Danette Moea'i, Third Grade Teacher

dmoeai@odysseycharter.net

I am very excited to return to Odyssey for another great year.  I am even more excited to be teaching 3^rd grade full time this year. 

I am finishing up my degree at the Utah Valley University this spring.  I have been in classes all summer and I cannot wait to implement some of what I have learned this summer in my classroom this year.  Science rocks, especially astronomy!

I am a native of Monticello, Utah, yet I moved to Washington State and Idaho for the past 14 years.  My loving husband Tulao and our 4 children: Makenzie 15, Austin 12, Gabrielle 10 and Coleman 2, are very happy to be closer to both our families. 

I decided to be a teacher over 20 years ago, even though my path to obtaining my teaching degree has been interrupted by various reasons.  I have always wanted to teach and give back what my teachers and coaches gave to me...the tools to learn and obtain knowledge to better myself to be whatever I dreamed to be. I worked as the Title 1 paraprofessional in Cottonwood, ID and really enjoyed working with students that struggle with math and reading.  I am a firm believer that there is more than one way to learn and to reach a student.  I love the opportunity to see a student's eyes light up when something new is seen or understood.  

I have always had a favorite quote "To be good is not enough, when you dream of being great!"  Teaching gives me the opportunity to give each student the help to not only be good students, but to help them be great students!

My favorite place that I have traveled is Australia and New Zealand where I played basketball for the USA.  I am looking forward to the day that my family can travel to my husband's native land of Samoa.

I have several favorite authors.  A few of them are: J.K. Rowling, Mercer Mayer, Sharon Creech, Pam Munoz Ryan, Stephanie Meyer and Virginia Sorensen.

My favorite foods are chocolate and sea food (especially shrimp & crab).

My hobbies include volleyball (played at the U of U many moons ago and have recently taken on the job of American Fork High School Head Volleyball coach.  I also enjoy softball, horses, crocheting, reading and spending as much time as possible with my husband, kids, and our families.
 

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