Title

4th Grade Teacher

Phone

303-652-2828 ext 23488

Email

flaherty_sean@svvsd.org

Department

4th Grade

Education

B.A. University of Colorado at Boulder in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bio

This is my sixth year teaching and my second year at Niwot Elementary. In 2013, I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. After I graduated, I focused on traveling and skateboarding. Working at skateboarding camps, I realized my love of working with kids, so I decided to go back to the University of Colorado to earn my teacher’s license. To receive my license, I student taught here at Niwot Elementary with Mrs. Yonker (when she was known as Ms. Danielson). I spent three years teaching fourth grade and one year teaching fifth grade at Soaring Heights PK-8 in Erie before returning to Niwot Elementary last year. It is so nice to be back in this wonderful community and I am so grateful to be a part of it as a full time classroom teacher.   Outside of school, I love to skateboard and travel. I have been skateboarding for 23 years and am lucky enough to have been sponsored for 15 of them. If I am not in school, you will most likely find me skateboarding. I also love to travel both for skateboarding as well as exploring to learn about new cultures and places. Road trips to all parts of the United States have always been a big part of my life as a skateboarder. Listening to Led Zeppelin makes the driving fly by! Every spring and summer break my partner and I try to go somewhere out of the country. Some of our favorite places to visit have been Germany, Spain, Italy, and Greece. Some of my other favorite things include my two cats (Molson and Oskar), hiking, paddleboarding, football, and hockey. I am a huge fan of all Colorado sports teams (except for CSU!). Since my entire family is from Pittsburgh, I am also a huge Steelers and Pens fan.