Meet Your Teacher

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04bfd521erlcgo.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>4th Grade Team B</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4th Grade Team B"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Meet Your Teacher</B>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Daily Assignments"><U>Daily Assignments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tips and Hints"><U>Tips and Hints</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Class Bulletin Board"><U>Class Bulletin Board</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04ad2993.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Meet Your Teacher</I></div> <div> My name is Mr. David Philips.  It is a pleasure to have you (or your child) in our class.  Let me tell you a little about me:</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="513" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 103 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0667e5f0.jpg" border=0 width="126" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="378"><div> I was born (I won't tell you what year) in Hadley, a small town in the Adirondack Park near Lake George, NY.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="063724e0.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="78" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> I have one older brother, one older sister, and two younger sisters.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="439" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 101 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06270540.gif" border=0 width="112" height="84" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="323"><div> I went to a small school - smaller than Liberty!  My father was a fourth grade teacher there.  My graduating class had only 74 students. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06465650.jpg" border=0 width="101" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I went to college in Geneseo, NY and graduated in 1992 with a degree to teach Elementary and Social Studies (K-12).  I completed my Master's Degree at the same college.  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> My first teaching job was in 1995.  I taught 2nd grade.  It was the same school that my father was teaching in.  The children sometimes got confused with two Mr. Philips teachers!  I have also taught 1st and 3rd grade in both inclusion and multiage classrooms at times.  I have been at Liberty since 1997.</div> <bR> <div> My wife also teaches at Liberty.  We have two children, Andrew who is 6 and Caleb who is 5.  We are also expecting our third child in the summer of 2004.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>