Who is Ms. Barnes?
Hello and welcome to my page! My name is Maria Barnes and I am a 3rd grade teacher at Creekside Elementary. I am a 2 time graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Go Spartans!!!!) I graduated with my 1st undergraduate degree in 2005 which was a Bachelor of Arts in History. After graduation I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life so I began working at Kohl's and also as an after-school group leader with Guilford County Schools with 2nd and 3rd graders. When the school year came to an end I was so saddened that I wouldn't see my students because I had accepted a new job at AT&T. I knew that with the full time hours of my new job and the required hours of ACES I had to make a decision. So I decided it was time for me to go back to school. I re-enrolled at UNCG in 2007 and I immediately began working on my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education K-6. I was so excited to be back in school because I knew that I was going to be making a difference in the lives of children. I completed my degree in May of 2010 and after working 40 hour work weeks and going to school full time I graduated Magna Cum Laude!!
I am from a small town called Mt. Olive which is about 1 hour and 20 minutes from Durham. Mt. Olive is famous for its pickles as it is the Pickle Capitol of the World! I have 3 sisters and 1 brother, 4 nephews and 1 niece, I also am blessed to have 2 God- Daughters Kennedy and Jazlyn and 2 God-Sons Ayden and Kyler. I have 2 wonderful cats named Punkin & Ameera. (you will hear a lot about them both because they always keeps me laughing!)
I am so happy to be working here at Creekside with all of you and I look forward to learning all about you all and your interests. Here are some of mine:
My Favorite Colors: Purple & Green
My Favorite NBA team: Boston Celtics!!!!
My Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Photography, Playing with my cats, Playing XBox 360, XBox One, and Playstation 4
My Favorite TV Shows: The Office, The Big Bang Theory, Law & Order SVU, NCIS, Mysteries at the Museum
My Favorite Movies: A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Twilight Saga
My Favorite Restaurant: La Bamba
My Favorite Foods: Eastern NC BBQ, fresh corn, collard greens
My Favorite Music: I listen to all kinds of music so I don't have one favorite.
My Favorite Book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (If you haven't read it give it a try!)
I am looking forward to a new year with all of you!
I am from a small town called Mt. Olive which is about 1 hour and 20 minutes from Durham. Mt. Olive is famous for its pickles as it is the Pickle Capitol of the World! I have 3 sisters and 1 brother, 4 nephews and 1 niece, I also am blessed to have 2 God- Daughters Kennedy and Jazlyn and 2 God-Sons Ayden and Kyler. I have 2 wonderful cats named Punkin & Ameera. (you will hear a lot about them both because they always keeps me laughing!)
I am so happy to be working here at Creekside with all of you and I look forward to learning all about you all and your interests. Here are some of mine:
My Favorite Colors: Purple & Green
My Favorite NBA team: Boston Celtics!!!!
My Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Photography, Playing with my cats, Playing XBox 360, XBox One, and Playstation 4
My Favorite TV Shows: The Office, The Big Bang Theory, Law & Order SVU, NCIS, Mysteries at the Museum
My Favorite Movies: A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Twilight Saga
My Favorite Restaurant: La Bamba
My Favorite Foods: Eastern NC BBQ, fresh corn, collard greens
My Favorite Music: I listen to all kinds of music so I don't have one favorite.
My Favorite Book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (If you haven't read it give it a try!)
I am looking forward to a new year with all of you!