Information about Mrs

Melissa L. (Missi) Baker has been teaching at Sandpoint Middle School since 1994. She moved here from southern Idaho, and before that she worked as a middle school teacher in East Los Angeles, California. She has been a school teacher since 1987.

As a teenager in Breckenridge, CO, she enjoyed soccer, skiing and hiking. She did OK in school, but there was room for improvement! Before going back to get her teaching certificate, Mrs. Baker was a journalist. She had graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO, with a BA majoring in journalism and minoring in economics, and then worked for about a year on a small weekly newspaper as a reporter/photographer.

Her next four years were spent working in the public relations department of a large relief and development organization in southern California, World Vision. She produced the organization's employee newspaper, and researched information for fund raisers.

When Mrs. Baker's first son was entering kindergarten, she began teaching to get back to her first loves, the English language and history; reading, writing, and sharing what she knows about history, language and literature with students.

In her free time now she loves to read, scrapbook, and shoot archery. In the summer of 2011, Mrs. Baker one first place in Hunter's Challenge at the International Bowhunters Traditional World Championship in Tennessee. She placed second in the regular IBO Championship, in the female long bow class.

Mrs. Baker is also a part-time teacher for Idaho Digital Learning Academy. IDLA

You can contact me via email with this address: melissa.baker@lposd.org