Hello! My name is Emily Tully and I couldn't be happier to be working with the first grade students at Griebling.  I graduated from The College of New Jersey and have known I wanted to be an elementary school teacher since I was in First Grade myself! This is my sixth year working with the first graders here in Griebling! I love working with younger students and watching their enthusiasm for learning grow with each and every discovery! As a teacher, I am passionate about;

- Making students feel valued, safe, and cared for! 

- Creating a classroom community, it is the most important element to a successful learning experience! 

- Letting them be little, bring the learning to them where they are right now and make learning accessible to each student!  

 

When I'm not in the classroom, you can probably find my fiance and I playing with our two dachshunds; Ollie and Nyla, at a dog park or dog beach! Another place to find me is a yoga studio! I fell in love with yoga four years ago and haven't stopped since! I love doing headstands all over the place, you may even catch me doing a few in the classroom! With inspiration from yoga, I began my mindfulness teacher training for educators, hoping to incorporate mindfulness and Social Emotional Learning into my classroom and am now a certified teacher of mindfulness for kids! My dream is to extend my mindfulness certification into a kids yoga teacher certification, being able to teach children's yoga after school! Another passion of mine is art; creating, painting, decorating sugar cookies, and sketching are some of my favorite things to do! I will never turn down a trip to the beach or dessert! 

These are a few of my favorite things....

 

Color: Teal 

Food: Ice Cream (cake batter is my current favorite flavor, with rainbow sprinkles of course!) 

Season: Each season has something special, I can't choose! 

Place: Myrtle Beach, SC 

Movie: Hotel Transylvania 

Children's Book: The Good Egg                                        

School Subject: I love them all!