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Hello, I’m Kristin!

Kristin

I am (in some particular order): wife to S, mom to three-year-old W, dog mom to the ever adventurous and trouble seeking Indy (our last name is Jones...), lover of coffee, chocolate, and red wine, wannabe hobbyist photographer and yogi, and 5th grade teacher turned work-while-I-stay-at-home-mom.

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To enter for a chance to win a $10 TpT gift card: 1️⃣Like this pic. 2️⃣Join my email community at bit.ly/appreciateSTEAM (or click the link in my bio). Just for entering, I’ll send you a free engineering design process poster set! Giveaway closes at 6pm ET 5/9/18. A randomly selected winner will be notified via email before the #tptsale ends. Please feel free to enter even if you’re not a STEAM teacher! #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #teacherspayteachers #tptgiveaway #tptgiftcard #stemeducation #steameducation #artsintegration #iteachstem #iteachsteam #engineeringforkids #engineeringdesignprocess #engineeringdesign #stemteacher #iteach456 #iteachupperelementary

Happy Pi Week! Thanks @mixandmath for the shout out about my all-time favorite math activity! It’s perfect timing, since I’m currently making peanut butter pies for this year’s family and friends Pi Day party! 🥧🥧🥧 (Link in bio to my blog post about how I celebrated Pi Day in 5th grade with a freebie!)

I can’t just sit around feeling sad, scared, angry, and helpless. I have always felt like I don’t know enough facts and statistics to call up my elected officials, but it’s time to get over myself. I tried calling directly and couldn’t get through, so I typed up this email without overthinking it. If you see this and want to use any or all of my words to speak up, feel free to copy and paste them: Representative Garrett, I've tried to call your phone line at the Capitol, but I'm not able to get through or to leave a message. I'm hoping that's due to a large volume of constituents trying to say the same thing: please take action against the epidemic of gun violence in our country! I am a teacher and a mom, and to say that I am sad and angry regarding the number of school shootings so far this year is a drastic understatement. There MUST be some middle ground between "guns are not the problem" and "repeal the 2nd amendment." It is time to stop putting the right to bear arms (a concept that meant something drastically different to the founders of our country than it does today!) above the right of our students, teachers, citizens, and residents to feel and be safe from the threat of gun violence at school and other public places! I would like to see bipartisan effort, cooperation, and support for bills that improve mental health care in this country AND take significant steps toward controlling and regulating the sale, ownership, and carry of guns, particularly the kinds of semi-automatic weapons that have been used in recent tragedies. A wall isn't going to keep us safe; gun control legislation will keep us safer. I am a constituent of yours, and I will be watching your actions, votes, and financial supporters vigilantly. Thank you for your time, Kristin Jones

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