Mrs. Brennan's Kindergarten

 We Welcome Our Newest Jr. Hawks

      Hello, I am Kim Brennan, one of the Kindergarten teachers at Urbana. I would like to welcome you to the school and to my class.  I look forward to working with you to help make this a great experience for your child.  I hope this webpage will help answer some of your questions about our program.

    I have a B.S. degree in Early Childhood Education from James Madison University and have aquired credit hours beyond a Master's degree.  I taught full day Kindergarten in Virginia for two years in the early 80s.  Back then, we had "nap time" built into the day!  My, how times have changed!  This is my thirteenth year teaching Kindergarten at UES. Some of my responsibilities have included Team Leader,  Targeted Reading and Math Intervention Teacher, and Mentor Teacher.  I love working with children this age.  They are so eager to learn!  The parents at UES help to make this a wonderful school! 

    My husband and I have 3 children.  Our oldest daughter taught Kindergarten in Frederick a year ago! She is married now and lives out of state with her husband where he attends Medical school. They are expecting our first grandchild in February! Our son recently graduated from JMU , and we took our youngest daughter back for her second year of college at JMU. I love to read, work in my flower garden, visit Starbucks and spend time at Deep Creek Lake. 

    I believe all students are capable of learning and that it is important to have high expectations for student achievement.  Children at this age learn through hands-on experiences and modeling.  I believe they need to be actively engaged for the best learning to take place. I also would like my students to believe learning can be fun, and I hope they carry this thought with them as they become life long learners.

      If you have any questions or need to contact me, my email is: Kim.Brennan@fcps.org, and the school phone number is: 240-236-2200.  I usually answer email daily.