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Ms. Van Riel

Welcome to 4th grade! I am SO excited for the 2023-2024 school year. I came to CPL in the middle of last year as a 1st grade teacher and I fell in love with the school. I was a student of the Etiwanda School District myself. I went to Windrows and EIS. I then went to RCHS and was on the dance team. After high school I went to Chaffey College and Cal Poly Pomona for my bachelor's and credential. I am currently in the master's degree program.

My goal for my classroom is to provide a welcoming, safe, and nourishing learning environment. Every student will always feel welcome in my classroom regardless of their beliefs. We accept everyone in this classroom! I believe in making teaching fun and engaging. From my experience, students learn much more when in a fun and engaging environment.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. My fiancé and I just bought a house and will be spending most of our weekends on renovations. We also just got engaged! We are so excited though! I have two dogs named Lucy and Chloe. They are my babies! I also enjoy going new places and country music. My best friend and I love listening to country music together. She also has 2 babies that I LOVE spending time with. My favorite thing to do on a day off is to get a Starbucks and go to the beach. I enjoy spending time with my older sister who lives in Irvine on the weekends as well. I also like to spend some of my free time planning fun activities for my students.

I am so excited for this year and looking forward to an amazing school year!

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Announcements

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My email is emily_vanriel@etiwanda.org if you need to contact me.

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Upcoming Events

1/26/2024 Nonstudent attendance day

2/5/24 Book Report Due

2/16/2024 No School

2/19/2024 No School

3/21 Open House

3/25-3/29 Spring Break

Homework Assignments

Suggested Supplies

Suggested Student Supplies

Pencil box/bag
Pencils
Highlighter
Dry erase marker
Scissors
Glue stick 
Crayons/colored pencils
Headphones

Class Wishlist

Tissues
Dry erase markers
Sticky notes 

Amazon Classroom Wishlist

Math

Students will have a nightly worksheet based on the math lesson we did that day in class. ALL work must me shown for full credit.