New HMS teacher enjoys reading, writing

By Dakota Williams

Katy Dutra is also one of the newer teachers at HMS. She was working at Columbia H.S., but she wanted to change to middle school, so now she is the 7th grade Language Arts teacher.

When asked what first interested her in language and literature, Katy answered, “I always enjoyed reading. As a child, I was read to every day. That is where it began.”

Her first interest in teaching started when she was an exchange student in Australia with people from Indonesia and Thailand. As a student, she enjoyed the subjects of English, Algebra II, Physics, and Dance.

“While working, I love to teach students to write,” Katy says, “and to connect them with a terrific book.”

She has been teaching for nine years and went to the University of Colorado at Boulder for her B.A. in English and her teaching certificate. She then attended PSU for her Master’s of Science and Education. Her hobbies include snowboarding, kayaking, reading, and running with her dog.