- This is my eighth year of teaching...and I LOVE it.
- Before I was a teacher, I was a lawyer. That means that I have lots of practice reading and writing...and I happen to love doing both.
- One of my favorite authors is Dr. Seuss.
- My all-time favorite book is "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst. (go to my links page to see a video of this wonderful story).
- I am married to Mr. Vining (he is a lawyer, too). We have a daughter, Abbie, a son-in-law, Trevor, a son, Sam. We also have two grandaughters, Hadley, who is 2 and who just became a big sister to baby Felicity. We also have a dog, Charlie, and two 'grand-dogs', Wanda and Symba.
- I have three degrees, which I received from the following schools: Wellesley College (B.A. in Political Science); University of Southern California Gould School of Law (J.D.); N. C. State University (Master of Arts in Teaching, Special Education).
- I love to read, to read aloud and to be read to...so if you are in my Literacy class we'll be doing lots of that.
- I believe that KINDNESS COUNTS, that choosing KINDNESS is always the right thing to do, and that KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS.