Robin Akers Email: rakers@pvschools.net Voice mail extension: 36516

Name: Robin Akers
Current grade level: 6th
Grades taught previously, if any: have only taught 6 th grade

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree/University: BA University of Houston: Teacher Certification, Chapman University:
Masters Degree/University Northern Arizona University
Certifications/other relevant experience : National Board Certification

Amy Smith received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters degree in

Educational Leadership/Administration from Northern Arizona University. She has taught in the Paradise Valley Unified School District and Sonoran Sky for 11 years. She began by teaching fourth grade for one year and has spent ten years teaching fifth grade and now teaches sixth grade. Ms. Smith assists as the school's district liaison for the Make Your Day Citizenship Program. Email: amsmith@pvschools.net Voice mail extension: 36515

Sarah Chiccarello schiccarello@pvschools.net Voice mail extension: 36513

Self Contained Honors - Terri Abalos Email: tabalos@pvschools.net Voice mail extension: 36512
Name: Terri Abalos
Current Grade Level: 6 th Grade Self-Contained Gifted
Grades Taught in the past, if any: Honors Pull-out, reading and math grades 4, 5 and 6. Learning disabilities, self contained.  

Education
Bachelors Degree/University: Arizona State
Masters Degree/University: University of Arizona
Certifications: National board certification in middle childhood generalist

Personal Information
Where did you grow up? Chicago, Illinois
Hobbies, Interests: Reading, movies, hiking
What led you to being a teacher? I always knew I wanted to work with children and my high school homeroom teacher encouraged me to become a teacher.
Who are your favorite children’s book authors? Sharon Creech, Mildred Taylor, Lois Lowry, Jerry Spinelli
Do you have children? 3 stepdaughters
Ages? 17, 25, 27
Marital Status: Married
Describe a special teaching moment. It may be the fist time you realized you made the right career choice or a short story of a student who touched you. Many years ago I had a student in 6 th grade who was homeless part of the year and her family struggled throughout the year I had her in my class. I spent one day a week with her after school, helping her with homework and going out for ice-cream occasionally. Several years later when she was 16, she wrote me a letter thanking me for helping her though a very difficult time in her life. Sometimes you never know the influence you have on a child until many years later.