A little about me

Hello, everyone! My name is Mrs. Patti Kintz, and I am so excited to be teaching our 5th grade RISE class again this year! Learning to help children learn and teaching children to learn are passions of mine, and I am blessed to have been called to a career that I love. I have a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Mississippi, and I am currently working on my Master of Arts in Teaching through the University of Memphis. This is my fourth year teaching, and my second year at SFA. I am thrilled to have found a school community that I love and feel like I can call "home."

My husband and I have 7 children (ages 25, 23, 21, 17, 13, and twin 10 year olds), who I tell stories about in class constantly. We also have a dog named Carmen and a cat named Elizabeth. Our house is crazy, but I manage to find a little time for some hobbies aside from spending time with my family. I love to travel and have been to El Salvador twice and Honduras once, in addition to visiting several places around the U.S. I also enjoy learning about languages and have been studying Spanish to help me better communicate with our Spanish-speaking families. I have been training Brazilian jiu-jitsu for 7 years and have a purple belt. If I'm not at school or at one of my children's activities, you can most commonly find me practicing new technique on the mats. I also love to read almost anything. 

I am so excited for this year and know it is going to be great!