Hello! My name is Paige Ruiz. I will be teaching 8th grade ELA this year. I knew I wanted to be a teacher from the time I was in high school. I took a class then that allowed me to intern in two elementary school classrooms (similar to student teaching). From the second I was in the classroom, I knew that it was the path for me and pursued it. I went to Cottey College after graduating high school for my associate's degree and, later, I graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2017 with my Bachelor of Arts in English and minor in Secondary Education. I went into teaching after college and started my first full year in 2018. This is actually my 7th year teaching! Wow, time flies by so fast! I look forward to the 24-25 school year and seeing all of my students grow as writers and readers!

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