Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Meet our 5th Grade Team!
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Teacher: Melissa Decker
Mrs. Decker grew up in sunny southern California. She was originally in school for Massage Therapy, but found her true joy for children and continued her education in Early Childhood, which led to Elementary Education. She has worked with children for over 16 years. She joined Sunny Wolf in 2015 where she started in the 4th/5th grade classroom and through the changes and growth of the school is now the 6th grade Math and Science teacher. Her true passion is Math and has a love of numbers. Her favorite moments are when a student understands a new concept and you see the light bulb shine above their head.
She loves working with the amazing crew at Sunny Wolf and the wonderful students.
Mrs. Decker and her husband have three children: Jordin, who is now a junior in high school, Cameron, who recently moved to Colorado, and Ashlee who lives in Washington with her family. She enjoys going on adventures with her family including visiting theme parks, playing games, ziplining, skydiving and traveling.
Mrs. Decker also loves turtles and Dutch Bros!
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Teaching Assistant: Lorraine Vidal
Lorraine Vidal was born and raised in the agricultural heartland of the Rogue Valley, a couple miles outside of Jacksonville, OR. She now lives in Glendale, OR on a small homestead with her husband, three children, two dogs, five cats, a rabbit, five chickens, and eleven goats.
Lorraine enjoys biking, swimming, hiking, gardening, foraging, camping and exploring the surrounding wilderness areas with her family.
For the first 20 years of her career she worked in the medical field for Asante Health Systems. She has the privilege of raising five sons, three of whom attend Sunny Wolf Charter School and Preschool.
Last year she began substituting as an Educational Assistant and was overjoyed to become a permanent teaching assistant.
Fifth Grade has been studying the Earth and Sun in Science.
