About Mrs. Tautkus

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I'm a:
book-reading,
scrapbook-making,
cat-owning,
geo-caching,
Black Hills-hiking,
bargain-hunting,
family-loving,
big smile-giving,
poem-writing,
travel-seeking,
first grade teacher!

I have taught 1st grade for 5 years at an awesome school in an awesome city.  I am lucky to work with some of the best educators in the field.  With nearly 600 hundred students at my awesome elementary school, we have a large staff...which makes for a large family.  I am proud to be a Knight!

I earned my Bachelor's Degree in 2006 from Black Hills State University.  In 2010 I earned my Master's Degree as a Reading Specialist from the University of Sioux Falls.  Sometime in the near (or distant) future, I will pursue my National Board Certification.

I married my best friend in 2009 on a quiet beach in Jamaica.  Our lives have never been that calm since...and we love every minute of it.  We are practicing our future parenting skills on 2 curious cats, Penny and Junebug and 1 mischievous hamster, Snowball (a.k.a. my class pet).

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