My name is Mrs. Melissa Oliver and this is my twenty- seventh year teaching and my twentieth year teaching at Richland Elementary! I am a graduate of IUP where I earned a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.Ed. with a Reading Specialist Certification. In addition, I also completed the ESL Program Specialist Certification through the IU8 in 2011.

 

My teaching career began at West End Catholic School where I spent 3 years teaching Second Grade. As a graduate of the Conemaugh Township Area School District, I was excited to spend 4 years teaching there in Fourth Grade, Third Grade, and as a Reading Specialist before being hired at Richland as a Reading Specialist. In addition to working as a Title 1 Reading Teacher, I have also worked as a Third Grade Teacher and as an English Language Development Teacher for our students who are English Language Learners.

 

I live in Richland with my husband, Mike, and my two children, Madelyn and Mason.  Madelyn is in graduate school at IUP after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 2024 and RHS in 2020.  Mason is a sophomore at Saint Francis University after graduating from RHS in 2024.   We are all so excited about the 2025-2026 school year!