About+Me



Hello! My name is Pam Gunner and I am the new Math Specialist at Liberty Elementary School in the Harrisburg Scool District. For the past eight years, I had the pleasure of teaching Third Grade at New Underwood Elementary School. My mom and sister live in Sioux Falls, so I decided to move closer to them. I grew up in Martin, SD where my dad was the local dentist and my mom owned a clothing store and craft store for awhile. After living in Boulder, CO for 10 years and attending Art school in Denver, I moved to Rapid City. I operated a home daycare for several years so that I could stay at home with my kids. Then after my kids were in school, I went back to college at Black Hills State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science In Education in 2003. I have a special interest in Math, Technology and the Arts and try to share that with my students. I am the was the Math Teacher Leader in New Underwood and have taken many classes on how kids learn math and how best to teach it. I have almost completed the requirements for a Master's degree in Mathematics and I'm so excited to put my knowledge to use. As a student that had struggled with math in school, I never would have dreamed that I would love to teach mathematics as much as I do!

 I have two children: Andy is 21 and graduated from NUHS in 2009 and Margaret Rose is 18 and graduated in 2012. I also have an adorable shih tzu dog named Margie Clover (I normally refer to her as "The cutest dog in the world!") and a crabby old cat named Nadia. In my spare time (what little of it there is!), I enjoy going to the movies and watching them at home, listening to music, surfing the Net, and I am an amateur bird-watcher. I write a weekly movie review for the New Underwood Post called "Movies That Make the Grade". I am also a whiz at Trivial Pursuit games! And those of you who know me also know my affinity to lots of high-heeled shoes!

 I spent three summers as a lifeguard at the Sammi Jo Pool and even added world traveler to my resume with a trip to Paris, France and England, Ireland and Wales in the summer of 2010 and to Paris and Italy in the summer of 2011. I'm planning on adding many more countries to that list in the future and would love to spend a whole summer living in Ireland someday.

