Profiles

Nancy Palmer, Grade 3 Teacher

Years in education: 9
Years at Trinity School: 1
Education:
B.A. in French Literature, UC Santa Cruz
M.A. in European Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester (U.K.)

Nancy’s Mission:
Nancy never tires of learning. Pursuing her curiosity about people and the world we share brings her great happiness. Nancy’s hopes her love and enthusiasm for learning inspires her students to pursue their interests with confidence, to be creative in their thinking, and to enjoy the intrinsic value in better knowing themselves and the world.

The experience that informs Nancy’s Teaching:
Nancy is bilingual and lived off-and-on in Europe. Nancy has been a lead elementary teacher and has taught and tutored other age groups, including special education students. Nancy knows what each student needs to learn. Walk into Nancy’s class and you see how her gentle humor, her travel, and her love of nature inform her teaching and the environment she creates for students.