About+me

As your teacher I think it is important that you know a little bit about me. As the year goes by we will learn several things about each other, and this is a good place to start!  First thing first! This summer I got married!!. Some of you may know me as Ms. Jefferies, but now I am Mrs. Hyde.  The picture to the left contains myself, my husband (Shawn), my son (Anthony: age 10), and my step-daughter (Amellia: Age 7) on our wedding day. It was a wonderful day full of family and friends!

When I was growing up, I lived a very small town (population 400) about 2.5 hours north of Boise on a dairy farm. I have lived in Emmett, Idaho for 4 years and my husband has lived here his whole life. I currently have a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business Management from College of Idaho. I havae held many different positions in my life from waitress to pizza resteraunt manager to bank teller to production worker to bussiness owner and now as teacher. Although teaching wasn't my first goal, I have worked in the training field most of my adult life and love teaching.

Fate stepped in, in March of 2003 while I lived in Colorado. At the time, I found a job working as a registrar at the local high school. With a little help from the Vice Principal, I started my path to teaching. I took classes at University of Phoenix and once I moved back to Idaho I signed up for the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellance (ABCTE) program. While working on my certification program through ABCTE, I took a position in an elementary school in Emmett as the youth mentor.  The following year after earning my certification, I became a Special Education teacher for the Emmett School District. During my first year of teaching, I taught a half day as a Special Education as a K-1 math teacher and the other half day as 9-12 Alternative High School Teacher. For the last 3 years, I have been teaching 6th grade in a K-6 School in Emmett too. I believe I have found my calling and have never looked back. I hope to graduate from Northwest Nazarane University (NNU) with a Masters in Teaching and Learning in the fall of 2012. I enjoy teaching students of all ages, as I believe each has it own specialities.

When I am not teaching I have either my camera or my fishing pole in my hand, getting lost in my own world. I have also been known to try and do both, photography and bass fishing at the same time. Sometimes it works and other times is doesn't. :) The following is a picture of me with my biggest large mouth bass catch to date! (6 1/4 lbs)