Kindergarten

Sara Phillips
Kindergarten Teacher

My favorite:
  • Color: Blue/Red
  • Food/Snack: Pumpkin Bread
  • Drink: Iced Tea
  • Plant/Flower: All
  • I enjoy eating out at: La Mariposa, Texas Road House
  • I like to shop at: Target, Kohl’s
  • My favorite coffee shop is: Starbucks (Non-fat Gingerbread Lattes, Non Fat Cinnamon Dolce)
  • I’m a fan of:  Dance Stuff
  • My hobbies/interests include: Dancing, hiking, dogs, making jewelry

Mickki Soole
Kindergarten Teacher

My favorite:
  • Color: actually, all colors!
  • Treat or Snack Food:  Fruit (especially peaches and strawberries), veggies, organic creamy peanut butter, non-fat organic yogurt, craisins, raw almonds, - actually, I eat fairly healthy (clean as my family calls it!), Root Beer Floats, Chocolate (dark or milk - its all yummy!)
  • Drink: Perrier, Izzi’s, Sparkling Seltzer (I usually get Kroger Brand), Non-fat Vanilla Latte
  • Flower/Plant: All kinds
  • I like to shop at:  Target, Costco, Thrift Shops
  • I enjoy eating out at: PF Chang’s and Chipotle
  • My favorite coffee shop: I don’t really have a favorite one, but I meet friends at Winot, Starbucks, Brewing Market, etc.
  • My hobbies and interests outside of school are: Not in any particular order! :) just being with my family makes me really happy, exercising, reading, walking my dogs, riding my bike, watching my boys play sports, volunteering at church nursery, bible study, spending time with friends visiting or going shopping or to a movie, having family gatherings at our home, baking, cooking (not so much the clean-up part!)...
  • I am a fan of: CU Buffs, Monarch High School (Football and Baseball), Rockies
  • I support: Breast Cancer Awareness (Living Beyond Breast Cancer @ LBBC.org or charity that supports women who cannot afford mammograms or treatments for breast cancer), Humane Society, Sister Carmen Center food bank
  • Something I prefer not to receive:  All gifts are wonderful and not necessary!  I cannot eat tofu, grapefruit, or shrimp.
  • Other:  I love being a mom! I love teaching children. :)  I am grateful and feel blessed for all the support and help I receive on a daily basis from Niwot families and Niwot staff.  Hot sunny days are a favorite whether it's in Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter.

Melissa Calkins

My favorite:
  • Color: Blue
  • Treat/Snack: Lara Bars, Terra Chips
  • Drink: Coffee
  • Flower/Plant: I like indoor houseplants and flowers. I also like to plant annuals on the outside of my house every year, but I don’t think that this is the season for it! :-)
  • I like to shop at: Target, King Soopers, DSW Shoes, Ross
  • I enjoy eating out at: Proto’s Pizza, Brasserie Ten Ten, The Kitchen, Indian food (Flavor of India in Longmont), Gurka’s (Gunbarrel)
  • My favorite coffee shop is: Ziggi’s, the coffee shop in Niwot
  • My hobbies/interests outside of school include: outdoors sports - cycling, running, hiking, reading, doing fun things with our kids, speaking foreign languages
  • I am a fan of the Chicago Bears!
  • Gifts of time that I would like to receive include: Having our classroom thoroughly cleaned and dusted would be nice! I would also appreciate someone to cover the class for a bit while I do some housekeeping/organizing of materials.
  • Things that would make our classroom better are: More books! Seasonal decorations