STAFF

Ilene Thatcher

Sixth Grade[930]

I am so excited to be teaching 6th grade science this year! Years ago I graduated from Brigham Young University with an Earth and Space Science Education degree and taught junior high and high school before I started a family with my husband. For fifteen years I was a full-time mom and a part-time music teacher. I love to play the guitar, piano, and violin and making music with my family. I also enjoy listening to music of all varieties. In the summers I love to ride horses, hike, camp, fish, hunt, and go on vacations with my family. During the school year I love to cosy up and watch a good movie or read a good book. In my youth, I enjoyed playing any sport I could try my hand at, though lacrosse was my favorite.

I have taught ELA at Lincoln the past few years and have absolutely loved every minute of it, but I am excited to be coming home to science teaching. What I love about teaching science is that it is so hands-on. I love seeing the curiosity on students’ faces as we work through a lab or to see their surprise when they see or learn something they had never seen or experienced before. Science is a wonderful and fun way to learn about the world around us and I love sharing in that adventure with my students!
“Every brilliant experiment, like every great work of art, starts with an act of imagination.” – Jonah Lehrer