Meet Mrs. Schneider
I grew up in St. Louis and graduated from Lindbergh High School. (I attended Kennerly for Elementary School and Sperreng for Middle School.) Doctors say I bleed green and gold. ;) I graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelors in Middle School Education. I am currently attending Missouri Baptist University for my Masters in Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Before I started teaching at Sperreng, I had the amazing opportunity to live on an orphanage in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic where I taught English for a semester. The picture to the right was taken in my outdoor classroom at the English Institute in Monte Cristi. My preferred classroom is definitely an outdoor classroom similar to the one in the picture.
I love teaching hands-on science. I enjoy taking an inquiry, engineering approach to teaching science. I am very excited to teach another year at Sperreng!
I love teaching hands-on science. I enjoy taking an inquiry, engineering approach to teaching science. I am very excited to teach another year at Sperreng!
My husband and I have been happily married for 3 years this past July. He is also a teacher. He teaches high school math and middle school engineering and technology at Orchard Farm in St. Charles. We enjoy grading and planning side by side during the school year and relaxing and traveling together during the summer. :)
One of my favorite things to do is to travel to new places. Out of the places I've been, my favorite so far are Santorini (Greece), Rome and Venice (Italy), Kauai (one of the Hawaiian Islands), and Monte Cristi (Dominican Republic). The picture to the right was taken in Santorini and the picture below was taken from a helicopter in Kauai. I want to go back to both of these places as well as visit most of the countries in the world. :) One of my goals is to make it to every continent. (I've been to 2 of the 6 - I can live without going to Antarctica.)
I also love being active and being outdoors. I enjoy jogging, playing volleyball (especially sand), tennis, hiking, swimming, reading, volunteering, etc. At Sperreng I coach the Dance Team.
My favorite food is buffalo chicken in any form - on a sandwich, in a wrap, or on a salad. Yummm.
I also love being active and being outdoors. I enjoy jogging, playing volleyball (especially sand), tennis, hiking, swimming, reading, volunteering, etc. At Sperreng I coach the Dance Team.
My favorite food is buffalo chicken in any form - on a sandwich, in a wrap, or on a salad. Yummm.
Favorite Quotes:
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Ghandi
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Ghandi
"You are in charge of your own intelligence. Being smart - and staying smart - is not just a gift of genetic good fortune. It is very much a product of what you put into it." - Carol Dweck
"I didn't fail; I found out 2,000 ways how NOT to make a light bulb." - Thomas Edison