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I am a fifth grade teacher at General Greene Magnet School of Science and Technology in Greensboro, North Carolina. I earned my National Board Certification in the Middle Childhood/Generalist area in 1999. General Greene is a public elementary school that draws from a regular attendance zone and from the rest of Guilford County via a lottery process. Our school has a full-time science specialist and computer technology teacher; we also have art, music, and physical education classes weekly with specialists. We have three classes per grade level in kindergarten through fifth grades, averaging 22 students in each class. Our population is economically and racially diverse; however, we do serve a higher number of boys than girls. Just 20% of our families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The students represent a variety of educational abilities; we offer exceptional services in the areas of giftedness, learning differences, and speech in order to serve their individual needs. We are fortunate at General Greene to have strong parental support in ways of tutoring, fundraising, beautification, service projects, and hospitality. My class of 25 students (14 boys, 11 girls) ranges in age from 9 to 11 years old, and include 11 African-Americans, 11 non-Hispanic White, two of Asian descent, and one Multi-Racial. Eighteen of these children were in my 4th grade class last year and “looped” up with me to 5th grade this year. General Greene Elementary School
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