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4th Grade Teacher Biographies

Bev Sanders

Bev began her career out of college as a sports writer for a newspaper in central California, but after too many late nights, decided that she wanted to go back to school to become a teacher. She has now been teaching in Lafayette for 11 years and was the after school coordinator at Ryan Elementary for 3 years before she began teaching. She has taught fourth grade at Lafayette Elem. and fifth grade at Pioneer. She has teaching fifth grade at Sanchez Elementary for 9 years (all with Grant Swift as her teammate). She has a Masters Degree in Elementary Education from CU Boulder. Bev retired from coaching after 12 years as the head volleyball coach at Centaurus High School.

Along with all the teaching, Bev and her husband, Collins, have three children. Alex a graduate of Black Hills State in South Dakota - and is currently working at Sanchez as a Para in Day Treatment, Dillon is a junior at University of Northern Colorado and is a student assistant football coach, and Evan is a freshman at Colorado State University and plays volleyball for the Rams. Collins, is the GM and head coach of the Colorado ICE arena football team, in Fort Collins. They also have three dogs: Buddy, Roxy, and Cheyenne.

Bev's favorite activities include: following her children's sports careers, reading, hanging out with family and friends, and drinking Starbuck's.

Grant Swift

Grant began teaching when he was in fourth grade – tutoring his first grade neighbor for fun. Since then, he has worked in a children’s zoo, various environmental education roles, the Peace Corps, and, for the last 20 years, as a teacher at Angevine Middle School and Sanchez.

He holds a Masters degree in Elementary Education, and a Bachelor's degree in Wildlife Biology from CSU.

Grant and his wife, Lynn, have twin daughters who are freshmen in college. Lynn is a Plant Ecologist for the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks.


 



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