Newest Five Points Baby

Mrs. Hurley's baby boy!

Broderick (Brody) Isaiah Hurley arrived at 12:19, weighing 7lbs 2 oz and was 20 inches long.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Waldo

Mrs. Waldo has been teaching 5th grade for 17 years. She has never taught in any other grade except during her student teaching she was with 2nd graders. Her class is reading Rules and is learning about space in science. She doesn’t know if she is getting any more new students.

~by Allie

Featured Staff Member Miss Roode

Miss Roode is a fifth grade West teacher. Her favorite subject is Social Studies and she also teaches Social Studies. Miss Roode’s favorite book is Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Miss Roode likes many things about being a teacher. But her favorite thing is that she loves her job, so she gets to go to a job everyday that she is excited about and enjoys. Miss Roode also feels that she is blessed to help play a small role in shaping the minds of young people who will be are future leaders. Miss Roode’s favorite grade in elementary school was 7th grade. This was because she had really good teachers that year. Then her favorite grade in High School was her junior year. This was because she was not a freshman any more, but she also didn’t have the pressure of having to think about college being a senior yet. Even though Miss Roode loves being a teacher very much if she had to have any other job she would probably be a counselor. This is because Miss Roode thinks she could help people a lot in this career field.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Schmidt

This week I interviewed Sue Schmidt. She has been a classroom aide for 61/2 years. Her favorite movie is the Polar Express. When she decided to go back to work after 14 years of taking care of her children, she had to make a choice whether or not to go back into her prior career. Being a skilled profession, she knew she was out of the loop with the latest computer programming, that would be necessary for her re-employment as an executive or legal secretary. Still wanting to be able to be a part of her children's lives as much as possible, she decided to work for school so she could have her summers off. Her mother was an elementary school secretary and her father was a teacher, so she knew as a kid how that felt having those summers with her mom and dad around. She subbed as a librarian and also as a classroom aide. She kept getting called back to do classroom aide work, and she found that she really enjoyed working with special needs students. Mrs. Schmidt has always lived in Ohio and took 14 years off of her career to be a mom. Thank you Mrs. Schmidt for letting me interview you.

~by Morgan

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Aliaga

Mrs. Aliaga is a teacher who cares how her students feel and helps them to feel comfortable on what is happening in computer class. Mrs. Aliaga started out as a 3rd grade teacher, but the job for computer teacher became open so she decided to take the job. She first used a computer when she was in high school and started using it a lot in collage, although if computers were accessible when she was younger she would have used them more. She mostly learned about computers the same way a lot of us do, playing around on them! This is Mrs. Aliaga, our Computer Teacher.

~by Austin

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Panzeca

Mrs.Panzeca has been teaching for 15 years and 10 of those years have been spent teaching 5th graders. She has taught 6th grade English for some time and 8th grade social studies and English for 3 years all at Springboro Junior High. Mrs.Panzeca used to work at Kings Island for 10 years but other than that she has always been a teacher. She has always wanted to be a teacher because her mom used to be a teacher. Her favorite 5th grade book is Running Out Of Time.

~by Allie

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Haberstroh

Before Mrs.Haberstroh became a librarian, she was a Mail Carrier for the Post Office for 5 years, she was also an Occpational Therapist who specialized in hand rehabilitation and splints for 11years. She has been a librarian at Clearcreek Elementary and has been working at Five Points Elementary ever since the school opened in 2005. She has been a librarian for 7 years and got her Masters in Library and Information Science 3 years ago. If Mrs.Haberstroh could change anything in the library she would make a door to the outside and plant flowers.The thing she likes most about her job is that she gets to learn about great books and information sources and telling them to children. Mrs. Haberstroh is a great teacher and librarian.

~by Ethan

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Kellner

Mrs.Kellner began teaching physical education in Rio Hondo TX in Aug.1981. She taught there for 5 years. Upon moving back to Ohio, she taught high school health from Aug.1986-May 1995. She took 2 years parental leave & returned to teaching middle school physical education for 3.25 years. She is in her third year of teaching physical education at Five Points.
She subbed in Springboro for 3 years & taught mosly 3rd grade, although she subbed at every grade level in just about every subject from K-12. She long-term subbed in 3rd grade for 5 months.
She really enjoys teaching physical education here at Five Points. If she had her choice , she would she would stay here and teach only 3rd-5th grades.
She has two brothers-Brandt & Bruce; Brandt is older and lives in Florida. bruce is 5 years younger and lives close to Boston,MA.She has a sister who is older and lives in Ohio.
While she visiting her mom a few weeks ago, she came across her old report cards. She was pretty much an A&B student. Looking at her test scores, she saw she had some trouble on the standardized tests.

Relative to her grades, it seemed that when she was interested in a subject, she did very well. If her interest wasn't there, she is guessing she didn't apply myself. She has "smartness" in common sense which to her is more valuable than any grades she received over the years.

~by Dominique

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Rossell

Mrs. Rossell likes being a custodian even though sometimes you have to look at things you don't want to. Mrs. Rossell enjoys reading a lot. Mrs. Rossell says this is best staff she has ever worked with. She used to want to pursue a career in medicine. She says she likes to see kids smile.

~by Sean

Mrs. Rossell is currently at home recovering from surgery. Keep sending her positive thoughts and we look forward to having her back at Five Points soon!

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Baratko

Mrs. Baratko has a 6 year old Clavier King Charles named Kylie. She became a music teacher because from pre-k - High School she was always involved in music. She absolutely loves music. She has 8 siblings and almost all of them were involved in music.
They were involved in band, dance, cheerleading and piano lessons. She was the mascot from the age of 3, 4, 5, 6 etc.

~by Erin

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Page

Mrs. Page enjoys teaching because there is never a dull moment.
She enjoys her job so much she never wishes for a different one.
Each of the kids she works with is a friend. The book that she thinks her students should read is Stellalluna by Jane Cannon. Her favorite part of teaching is watching the kids grow and change through the year

~Sean

Featured Staff Member Miss Stevens

Miss Stevens says she loves working with students, although her least favorite thing to do is grade papers. She thinks it's easiest to teach math, one of the many subject she's always loved. She loves what she does and never gets tired of teaching.

~by Jacob

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Gerstner

I interviewed Mrs. Gerstner, a special education teacher. She has been involved with special education for four years. She has many different pets. She has Sadie a rat terrier-beagle, Jasper, a cat, and lots of fish in her 55 gallon aquarium. Mrs. Gerstner had a job before she became involved in special education. She had a few jobs before she started teaching. She was a lifeguard in high school, and she worked as a tutor in college. She got a bachelors degree in psychology. After college, she worked in a residential facility with teens who suffered from emotional and psychiatric problems. She then went back to college and got a masters degree in education, and began teaching special education after that. Mrs. Gerstner’s favorite place is Lake Cumberland. Mrs. Gerstner became involved in special education because she really enjoys helping students who need a little extra help in school. "It can be frustrating when you struggle with something, and I like that I get to help relieve some of that frustration for my students by showing them different ways to learn."

~by Morgan

Featured Staff Member Mrs. O'Malley

Mrs. O'Malley likes working with kids. In her spare time she likes to bike ride, bowl, hike, play sports or games with her own kids. Her favorite place to go is out to dinner. Her favorite part of teaching is helping others. If Mrs. O'Malley could not be a teacher she would be a respiratory therapist.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Clark

Karin Clark is our current librarian aide. She has been teaching for 5 years. For the two years before she became a librarian, she was a classroom aide. Her hobbies include working in her flower garden and working out in her home and at the YMCA. Her favorite color is orange, and her favorite animals are cats and rabbits. She also has one pet who is a cat named Oliver. Oliver is eleven years old. A few things you probably don’t know about Mrs. Clark is that she grew up in Lebanon, Ohio. She has a husband named Paul, a daughter named Eliza, and a son named Connor.

~by Becca

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4th Grade West

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Stacy

Christine Stacy is a special Education teacher. She likes her job because there is something that is new everyday. Although she likes her job it is very challenging. Her students may get frustrated sometimes and have some behaviors. Christine has taught regular education in the past, but she just truly love working with students with special needs. Her whole room is set up with special education and she wouldn’t change anything about her job.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Shroyer

This week I interviewed Mrs. Shroyer, a third grade teacher. She has a bunch of interesting opinions. Her favorite color is purple. She has been a teacher for three years but she has only been at Five Points for two years. Her favorite subject she teaches is math and when she was in elementary school she went to Wooster Christain School. I hope you enjoy these interesting facts.

~by Morgan

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Little

Mrs. Little is a very nice lady. In her free time she likes to spend time with her family. Her favorite sport is basketball she says “GO DUKE”.
Her favorite subject is reading. She says teaching is very rewarding and she likes working with the kids. She has been teaching have been teaching for 18 years.
~by Jonathan

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5th Grade West

Featured Staff Member Mr. Holt

Mr. Holt's favorite subject is math because he likes to solve puzzles. He thinks every math problem is like its very own puzzle and he feels good when he solves these puzzles. Math is also very useful when you get older and you will use it every day at home and in every career that you may choose. He doesn’t have a least favorite subject and says the subjects tie together in a way. He became a teacher because he likes to help his students love school just like he did when he was a child. He thinks it’s much easier to learn when you love school. He teaches reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. He loves teaching second grade and has an awesome class this year. His kids are so smart and a lot of fun.

Featured Staff Member Miss Oriani

Miss Oriani is a 3rd grade teacher. She has been teaching for four years. Miss Oriani has taught 2nd grade for three years before moving to 3rd grade this year. Her favorite subject is math. She loves to read and her favorite book is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
~by Kirsten

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5th Grade East

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Roberts

Mrs. Roberts likes to be a Clerical Aide because she gets to talk to people through the day. Mrs. Roberts works on both East and West. Mrs. Roberts is a Clerical Aide so she works with the whole school which is 869 students!!!! The thing that Mrs. Roberts likes the most about her job is seeing and working with students in the building. The thing that Mrs. Roberts likes the least is when she has to see kids in the office being punished. And that is what it is like for Mrs. Roberts to be a Clerical Aide.

~by Cassidy

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2nd Grade West

Featured Staff Member Mr. Miller

Mr. Miller thinks that he became a teacher because he is good at making information easy to understand and that he enjoys teaching math and science. He is teaching 4th grade because he thinks 4th graders are super cool and that was the grade Ms. Stritenberger told him to teach. This is his first year ever teaching and the first year at Five Points. His favorite dessert is ice cream. I hope you enjoyed these facts.

~by Erin

Featured Staff Member Mr. Johantges

One of the questions I asked was: Do you like your job if so what about it He said that he has been a principal for 30 years so it is good that he likes to go to his job every day . Also he said that the most things he likes about being a principal is working with teachers to help students learn. Another question I asked was: What do you do as a principal? Mr. J answered: Being a principal has many responsibilities. They include making sure teachers have the material they need to teach. Another duty is working with teachers to help make sure that we are teaching the curriculum as adopted by the Board of Education. Making sure there is a schedule for teachers that include instruction time, specials time, lunch time, etc. is very important. Perhaps the most important part of the job is hiring good teachers to work with our students. The next question I asked is: Do you have any kids Mr. J: answered I have two grown children and four grandchildren. I also have two dogs. Also I asked: What is your favorite sport? Mr. J answered: My favorite sport is college football. I also think lacrosse is pretty neat. And the last question was: Where did you go to college? And Mr. J answered : I got my undergraduate degree for teaching at the University of Cincinnati and my master's degree to be a principal at the University of Dayton.

~by Bryce

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Bennett

Mrs. Bennett is a second grade teacher. She enjoys being around students all day. Mrs. Bennett says “I love listening to their stories and getting their perspectives on different topics. I love the look on their faces when they learn something new.” Her favorite subject is reading and enjoys teaching it. Mrs. Bennett loves the activities in reading, and how much the students have improved as students. Mrs. Bennett try’s to live by this quote "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." By reading this paragraph I hope you too think Mrs. Bennett is an excellent teacher!
~Lily

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Art

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Schmitt

Mrs. Schmitt has been teaching 2nd grade for 3 years. She wishes that she could be a 2nd grader again. She would love to have few responsibilities and be able to play like a kid again. She absolutely loves working at 5pts!! Right now her class is working on a project in class. They are writing Flat Stanley books. Mrs. Schmitt loves her job very much and never wants to quit.

~by Tabitha

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Headley

Pam Headley says teaching is not hard, but it takes a lot of time and energy. She has thaught multiple grades. Her class does not switch. She likes the people she works with.

~by Andrew

Featured Staff Member Mr. Prater

Mr. Prater is one of our most humorous teachers here at Five Points Elementary! He always makes jokes and is hilarious! But he can be very serious too. He loves working here, and he loved school as a kid. His favorite subject was science because he loves doing experiments and working with space and the Earth! Besides loving science he teaches it too! He doesn’t teach only science he teaches Math, Reading, Social Studies, and English and like I said before science! With all this teaching in his hands he must have it hard, nope, to him teaching is just something that comes naturally to him so he thinks it is easy, he spends lots of time preparing for lessons which must make it easy for him, he has fun while doing this. Another thing that makes it easy for him is how long he has been teaching! He has been teaching for 5 years and that is a lot, now he teaches the 3rd grade which he has been teaching for most of his career as a teacher! Since I said he was funny you must be wondering why he is teaching instead of some other job, well he got inspired to teach because he has tried a lot of fun activities in his life and he wanted to try something new that he’s never done before! Also his wife teaches second grade and he worked with her students which was fun to him! Well, as you can see Mr. Prater is a very fun guy to be around!

~by Kyle

Featured Staff Member Miss Ockerman

I asked Miss Ockerman five questions she said her favorite thing to do over the summer was to read books and go walking with friends. I asked her what her favorite subject was and she said history. She also said she had a yorkie named Gabby. Miss Ockerman also said her favorite book was the bible and her favorite food is a burrito from Chipotle.

Featured Staff Member Mr. Schmitt

Shawn Schmitt is a fourth grade west teacher at Five Points Elementary. This is his 7th year of teaching. He really likes to teach. His favorite subjects to teach are math and science. But he likes math a little bit more. He has students that are doing their best… most of the time. He loves sports and his favorite sport has got to be baseball.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Woodby

Shelly Woodby's favorite place she has ever visited was the Grand Canyon. She would love to visit Hawaii. The best memories she ever had were the times she went on a cross county trip out West to California with her mom and dad, sister and two brothers. They camped all the way, without one hotel stop! That was even before DVD's in our vehicles! Congrats!
She has a fourteen year old and a 12 year old.
Her favorite things to see at school is the light in a child's eyes when they have that "I get it!" moment.

~by Daniel

What's Happening in Our Halls? 3rd Grade West

Featured Staff Member- Mrs. Abrams

Mrs. Abrams' favorite childhood memories were the ones from Crane's beach. This beach is located in Ipswhich, Massachusetts. She grew up in MA, and she still loves to visit now as an adult. She lived a few miles away from the beach. She would always ride her bike with her friends and would stay all day. Nearby, there were lighthouses, rocks to climb on, swimming and a big castle at the beach owned by the Crane family. Sometimes she would go out on the boat, too. She remembers deciding to take her dog, Shannon out on the boat, too. Shannon loved sticking her head out the window. She like Crane's Beach because of the amazing scenery and the ocean's waves, even with her share of sunburns.
Mrs. Abrams enjoys teaching because she believes it is a time to be creative. Her students can play, sing, and dance. She loves it when students come up with their own songs and dances, because inventing is fun!
She has two children. Zachary is 5 years old and goes to Clearcreek Elementary. He plays the violin and takes gymnastics at the Y. His teacher told her that he is very shy in class but when it comes to singing the calendar song, he sings louder than anyone in the room. She also has a three year old named Dustin. He was born right before Christmas. His birthday is December 21st. His favorite activity is riding his bike. He loves his Spiderman bike and Spiderman helmet and asks to ride it the minute he wakes up.
Her favorite color is green/blue. (Which is also called aqua.)
Mrs. Abrams favorite junk food is chocolate. Dark chocolate. She loves Italian food!

Featured Staff Member- Mrs. Hurley

Mrs. Hurley has enjoyed her eight years of work in the Springboro school district with other teachers that are always working to ensure that all students get the best education possible. She feels as a teacher that she must consider students come from various backgrounds and each have their own unique personality. She enjoys hearing students’ life stories, helping them cope with things inside and outside of school. “I come I come from a family of educators and wanted to be part of something that effects a person for life...education is one of the most valuable assets and person can hold. Educating a child can establish a passion for life long learning and the accomplishment of any hope, dream or goal.” This is what she says about teaching. She is motivated by love, passion, and dedication to the idea that each student deserves equal chance to learn. One of her favorite quotes is “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”-William Butler Yeats

~by Elina

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Miller

Mrs. Miller has been teaching for 20 years. She likes working with 3rd graders. She loves being a teacher. If she had the choice of having a different job she would be a counselor. She enjoys working with children to affect the future of tomorrow, and seeing kids excited when they learn something new. Although she has to do a lot of work outside of school she loves being a 3rd grade teacher.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Dreyer

Mrs. Dreyer loves her job and actually has 2 jobs. Not only does she teach 3rd here at Five Points but she also teaches online college courses for the University of Cincinnati. She teaches all subjects and her classroom is self-contained. She has a class of 22 students. For her UC job she teaches the students about early childhood education. Her students are learning how to be teachers.
Mrs. Dreyer doesn't have a lot of free time in school at all. During the day she is very busy with her students. She has 2 1/2 year old girl named Rylie and a 4 month old son named Paxton.
Her favorite foods are pizza, cheese, crab legs, key lime pie and killer brownies. Her favorite pet is a dog and she has a border collie named Brady at home. Her favorite color is lavender. Her favorite season is summer. Her favorite sports are soccer and skiing to play and college basketball to watch. Her favorite places to vacation are Deer Vally, Utah and Key West, Florida.
~by Kayla

What's Happening in Our Halls- 3rd Grade East