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=Mrs. Bousum - English Teacher=

Hello. I am Mrs. Bousum, and I believe that how and who I teach is as important as what I teach. I know what I want to teach, but until I know who my students are, I don't know exactly how I'll teach them. Anyway, here is some information about me. I live in East Amwell with my husband, Josh; sons, Owen and Brady; two wild and crazy cats named Optimus Prime and Luca; and Lizzie the Crested Gecko. We love to garden, bird watch, bike, kayak, play baseball, make music, cook, swim, fish, and read. Winter makes me want to hibernate, but I try to enjoy the cold, snow, and ice while it's here. Being an active wife, mother, and teacher keeps me extremely busy and fulfilled.

I love summer the most because I get to spend it with my sons. I also enjoy catching up on reading. I recently finisheded reading //Unwind// by Neal Schusterman and a giant collection of contemporary short stories. I'm currently reading //Me and Earl and the Dying Girl// by Jesse Andrews, and //Ender's Game// by Orson Scott Card. I hope you enjoy reading because we will be doing a whole lot of it this year. In fact, you will have many opportunities to choose your own reading material throughout the course. Some of my favorite books are //Love in the Time of Cholera// by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, //Of Mice and Men// by John Steinbeck, //Jitterbug Perfume// by Tom Robbins, //The Lords of Discipline// by Pat Conroy, //The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian// by Sherman Alexie, and //A Tale of Two Cities// by Charles Dickens. I enjoy contemporary poetry, books by or about Ernest Hemingway, just about all genres of music, and anything that is related to food. I find food fascinating, and I eat a lot.

Over twenty years ago, I graduated from The College of New Jersey and began teaching English here at Hunterdon Central. I have taught English I, Honors English I, English II, Humanities I, Public Speaking, Expository Writing, Poetry, and Contemporary Literature. Several years ago, I completed a Masters program at Walden University. My studies focused on integrating technology into the curriculum, and I am always looking for ways to improve my teaching and my students' learning with technology. I hope you will let me know if you are technologically inclined and willing to share your talents this year. I'm always looking for support and inspiration, and we will be doing some "new" things with Google Classroom right away!

Please feel free to contact me anytime you have a question. I am available for tutorials on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2:05 until 2:50 during the school year. There are no tutorials on Tuesday or Friday. You can also e-mail me at kbousum@hcrhs.org. I have already set up group email contact lists, as you will be required to use your HC gmail account while you are a student here.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kelly Bousum

// “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug” (Twain). // // “Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing” (Cicero). // // “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead” (Twain). //

Copyright [2007], Kelly Bousum. All rights reserved.

Last revised September 2016.