Hi!  I am Mrs. Thurber.  I will be teaching reading here at Thomas Jefferson on 8th grade team Matrix.  I grew up on a farm in Michigan.  I attended Western Michigan University for Elementary Education and later got a masters degree from Michigan State University.  This will be my 20th year of teaching.  I taught 16 years in 6th through 8th grade math and a small amount in science.  For the last two years, I taught reading and writing for 6th-8th graders.   This is my 2nd year teaching 8th grade reading here at TJ.

I am married to my husband, Tim, who works for Spirit of '76 Fireworks.  We have two daughters Miley (10) and Mia (5 1/2).  We live in Fulton and have a cat named Trevor.  We spend a lot of time traveling since we have family all over the country but primarily in Michigan and Nebraska.  In my spare time, I love to hang out with my family and work on creating books of pictures for my kids.