Washington D.C., June 2010

Hi, I'm Ms. Armbruster.

I was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington.  I graduated from South Seattle Community College with an Associate of Arts Degree. I was married, and had my daughter (now 24). Several years later I went back to school at Pacific Lutheran University and got my Bachelor of Arts degree in K-8 Education. I earned teaching endorsements in 4-12 Geosciences, and K-12 English as a Second Language. My graduate work was done at Mississippi State University and my studies were a Masters of Science in Geosciences.

Since then I have substitute taught, and been both a 5th grade and 8th grade science/pre-algebra teacher with Franklin Pierce School District, before coming to All Saints. In 2002 I joined All Saints School as a 5th grade teacher. In 2011 I moved from 5th grade to 4th grade. This is my tenth year at All Saints.

Science/Math are my life-long passions. I've run a science club for grades 3-8 for the past 8 years. The past two years this has been at the Puyallup Library after school. I have also taught all 5th grade students science/reading/math and taught one year of all 6th grade students science at All Saints. Currently I am teaching all 4th grade students science/math. I love teaching math. So many interesting things you can use to explain concepts, and a great way to reach kinesetic learners (hands on).

Summer of 2011I took a group of forty 5th and 6th graders to England and France with the People to People Ambassador Program. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. My favorites were visiting Bath, (England), Stonehenge, and seeing the musical Wicked in London. In France we went to the Perfume Museum in Paris, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Normandy Beach, and Notre Dame Cathedral among many other places. Summer of 2012 I will be going with 6th, 7th and 8th grade students to Greece, Italy and France for three weeks with People to People Ambassador Program.

Hope Diamond (it's sitting on the top of the white stand inside an alarmed case, and is the size of a 50 cent piece). June 2010, Smithsonian