Meet Miss Blaisdell

Hello new sixth graders! I’m so excited to meet all of you and I’m looking forward to a fun, learning-filled year! This will be my first year of teaching and I’m thrilled that I get to spend my first year with all of you! As Mrs. Bird already posted, sixth grade is going to be a lot of fun, but also a lot of hard work. I know that working together, we’ll all experience great success! I will be teaching you literacy—spelling, reading, writing, etc. Along with Mrs. Bird, I’ll do my best to make learning as fun as possible. I hope that you will be eager to listen, learn and do your best this year!

I was born and raised in Boise, Idaho (yes, I’m a Broncos fan, as long as they aren’t playing BYU!) I’m the youngest of five children. I have 3 brothers and 1 sister. My two oldest brothers, Darrin & Craig, and my sister, Sharyn, are all married—I have 12 adorable nieces and nephews that you will hear all about, I’m sure! My other brother, Brent, recently graduated from BYU and is working in Provo. It’s possible that you will get to meet some of my family members as well—most of us are big BYU football fans and love attending the games. I graduated from BYU in April of this year. I love BYU sports and will always “bleed blue!”
Left to Right: My friend Jen and myself at graduation

In June, I got to visit my sister and her family in Ohio for a couple of days. I had a fun time swimming, playing games, and bike riding with my nieces Katelyn and Maya and my nephew Jacob.
Left to right:Brother-in-law David, my sister Sharyn, Maya Front row: Katelyn, Jacob

I also visited Boise a couple of times this summer and got to hang out with my brother Craig’s family—Joshua, Ryan, Avery, and Camden!
Left to right: Josh, sister-in-law Jaime, Camden, Avery, Ryan, my brother Craig

This week I get to go play with the rest of the kiddos when I visit my brother Darrin’s family. Ben is my oldest nephew and is starting sixth grade in a week! I don’t have any recent electronic pictures of them right now, but you’ll be able to see some in our classroom.

This summer I’ve also enjoyed spending time with all of my friends having crazy adventures. We’ve been rock climbing, camping, hiking, played night games, and went down the natural waterfall slide in Alpine. The water was freezing and it was probably the scariest thing I’ve ever done, but so exhilarating!
Having fun with friends

When I’m not out playing with friends, I get to be a nanny to a cute little baby named Rhea. I hope you are having a relaxing and eventful summer as well! I’m looking forward to the start of school and getting to meet all of my new students!