About Me!

I'm so glad you are here! 

My name is Melissa Ward. I am the Title I and ESL Coordinator for HMS. I also coordinate our PST (Problem Solving Team) program, and I am the yearbook sponsor. I work with students in their general education classrooms, and I pull students to my room for extra help. 

I have two children of my own, and my personal mission in life is to treat every child that I work with the way that I would want my children treated. My goal for this blog is provide the students and parents of HMS with the tools needed to be successful during the middle school years.  

I am a book nerd and love reading many different genres. I like to cook, and I would like to learn how to decorate cakes. I recently bought a Cameo Silhouette, and I really want to learn how to use it. I enjoy spending time at the lake and beach, going to football games, learning to be tech savvy (I'm trying), and spending time with my kids and my pitbull princess, Luna Lovegood. 

Education:  I graduated with a B.S. in Education from Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, GA in 1996. I graduated with a M.A. in Education from UAB in 2018. 
I currently hold the following certifications:

TESOL- Teaching English as a Second Language K-12
English Language Arts 6-12
Special Education: P-12 Mentally Retarded and Learning Disabled
Highly Qualified Teacher status:
English Language Arts 6-12
K-6 Collaborative
Experience: All of my teaching experience is in Elmore County. The 2018 school year begins my 22nd year teaching.
Wetumpka Intermediate School 1996-1998
Robinson Springs Elementary School 1998-2003
Holtville Middle School 2004-present

Favorites

Color: Blue

Food: Mexican

Vegetable: Tomatoes (but I'm told a tomato is actually a fruit!)

Drink: Coffee 

Place: the Gulf Coast

Coffee: The Donut Shop

Perfume: Victoria Secret's Wicked

Style: T-shirts and blue jeans

Music: Pretty much everything

Movie: I love Marvel Super Hero Movies! 

Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, Wuthering Heights, Gone with the Wind, The Great Gatsby. 

TV Shows: Supernatural (I love Sam and Dean), Blind Spot

Time of Year: Summer

Holiday: Christmas

Subject: Literature

Sport: Football and Soccer

Teams: USC Gamecocks

Dislikes

Mean People, especially Bullies 
Lying
Dr. Pepper 

Okra, Collard Greens, and Turnip Greens

Twizzlers and Baby Ruth candy bars

Snakes and Spiders