Mrs. Charlton's Site

Hello students and parents,

Well, it’s my first year here at Colenl Gray High school and can’t wait to start teaching.  I will be teaching courses that I was teaching at Morell High last year, so the curriculum is famaliar to me even though the environment is new.  I am very excited to be coming on as part of the teaching staff here.  Hopefully this year will be as rich and enlightening (for both myself and my students) as my last few years have been.  Go Colonels!!

Just to let you know a bit about me, I graduated from the Bachelor of Education program from UPEI in May 2007, and was thrilled to obtain a position at Morell High, as I was a graduate of the school not many years ago (at least it doesn’t seem like long ago to me!).  When Morell High couldn’t keep me, I expanded my wings and moved to a job in the big city.  My husband and I just bought an old house in the country and have settled ourselves in for good (at least we think .  I have two little dogs, which will suffice as children for the time being, and enjoy spending time with my family and vacationing around the world, whenver I get the chance.  Although I may appear very reserved, I enjoying embracing every opportunity to try something new, however daring it may be.

As a teacher, I envision my classroom as being a safe, fun, and engaging learning environment.  I strive to teach each day with dedication, professionalism, and zest.  While trying to meet all of the curriculum outcomes, I also feel the importance of education is to teach students how to learn and how to get along.  In my classroom, I try to meet these goals by engaging students in a variety of learning activities.  I believe in setting achievable expectations for students and making the learning meaningful and giving it purpose.  I also believe in fair and accurate assessment of students’ work.

 Learning can be fun, I have experienced it that way in my life – and I will do my best to make it so for my students, but they also have a responsibility to give their best effort, attention, and behaviour.

 I welcome feedback and any constructive criticism.  Let’s face it, I’m part of the learning environment too, as I learn much from my students every day and continually strive to be the best possible teacher I can be.

 Welcome to my class!  Let’s have a great year.