Personal information/history:

I was born September 16, 1979 in Jerome, Idaho. When I was one year old, my family moved to Blackfoot, Idaho, where I spent the next sixteen years of my life. I am the oldest of four children. I have a sister, Kimberly, who is married and just had a baby boy--Justin Jack Whitehead--on July 1, 2004. My brother, David, is serving a mission in Little Rock, Arkansas. My youngest brother, Bradley, just graduated from high school and is attending BYU in Provo.

After graduating from Blackfoot High School in 1997, I attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho for two years. I graduated with my associate's degree in elementary education and transferred to Brigham Young University. I graduated from BYU one and one-half years later, in December 2000, with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a minor in family life. I moved back to Blackfoot and taught at the Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center for the rest of that year and the next. The charter school had just opened that year, so I was involved in a great deal of curriculum development and planning. I taught reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and music to kindergarten-fifth grades. It was a great experience, and I learned so much. I loved the time I spent at the charter school, but I felt I should move back to Provo, so that next summer, I did!

I was thrilled when I was hired for a fourth grade teaching position at Geneva Elementary. I quickly fell in love with the school, principal, teachers, students--everything! This is my third year at Geneva, and I have loved every moment of my teaching experience here.

The day I moved back to Provo, I met my husband, Jason Ginos. We dated for one year before getting married July 25, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. After our wedding we moved to an apartment in Orem, and have lived there since. We really like Orem. It's a great community. Jason just graduated from BYU with his bachelor's degree in neuroscience, so he's working this year while applying to medical and graduate programs. We're not sure where we'll go from here. We both have family in Idaho and Utah, so we're hoping to stay close by, but it just depends on where he gets accepted.

I love teaching, and I'm excited for a great year. I want to be the best teacher I can, so I welcome any questions or concerns you have. Please feel free to contact me using any of the information below.

Contact Information:

School Phone: 801-227-8714 ext. 114
Home Phone: 801-434-7153
Email address: RGinos@alpine.k12.ut.us