It is bitter sweet that I am writing you this note. As some of you have heard, I will not be teaching at St. Matthew next year. This was a very hard decision for me as I love my jaguar community. St. Matthew has given me opportunities to grow and shape me into the teacher I am right now. In my time at St. Matthew, I taught preschool in the morning and resource in the afternoons. Although I love both, I recently have felt a calling to pursue a special education position. I will be teaching 3rd and 4th grade special education in the Marion School District this Fall. I won't be too far from my jaguar community as I plan to attend the activities we have such as the sock hop, book fair, Barnes and Noble night, etc.  I am so grateful for my first year at St. Matthew and even more grateful for such a great group of parents and kiddos.

~Ms. Parr

Many of you have known Mrs. Bates in her dual role for 4 year old preschool and library teacher.  With our growing enrollment and need for additional sections of library and technology, we have the need to increase and combine the library and technology positions to make it a 3/4 time position.  This means that Ms. Carney will now solely be a physical education teacher.  With the creation of this position, Mrs. Tiffany Bates has taken the position as the new library and technology position.

While we are sad to see Mrs. Ohde leave the elementary school, we are excited she will just be just down the stairs.  Terri will be the new 4th year old preschool teacher as a replacement for Mrs. Bates.  This opportunity will allow her some flexibility and time with her 3 kids, while still allowing her to still do the amazing work of educating Jaguars.  We wish her well in her new endeavor.