Teachers

Educational Background:
BA in Communications – CU Boulder
MA Instruction and Curriculum Emphasis in Literacy - CU Boulder

Teaching Experience:
1st & 2nd Grade in Adams 50 for 5 years
Literacy Teacher in BVSD for 2 years
I am in my 5th year as the 5th grade teacher at Lafayette Elementary School.

Hobbies & personal interests:
Baseball, music, biking, hanging out with my boys.

What do you enjoy most about teaching?
Watching my students push themselves to work hard and achieve their goals.

Mrs. Horn-Lamb
ellen.hornlamb@bvsd.org

Educational Background:
BA Elementary Education – University of Kansas
MA English as a Second Language – University of Kansas

Teaching Experience:
3rd Grade – Olathe, Kansas for 4 years
Teacher Trainer – Peace Corps in Paraguay, South America for 3 years
Migrant Education – Kansas and Colorado for 5 summers
I am beginning my 17th year at Lafayette Elementary. I have taught 4th and 5th grades for 6 years, 1st and 2nd grades for 2 years, ESL (K – 5th) for 4 years and back to 5th grade for the fifth year.

Hobbies & personal interests:
I enjoy reading, traveling, sewing and raising children.

What do you enjoy most about teaching?
What I enjoy most about teaching is aiding students in the process of becoming independent learners.  It's fulfilling when students realize that they are in charge of their learning, and have the ability to become life-long learners.