Hi,

   I'm Sara Hoppe.  I am so glad to be your child's teacher!  I love what I do.

   I was born in the Chicago area where I grew up and went to college.  I graduated from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.  I met my husband at Northern.  We were married about two months before I graduated.  My husband, Roy, was in the Air Force at that time.  We began our married life by getting to travel to New Mexico, then later to Italy and finally we came back to the Chicago area.  We moved to Slidell in 1980 where we lived until 2002 when we bought our dream place in Picayune, Mississippi.  We have two acres on, what we think is, a lovely 74 acre lake.

   Our family includes two great kids.  Both are grown.  Our eldest, a son, Aaron lives in Slidell.  Our daughter, Kathryn, and her husband live in Hattiesburg, MS.  All are working and we get to see them often.

   I have been teaching for quite a while.  Most of my teaching experience has been in Kindergarten.  I have also taught preschool, first grade and third grade.  This is my 18th year of teaching Kindergarten.  I love seeing young children learn and think.  I truly enjoy having the first "big school" opportunity to prepare little ones to be life-long learners.  Having taught first grade for six years, I have a good idea of what a Kindergartener needs to know and be able to do to be ready for first grade.  With the cooperation of you, the parents and family, your young student and myself we can work together to make this a great year of learning and success!

Kindergarten Rocks!

Sincerely,