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

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

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Roark

When I did my interview I interviewed Mrs. Roark. The questions I asked her were “1.What is your favorite part of teaching? 2.How long have you been teaching? 3.Why did you choose to be a teacher? 4.What is your least favorite part of teaching? 5.And When did you decide you wanted to be a teacher? Mrs.Roark’s response to my questions Were 1.My favorite part of teaching is engaging my students in activities that are meaningful, fun, or interesting. 2. I've been a teacher for 26 years. 3. I chose to be a teacher because I genuinely love children and making a positive difference in their lives. 4. My least favorite part of teaching is having to convince parents and the community that we need our school levies to pass. 5. I decided I wanted to be a teacher when I was in high school. I always taught swimming lessons in the summer and worked at camps with children. I knew that teaching would be a fulfilling job for me.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Cohen

Mrs. Cohen was asked, “Do you have any children? If you do, what are their names?” She responded, “Yes, I have one child. His name is Graham.” Mrs. Cohen was asked, “What is your favorite book?” She responded, “The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.” Mrs. Cohen was asked, “What is your favorite ice cream flavor?” She responded, “Strawberry.” Mrs. Cohen was asked, “Why did you become a Special Ed. Teacher?” She responded, “I felt that I was good at looking at things differently than most people would see them. I knew this would help me teach things in a different way that some kids were not able to understand the traditional way.” Mrs. Cohen was asked, “Have you worked at other schools? If you have, what schools have you worked at?” She responded, “Yes, I taught at Lebanon Road Elementary in Charlotte, NC and also at Clearcreek Elementary in Springboro before Five Points opened.

~by Kyle

What's Happening in Our Halls?

Art

Featured Staff Member Mrs. McCue

Mrs. McCue has a very interesting character. She loves many things about each grade she teaches. Her favorite color is baby blue. She likes any food with tomatoes. Her favorite subject to teach is math, but her favorite subject is reading because she loves books. She likes to spend time with her husband. She loves her job!

Featured Staff Member Miss Cargill

Miss Cargill likes to be a special education teacher because she is always busy and doing fun things with kids all day long. Ms. Cargill works on the west side. She is currently working with 13 students. The thing she likes the most is working with students that need more help than others. The thing she likes the least is giving grades and doing paper work.

~by Cassidy

What's Happening in Our Halls?

5th Grade West

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Phillips

Mrs. Phillips teaches math and science here at Five Points Elementary. This is her second year of teaching here. She has taught many grades including High School Algebra, fourth grade, seventh grade and now fifth grade. Her favorite thing about teaching is how vibrant the children are. She also likes the fact that she is able to teach. Her least favorite thing about teaching is that she doesn’t like how late we get out of school. Mrs. Phillips is a fantastic teacher!
~by Emily

What's Happening in Our Halls?

5th Grade East

Featured Staff Member Miss Calahan

Mrs. Calahan is very unique. Her favorite color is red. Her favorite subject is math. Her favorite book is The Bubble Factory by dePaola. She always wanted to be a teacher, especially in third grade. Her favorite food is pizza. She loves her job!

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Dice

Mrs. Dice is our computer lab teacher along with Mrs. Aliaga. She enjoys being a computer lab teacher more than a classroom teacher because it is very different. She has taught 10 years now. What a long time! During her free time, she likes to spend time with her family and friends, read, swim, and travel. She has two children, Jacob who is 4, and Lucas who is 1.She teaches 7-8 classes in one day! Mrs. Dice is an awesome teacher to her students!
~by Grace

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Eshbaugh

There are many interesting things about Mrs. Eshbaugh. One of these things includes that she’s taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. Another interesting thing is that she has a 14 year old black and tan hound dog/beagle named Forest. Mrs. Eshbaugh has been teaching for 11 years. Something else you probably don’t know is that her favorite project she’s assigned is the market day because she loves to see what foods her students can create. Lastly she would love to meet George Washington because she’s fascinated by that time period. There are many things you need to know about Mrs. Eshbaugh.

~by Kara

What's Happening in Our Halls?

4th Grade East

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Harwood

Mrs. Harwood likes her job because she enjoys working with children. When teachers come to her sick she does the same as if they were children. One time a student passed out and hit his chin. Sometimes in winter the cots get filled up and children either lay in chairs or stand and wait. She has support for when she can’t be at her job by the secretaries or even nurses from other schools. Mrs. Harwood is an awesome nurse!
~by Kennedy

What's Happening in Our Halls?

3rd Grade East

Featured Staff Member Mr. Knightstep

I asked Mr. Knightstep five questions and he said his favorite color is green, his favorite food is pizza, and his favorite sports team is the Buckeyes. He also said he has been to Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Mexico, Honduras, and Canada. Mr. Knightstep’s favorite thing to do on a snow day is sit by a warm fireplace and have family time.

~by Cayla

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Jenkins

Mrs. Jenkins favorite subject to teach is math and she wishes that she could teach it several times a day. Mrs. Jenkins doesn’t have a favorite student, but she does have a favorite grade to teach, 3rd grade. She is currently teaching 3rd grade, but has formerly taught other grades in her life. Also, she has two children, Thomas, age 8, and Christopher, age 12. Thomas loves to play sports and is currently playing select baseball. Christopher likes academic activities, as well as playing the clarinet and piano. He also plays soccer. Mrs. Jenkins has many pets, including saltwater fish that live in a 150 gallon tank. She also owns starfish, shrimp, crabs, and about 10 fish that are similar to the ones in “Finding Nemo”. Mrs. Jenkins decided to teach because she is the 4th generation to teach in her mother’s side of the family. Also, she wants to make a difference in other people’s lives and enjoys working with children and helping them learn new skills.

What's Happening in Our Halls?

2nd Grade West

What's Happening in Our Halls?

2nd Grade East

Featured Staff Member Miss Gerstle

Mrs. Gerstle was a special education teacher by going to University of Dayton. She always knew she wanted to become a teacher. She grew up in Wyoming, Ohio which is a small town North of Cincinnati. Two of her favorite hobbies are running and cooking. She even ran a marathon. She has an older sister who lives in London and her name is Frances. Teaching is the only job that she has ever wanted since she graduated from college. When she was younger she baby-sat her neighbors. Also during college she tutored, worked at a day camp and taught aerobic classes at our rec center. This is Mrs. Gerstle’s back round
~by Dominque

Featured Staff Member Mr. Boyer

I asked Mr. Boyer five questions and these were his responses. He said this was his third year teaching and if he wasn’t a teacher he would be a full time coach. Mr. Boyer also said his favorite part about being a teacher was being around all of the students. When I asked Mr. Boyer if he could go on vacation anywhere for a week where would he go. He said he would try to go to outer space and spend a week on the space shuttle! If on Earth he would go to Hawaii again. He also said his favorite football team would be Ohio State at college level, either the Browns or the Bengals at pro level and at high school level Springboro.
~by Cayla

Featured Staff Member Miss Zilgalvis

Miss Zilgalvis is a wonderful teacher who teaches 2nd grade. Miss Z. loves her job, but if she had to choose another job, she would be a nurse because she likes to help people. Miss Z. is considerate, and definitely helps her students to the best of her knowledge. When Miss Z. isn’t teaching, she loves to go to the beach because she loves the sound of waves and her feet in the sand. Also, she loves to sit down and read a book that takes you on a new adventure every time. When Miss Z. was young, she was a great student. Miss Z. never copied because she didn’t want to face the consequences, and Miss Z. knew that it was wrong. “Good students should positive, have enthusiasm for learning, participation in learning experiences, and working well with others” says Miss Z. If you are looking for a great teacher in second grade, Miss Z. would be a great choice!

~by Peyton

Featured Staff Member Mr. Gorski

Mr. Gorski became a special Ed teacher because he had an Uncle with Downs Syndrome, so he has been around special needs people all of life. He loves to run in the woods or on the basketball court coaching his team. His favorite part of his job is getting kids to read who have never read before. He would be a basketball coach or assistant coach at the college level if he could not teach.

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Blommel

Mrs. Blommel is a classroom aide at 5 points Elementary. She has been an aide for 17 years and taught in Ohio and Kentucky. Her favorite part of her job is getting to help children everyday. Even though she teaches the same children everyday, the routines may be different hour to hour. Mrs. Blommel has two kids of her own. Both of them are girls, one is in 6th grade and one is in 2nd grade here at Five Points. Since she's been at the Springboro School System, she has taught 7-10 kids. The most kids she has taught in one year, out of all of her years of teaching, is 7 in one year. All in all, Mrs. Blommel is a very good aide and is very flexible
~by Jessica

Featured Staff Member Mr. Ray

Mr. Ray's teaching methods are 1.small groups for reading and projects 2. big groups with mostly reading groups 3. one on one lessons for projects. Mr. Ray has read 1 book to his class, A Ballad to the Civil War, and the class has read 3 books ,The Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Frindle, and Landry News , and they will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie. Now Mr. Ray is one of the few switch teachers. Mr. Ray's favorite subject is Social Studies. Mr. Ray teaches two subjects which are Social Studies and Language Arts and he does enjoy both of these subjects because they relate to his favorite things. This is something that Mr.Ray thinks is the goal for education,"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of a true education."

~by Joey

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Griffen

Traci Griffen has been teaching for an astonishing 15 years. She was inspired by her grandmother to choose teaching as her career. She loves hearing stories from her grandmother’s teaching career. Mrs. Griffen really likes each and everyday of her teaching career because it is an opportunity to learn something new. She really enjoys trying to find what works best for her students. Mrs. Griffen chose to teach fourth grade because it is really where she began. She also started teaching here right in Springboro. Mrs. Griffen really enjoys meeting new faces and meeting the challenges ahead. The new year is something she really looks forward to, it allows her the chance with a new group to play a small part in her students learning journey.
~by Evan

Featured Staff Member Mrs. Leonard

Carla Leonard first worked as a secretary at Jonathan Wright Elementary school. If she could have another job, she said she would want to be a special education teacher. She said being a secretary could be challenging at times, but it was worth it because every day was different, and every day she got to spend time with kids.

Featured Staff Member Miss Bahner

Miss Bahner is a 5th grade reading and science teacher on the west side. She wanted to become a teacher because she has always liked working with children and she couldn’t imagine having a job where she would do the same exact thing every day. She likes the fact that there are always new things to do and discover each year. She thinks the hardest part of her job is making sure that everyone learns everything in the time that we have each year! Her favorite part of being a teacher is all the fun we have here at school and being able to teach things that she loves. In the summer when she’s not teaching she works part-time at a bank, tutors students, travels, scrapbooks, and enjoys the sun!!!! If she had any other job, she would do something with nature, like working at a park or a zoo or a camp.

~by Haley