My name is Toni Thomas, and this will be my thirteenth year teaching at Washington County Elementary School - six years in Kindergarten and five years in second grade.  This will be my second year teaching a multi-age class (2nd/3rd).

    When I was growing up, I always wanted to be a teacher.  As a matter of fact, I was in the second grade when I decided to be a teacher!   My favorite thing to play when I was a little girl was school!  My two little brothers were my students back then!

     I have always loved learning new things and sharing what I've learned.  Maybe that is why I love teaching!  It is hard to imagine doing anything else. I love seeing the progress the children make in just one year.  I think this profession has to be one of the most rewarding of them all!      

     I graduated from Marion County High School in 1987.  I earned my Associate's degree at St. Catharine College, and went on to graduate from Campbellsville University with a Bachelor's in K-4 Elementary Education.  In 2003, I completed my Master's in Instructional Leadership from Eastern Kentucky University.       

     
My husband, David, and our sons, Jarred and Ben.Y

    I have been married for eighteen years to a very wonderful husband, David.  We live in rural Marion County with our two sons, Ben, 16, and Jarred, 12, three beagle hounds, Gus, Sonny, and Lily, and our cats, Twitch, Peanut, Smokey, and Bo-dazzle.  When I'm not teaching, I enjoy spending time with my family, reading and "playing" on the computer finding new ideas to use in our classroom!

     If you need to contact me, you can call the school at 336-5490 and leave a message, or email me.  (I'll probably be on the computer anyway!)