Melissa Hinspeter

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania.  I graduated from the West Chester University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education. I hold teaching certificates in Delaware and Pennsylvania. For eleven years, I taught at a private Jewish Day School in Wilmington, Delaware called Albert Einstein Academy.  I am an active member at CBS working with Shalom Yeladim.  This year I am also teaching third grade at Las Americas Aspira Academy.  So far in my teaching career, I have earned two awards, one is the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education and the other is the Arnold Cohen Award for Teacher of the Year given to me by my peers while teaching at A.E.A.    I always tell my students that they will never have another teacher like me!  As a musician, I like to make learning fun by incorporating arts and crafts and music!  When I am not in the classroom, I enjoy spending time with my husband, watching movies, and playing board games.  I have been collecting stegosauruses since I was four years old.  I also play the tenor saxophone in the Newark Community Band.  When possible, I travel to Pennsylvania to visit my family.