Friday, July 7, 2017

Welcome!!

Hello!  My name is Allison Hawk and I am so excited to be your child’s teacher at Gold Rush for the 2017-2018 school year.  I am truly looking forward to a wonderful year working with you and your child.

I grew up in Littleton and received my undergraduate degree in biology and psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  After working for several years at a non-profit serving at risk youth, I returned to school and received a Master’s Degree in education from CU Denver.  My first seven years of teaching were spent teaching 4th – 8th grades in Denver Public Schools.  My husband was a teacher in Douglas County, and I decided to move districts after moving to the area and watching what a great family the schools here in DCSD create.  I was thrilled to have the opportunity to open Gold Rush in 2008 and feel lucky to work in a school with such an amazing principal, staff, parents, and students.  After teaching fourth grade for five years at GRE, I decided I was ready for a change and moved to fifth grade four years ago.  I really love fifth grade, and I am looking forward to another wonderful year with great curriculum and amazing children.

I live in Highlands Ranch with my husband and our twin daughters, who many of your children may know, as they will also be in fifth grade this year at Gold Rush.  I spend a lot of time with our extended family entertaining and enjoying my daughters.  Other hobbies I enjoy are reading, walking, enjoying music, and following CU and Bronco football.  My biggest passion though is working with children and I am committed to creating the best possible learning environment for your child.

As you know from the GRE website and our principal's emails, our beginning of the year meetings will be just like last year.  We will be having a meet the teacher event on Monday, August 7th and the first day of school for everyone will be Thursday the 10th.  Every child will need to have a scheduled time for completing math and reading testing on our school-wide assessment days, August 17th and 18th.

I am looking forward to meeting all of you and having a fun and successful year!  Please feel free to contact me anytime at allison.hawk@dcsdk12.org. Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Sincerely,

Allison Hawk