Elise Cerino has been a parishioner at St. Odilo for 17 years and a teacher in the Reading Resource Center for five. She truly appreciates St. Odilo, from where she has already seen two of her children graduate. Mrs. Cerino works with children to break down reading and make it understandable. “With first and second grades we focus on phonics, sight words, sounding out words, and long and short vowels. With third and fourth grades I focus on decoding words, reading comprehension, and vocabulary.” Mrs. Cerino enjoys seeing the progress each child has made by the end of the year. “My goal is to create a challenge for them. It's gratifying to see the looks on their faces when they know they have given the correct answer.”