About Mrs. Anderson

I grew up in the Pasadena area on a wonderful street full of children.  Playing baseball or pickle in our front yard was a daily event.  Summer nights included Kick the Can or Ditch 'em games.  I attended UC Irvine where I met my husband, Kekoa, who is a civil engineer.  We just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in August. I began teaching at Smith in 1993.  I taught the fourth grade GATE class for fifteen years (job-sharing with Mrs. Garland for ten of them) and have taught 5th grade, 1st grade, and two 3/4 combination classes in addition to 3rd grade GATe for 9 years. I have also been a Smith parent as my daughters Madeline (25 years), Meredith (23 years), and Ella (18 years) all attended Smith.  Ella just started the University of Utah as a Environmental Science major, Meredith graduated from CU Boulder with a degree in Psychology, and Madeline graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a degree in Business Economics. My family has two cats, Tess and Rusty, a seven-year old yellow English lab named Maisie, and a giant goldfish named Johnny.

If I have free time, I enjoy golfing, jogging or walking along the coast, traveling, watching movies, and reading.

                                                                   
                                                          My third grade school photo

   
My girls in Park City

    
         Maisie