About Your Teacher:
My name is Ms. Cheryl Jacques. I am beginning my 20th year as an elementary school teacher. I am so excited to be teaching 4th grade again this year at South McKeel Academy & especially excited to teach math & science!
A little about me, I have my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education K-6th grade from Florida Southern College & I have my Master's Degree from the University of South Florida in Reading K-12. I am ESOL and Reading Endorsed as well.
This is my 5th year at South McKeel Academy. I taught 3rd grade for 15yrs at Sikes Elementary. I absolutely love to instill a love for learning in all my students & look forward to a great year with my new students.
I have two children, Amber, 32, who is starting her 4th year of teaching at R. Bruce Wagner Elementary School teaching 5th grade and Justin, 30, who recently finished his time with the US Marine Corp serving over in Okinawa, Japan and is working full time as a crew leader of a manufacturing company. I am also the PROUD MOM of "10" furry children (1 Yorkie & 9 Shelties pictured below), a Russian Tortoise, 1 Bearded Dragon, 1 hedgehog, 6 snakes (Ball Pythons & Corn snakes), & 2 sugar gliders. I am an active member of my church, Scott Lake Baptist Church. I spend a great deal of my spare time out at Circle B as one of their volunteers either working at the Nature Center Front Desk or helping with their educational programs there. I also run the 9-13yr old A-Z Nature Camp during the summer where the kids refer to me as "Crazy Cheryl". I love to travel and have been fortunate to travel to such places as Italy, Greece, Australia, Turkey, Ireland, England, & Malaysia. I have a bucket list of places & things that I would like to complete as well, of which 2 things have been marked off; I was a soloist in the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia & sang in Carnegie Hall in NYC. The world is full of opportunities, we just have to grasp them!
My family including the "fur kids".
Some of my extended family members: scaly, spiky, & furry.
Ruby, one of my Bearded Dragons |
Rosie, the Russian Tortoise
Laverne & Shirley, my Sugar Gliders.
Zeus, One of my Panther Chameleons
Athena, my Super Pastel Ball Python
Emoji, my Blue-Tongue Skink