Welcome to 3rd Grade!!
My name is Marialena Hamilton and I'm so excited to be teaching 3rd Grade at St. Albert's! I graduated from Immaculata College (now University) in 2001 with a BA in Psychology and Elementary and Special Education. I later received my Masters in Education with Reading Specialist Certification from Cabrini College. I have been teaching for about 20 years and I hold my Teaching Certification in Pennsylvania and also hold three Teaching Certificates in New Jersey. This is my 4th year at St. Albert's (3 of those years being with Catapult teaching Remedial Math and Reading). I worked with Catapult for a total of five years and taught as a classroom teacher in various grades before that.
I was born and raised in South Philadelphia and I have always attended Catholic School, but currently live in Hatboro, PA with my husband Colin and our two children, Matthew and Brielle. Matthew is in 4th Grade and Brielle is in 1st Grade. They attend Upper Moreland Elementary School. I enjoy Reading, Music, Broadway shows, watching Netflix, the Mummers, and spending time with my family and friends. I also love to shop online on Amazon, but I do it way more than I should! lol.
As a child, I often played school, so I have known for a very long time that I was meant to be a teacher. I love helping my students to become independent and life long learners. I strongly encourage kindness and respect in my classroom and I always tell my students that the more they read the better they will get at reading, it's just so important. I have always valued my Catholic Faith and I work hard to instill that in my students as well.
There are so many things that we will learn in 3rd Grade and we will have a lot of fun too! A few of them are celebrating the 3rd Day of 3rd Grade, we will be adopting a cow, Multiplication and Division, we will do a Saints Project, we will be watching the Lifecycle of a Butterfly in the Spring, and much much more!!
Our Enrichment Schedule for this year is as follows:
Monday-Music
Tuesday-Spanish
Wednesday- Art and Media
Thursday-Gym
Friday-no specials
The best and easiest way to reach me is by email, so please do not hesitate to contact me!
mrsmhamilton@satg1.org