Ms. Heidi has taught at Lake Tahoe School for seventeen years and is the coordinator of the Kindergarten through fifth grade division. She recently made the jump to teaching fifth grade after many years at the helm of the second grade. She is enjoying reading some meatier literature and participating in the productive struggle that is mathematics with her students. Ms. Heidi is particularly interested in cooperative partner and group activities and how the social dynamic in the classroom enhances individual learning. Ms. Heidi is the mother of three girls who attended Lake Tahoe School and Incline High School. In her spare time Heidi enjoys reading, cooking, baking and hiking the local trails with her yellow lab Trip.