Hello there! My name is Amanda Gies. This year will be my 14th year teaching at Brooks Elementary. I was fortunate enough to complete my student teaching internship at Brooks and knew that there was no other place for me! I have been in first grade for my entire teaching career and am loving every bit of it. I am passionate about teaching and enjoy making learning fun and exciting for all my students. As a teacher, I am constantly learning and hope to inspire my students to be lifelong learners as well.
I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina where my parents and younger brother still reside. I received my Bachelors degree in Communications from North Carolina State University and my teaching license from Meredith College. I am a die-hard Wolfpack fan and love to watch football whenever I can. I have a 6 pound Yorkshire terrier named Smalls. He is super cute and full of energy. He loves to do tricks, as long as I am supplying the treats.
Here are a few of my favorite things:
Color: RED
Food: Sushi and ice cream, but not together
Drink: Iced Skinny Caramel Macchiato and Coca Cola (again, not together)
Flower: Orchid
Place to Shop: Amazon, Athleta, Banana Republic Outlet, Teach Me Store, and Target
Sport: Football
College Sports Team: N.C. State, Go Wolfpack!
Professional Sports Team: Carolina Panthers
Quotes:
I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina where my parents and younger brother still reside. I received my Bachelors degree in Communications from North Carolina State University and my teaching license from Meredith College. I am a die-hard Wolfpack fan and love to watch football whenever I can. I have a 6 pound Yorkshire terrier named Smalls. He is super cute and full of energy. He loves to do tricks, as long as I am supplying the treats.
Here are a few of my favorite things:
Color: RED
Food: Sushi and ice cream, but not together
Drink: Iced Skinny Caramel Macchiato and Coca Cola (again, not together)
Flower: Orchid
Place to Shop: Amazon, Athleta, Banana Republic Outlet, Teach Me Store, and Target
Sport: Football
College Sports Team: N.C. State, Go Wolfpack!
Professional Sports Team: Carolina Panthers
Quotes:
- "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin
- "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." -William Arthur Ward
- "The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'" -Maria Montessori
- "Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers." -Josef Albers
- "A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I loved in, how much money I had in the bank... but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child." -Forest Witcraft
- "Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love." -David McCullough