English with Mrs. Riggs

Mrs. Riggs, seventh grade Language Arts, eighth grade English, and Creative Writing teacher, is amongst the new arrivals at SJHS this year. However we, the students of SJHS, do not really know who she is.  

Mrs. Riggs actually started out wanting to be a writer and chose Creative Writing as her major.  “As I got further in my schooling, I realized how important it is for young people to gain a love for reading and writing, so I changed my major to English Education,” she said.

Before she taught at SJHS, Mrs. Riggs was down in the Lone Star State teaching at Scott Johnson Middle School in McKinney, Texas.  She also coached the cross country and girl's basketball team in Texas as well.  

Recently Mrs. Riggs’ class has been busy. According to Mrs. Riggs, they are focusing on interactive assignments using Chromebooks and their physical text in seventh grade Language Arts.  In eighth grade English they are focusing on text evidence to support argument claims.  According to Kosner Lewis and Abbi Smith they have also been reading Esperanza Rising, a novel by Pam Munoz Ryan.  Lastly in Creative Writing, Mrs. Riggs said, “We are gearing up for our children’s books, which students will write with a child.” Katelyn Buhler, seventh grader in Mrs. Riggs’ Language Arts class, thinks her class is fun because of all the jokes Mrs. Riggs cracks during the class period.  Monte Taylor, another seventh grader in Mrs. Riggs Language Arts class, agrees saying it is, “not boring.”

Mrs. Riggs has been teaching for three years.    

Well SJHS let us give a warm welcome to one of our new teachers, Mrs. Riggs.