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. This will be Mara's 20th year in the
district where she has taught 2nd, 3rd and 4th at Highland Terrace
and Sunset. Cooking, scrapbooking and traveling are some of
her interests. Mara has two children, Jana who will be
starting 9th Grade this year and Alex who will be starting 6th
Grade.
Sarita got her degrees at the University of Washington and was
hired in 1990 to teach 3rd grade at Briarcrest Elementary.
Sarita has worked at Briarcrest, Sunset and now Brookside teaching
2nd, 3rd and 4th Grades. Fourth Grade is Sarita's favorite grade to
teach! Aside from loving her job, Sarita enjoys hiking with
her family, knitting, reading, and traveling. Alex will be
starting 7th Grade this year in Seattle, and Emma will be starting
5th.
This will be our 10th year job sharing with each other.
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 Brookside 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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