• About Cara Jones...

    Position: Gifted Kindergarten

    Room: 9

    Phone: 480-812-6639

    Email: Cara Jones

     Cara Jones

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    Welcome!

    I am excited to be welcomed back to WGA as your kindergarten teacher. I have been married for 18 years and have four awesome children ages 16, 14, 12 and 10. When I have free time, I enjoy reading (or listening to) every book I can get my hands on, traveling, and creating with my family. This year we will springboard into learning. Your year will be filled with project based learning activities that will meet the students' academic needs and foster of love of creating and learning.

    My Education and Professional Background

    I received my Elementary Education degree from ASU in 2007 and my Gifted Endorsement in 2023. After college graduation, I had the opportunity to teach in grades 1st-3rd in San Antonio, TX. I spent 10 years at home raising my four gifted children, learning through them what it means to be a gifted learner. I spent many of those years staying close to the classroom by volunteering to teach art masterpiece and Junior Achievement. I began substitute teaching in CUSD in 2018. As a full-time substitute at WGA, I had the opportunity to see the powerful influence project-based learning has on gifted students. Spending time in many of the grade levels as WGA I was amazed at the way projects empowered students to learn and build on their own personal strengths. That experience brought me back to the classroom full time where I have been for 4 years. 

    My Educational Philosophy

    My philosophy of education stems from creativity and our innate human desire to create in the environment that surrounds us. Students are most willing and able to thrive in an environment that is supportive and where respect abounds. In that environment mistakes are okay, risks are taken, and connections are made. As the mom of gifted children, I understand the struggles gifted learners often have in school. I am here to support and encourage these kindergarten students as they navigate their learning and discover new successes.