Meet Your Teacher

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FF3333" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ms. Des Biens</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ms. Des Biens"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Meet Your Teacher</B>   |   <A HREF="hmwk.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assignments"><U>Assignments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Class Newsletter"><U>Class Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Class Photo Album"><U>Class Photo Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="152" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 121 WIDTH="146"><div>  <IMG SRC="056475b0.jpg" border=0 width="71" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="138d2a53.gif"> <div> <I><B>Meet Your Teacher</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="508" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 264 WIDTH="496"><div> <B>Aside from teaching Math, Reading, Writing and Social Studies I also believe in spending time to teach my students the character traits of honesty, responsibility, caring, kindness, citizenship, and respect.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>      I try to teach my students what "fairness" means. Things are "fair" not when everyone gets the same thing but rather when everyone gets what they need!</B></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>       </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>