Mrs. Swank is so excited to be returning to LCS this year as the fourth grade English teacher. Originally from Arizona, Mrs. Swank is happy to call Northern Colorado home where she’s enjoying life with her husband Matt and ever growing toddler Evangeline. She earned her Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Northern Arizona University, located in her beautiful hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona, in 2010 with a dual major in Art History and German. Her German studies led her to travel and study in Europe, which gave her the opportunity to visit and experience many of the places we learn about here at LCS. Mrs. Swank’s fundamental educational philosophy is that a teacher’s job is not to produce high school graduates, but to generate life-long learners who use knowledge and character to explore and positively interact with the world around them.

She hopes to instill in her kids at LCS a similar love of experiencing new places and diverse things and to teach them that world exploration begins with reading.