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My name is Joy Hancock and I **//absolutely love//** my job as a reading teacher. I find it very rewarding to help children develop the skills necessary to be able choose a job they will love. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to support your child’s development. I believe children are most successful when teachers and families work together as partners in a child’s education. I enjoy getting to know the families of //all// students at Cary Elementary because it is so exciting to discover the many similarities within the variety of backgrounds and cultures represented at our school. I look forward to working with your family this year. As for myself, I grew up in the very small town of Redding, Connecticut. My father was a pilot for American Airlines and my mother was a stewardess. After they got married, my mom had to quit her job because it was against company policy for stewardesses to be married. My older sister, Daneane, followed in our father’s footsteps and is a now pilot for Delta Airlines. She lives in Massachusetts with her family. My younger sister, Nellie, still lives in Connecticut. My younger brother, Vance, lives in Florida with his wife, Chizuko. We think it is cool that she is from the Dominican Republic and speaks Spanish and Japanese. After I graduated from Arizona State University I moved to North Carolina with some friends. I married a southerner and was convinced to stay. My husband, Ronald and I got married in 1996 at the church at Mordecai. We have been married for fifteen years and have two wonderful children. Ronald is from Robbins, NC, graduated from NCSU and works for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. My son, Mason, is in 6th grade at Reedy Creek Elementary. My daughter, Eliza, is in 4th grade at CES. Needless to say, we are all NC State fans and enjoy rooting for our team. Our family wouldn’t be complete without our dog, Rooney. He is a mix of Basset Hound and Beagle. When he is not sleeping he is sniffing the yard and barking at anything that goes by our house. He especially loves to howl with the fire truck sirens. I started my teaching career at Knightdale Elementary as a second grade teacher. For four years, I shared this classroom with another teacher. Half of the day I taught 2nd grade and the other half I taught Title Reading groups. This is my 19th year as a teacher and my 16th year as a Reading Teacher. Outside of school I enjoy (of course) reading, traveling, hiking and spending time with my family. Some things I don’t enjoy are listening to Rooney bark and doing the laundry.
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