Greetings 3B Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to Third Grade! I am so excited you are
joining my class this school year. As a Great Hearts teacher, my classroom
culture is joyful and dedicated to virtue and academic rigor. We will spend
time reading imaginative and awe-inspiring literature, discussing deep
questions, and persevering through challenges. I look forward to watching your
students grow into virtuous leaders and lovers of learning who enthusiastically
embrace the good, true, and beautiful.
This will be my fifth year teaching at Arete.
In addition to my time working with Arete scholars, I received a Bachelors
Degree with High Distinction from the University of Virginia. At the
University, I double majored in Italian Studies and Religious Studies, focusing
on Christianity and Islam. It was through the Religious Studies Department that
I participated in the Distinguished Majors Program, in which I wrote a research
thesis on pneumatology in early Syriac baptismal liturgy. Moving to Arizona to
teach at Archway Arete was the best decision of my life. It was here that I met
my husband and found a wonderful community of friends and family. When I am not
teaching, my husband and I love attending professional sports games, hiking
when the weather is cool, and working at the Gilbert Farmer’s market. We have
one poodle, named Smokey, who loves to go on adventures with us all over town.
I can’t wait to begin this school year, and to get to know all of you!
Throughout the year, I hope that we will stay
in close contact in order to best care for your child. You can reach me easily
through email at lstapleton@archwayarete.org.
Additionally, I will maintain a classroom blog (stapleton3b.blogspot.com)
where you can find information about upcoming tests and classroom events. I
recommend you use the “follow my blog” widget on the right-side bar so that you
receive an email when the blog is updated. I look forward to getting to know
you and your child at Meet the Teacher tonight.
- The event is tonight, August 2nd.
- Last name beginning A-M -
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
- Last name
beginning N-Z - 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Fingerprinting from 4:30-6:30
in the MPR
- Please bring all of your
child’s unlabeled supplies (we do community supplies) to the classroom
tonight.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Stapleton
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Welcome
parents and students of 3B!
My name is Meghan Colbert and I am excited to the Assistant
Teacher for 3B in the 2018-19 academic year! This past May I graduated this
past spring from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's degree
in Liberal Arts. This summer I moved to Arizona from Pennsylvania, so I am
getting accustomed to a very new environment! I love to spend my free time
reading, cooking, and hiking.
I look
forward to meeting you and your child this evening, and to helping
your child learn and grow in the coming year!
Cordially,
Miss
Colbert
