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Hello! We
welcome your child to our class. We are looking forward to a
year of happy and successful learning experiences. Let us introduce
ourselves to you. We are Mara Phipps and Sarita Benson, and
we will be your child’s teachers.
Mara was hired in 1990 from the state of Hawaii. She grew up in
Hawaii and taught 1st and 2nd grade there while finishing up her
Master’s Degree in Reading and Language Arts at University of
Hawaii at Manoa. Mara taught 2nd grade at Highland Terrace
for three years and this will be her 13th year at Sunset where she
has taught 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Cooking, scrapbooking and
traveling are some of her interests. Mara has two children,
Jana who will be starting 5th Grade this year and Alex who will be
starting 2nd Grade.
Sarita was hired in 1990 to teach 3rd grade at Briarcrest
Elementary. She spent 10 years there teaching 3rd and 4th
Grade. This will be her 6th year teaching at
Sunset. She is literally jumping for joy to be teaching 4th
Grade this year. Aside from loving her job, Sarita enjoys
hiking with her kids (Alex 8 years and Emma 6 years), gardening,
watercoloring and traveling. Alex will be starting 3rd Grade
this year in Seattle, and Emma will be starting 1st.
We are excited to be job sharing in 4th Grade this year as we have
many different experiences and a wealth of knowledge to
share. Sarita will be starting the week off, teaching Mondays
and Tuesdays. Mara will conclude the week teaching Thursdays
and Fridays. We will be teaching alternating
Wednesdays. We are very happy to be a part of the Sunset
Faculty and your child’s teachers.
We are excited to be
sharing this very important year with your child. Fourth
Grade will be a year of much excitement and growth.
Looking
forward to a terrific year,
Sarita.benson@shorelineschools.org
Mara.phipps@shorelineschools.org
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