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My name is Mrs. Melissa Oliver and this is my twenty- fifth year teaching and my eighteenth 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, my two children, Madelyn and Mason, and my dog, Chloe.  Madelyn is in her senior year at the University of Pittsburgh.  Mason is a senior at RHS.   We are all so excited about the 2023-2024 school year and graduating!
 
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Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade students began working on "Teach Your Monster to Read" online, using the desk top computers and chromebooks in our classroom.
We are continuing to work on our writing project about our favorite things.  Once we are finished, we will publish it into a real book!  Look for more information to come home with the students!
2nd grade and 5th grade students work together to sort sentences into statements, questions, commands, or exclamations.
Earning a Golden Ticket for being Accountable and Motivated- reading over 40 pages over the long weekend!  Way to go!

My students in grades 2-5 have started to use Google Classroom!  You can find the link for your child on my homepage.