I’m Carol Spears, the second grade teacher at St. James. I have two grown children, Alex and Janie, and 6 grandchildren. I have two cats, Brownie and Louise, we would have a dog too, but my daughter is allergic to them. When I moved to Washington in 1994, I was hoping to eventually teach preschool when my daughter was old enough. I had just gotten an Associate in Early Childhood Development from Carl Sandburg College, right before we moved here. I eventually ended up teaching preschool at the Y daycare. I enjoyed teaching so much that I decided to finish my 4 year degree at Iowa Wesleyan. I received a reading endorsement in addition to an Elementary Ed.degree. After graduating I applied for a job at St. James School in 2005. I was hired as the Title I teacher; I moved from that to eventually teaching 3rd grade. I left briefly in 2016, thinking we would be moving. This didn’t work out and another opportunity came along for me to work here. I was overwhelmed with joy to be able to come back to St. James and teach 2nd grade. I am so thankful to be able to work with children, families, and staff that know and love God.
5/24/22 This class has been amazing. These students are kind to each other and adults; they are caring, and I'm going to miss them! I've included several pictures from last week: creative courses ice...
5/17/22 We will have Mass in the morning. Students will need to remember a water bottle, tennis shoes only, sunscreen, and a field day shirt (either this year's or last year's shirt) if you have one...
5/13/22 That was such a cute Spring Concert! I wasn't in a good position at the concert so I didn't get a good picture of them singing. I did take a video of just our class singing their song which...
5/10/22 This is a reminder of the spring concert tomorrow night at the community center. Students can be there as early as 6:05pm. The concert starts at 6:30. When 2nd grade is done singing they will...
5/6/22 Many thanks to Janeceks, Vittetoes, and Greiners for the variety of awesome teacher appreciation gifts this week! I love each and everyone of them. All of us here at St. James were also very...
4/29/22 We'll have a full week next week. Best Wishes for our First Communicants this Sunday! I have some pictures to share for the towers the class worked on with materials from our regular science...
4/28/22 Midterm Reports go home today. The science fair "Noodles and Neurons" is tonight. Supper begins at 5PM with science fair experiments in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms from 5:30-6:30PM.
4/22/22 Noodles and Neurons is next Thursday, April 28th; with supper at 5:00 PM followed by activities from 5:30-6:30. Next week, the Book Fair will be open from 3-4 PM Monday through Wednesday...