About the Teacher

NAME: Ms. Menze-Wells

SCHOOL: Woodland Middle School

CLASS: Health, 8th grade and Family & Consumer Sciences, 6th & 7th

SCHOOL PHONE: 847.856.4109


Who is Ms. Menze-Wells?

This is my 8th year teaching at Woodland.  I also have 13 years
experience teaching figure skating classes and private lessons. 

My Bachelors Degree (Family & Consumer Sciences) was earned at Illinois State
University and my Masters Degree (Reading Specialist) had been earned via
Southern Illinois University at UCLC.

My sons' names are Blake and Conner. In addition skateboarding, Blake enjoys
jumping on our trampoline and Conner made a Minecraft server. Our pets names
are Chazz, Frankie and 
Fluffy. 

My interests include:  reading, traveling and spending time with my boys and
our pets.

My mission is to keep my students thinking outside of the box. Two of my favorite phrases are: "If you are bored, it is an insult to yourself." "Your attitude determines your altitude.".

I focus on trying to make every one of my students feel special and 
valued for who they are.  It is important to me that my students learn to
take advantage of resources made available to them, to become self-sufficient 
and to believe in and rely upon themselves.