Tracey Ocampo combines her love of learning with her affection for teaching young children to make first grade at St. Odilo special. “Watching children grow physically, socially and intellectually throughout the school year is a tremendous experience.” Mrs. Ocampo incorporates as many learning modalities into lessons as possible. First grade students move, touch, read and listen to learn. Whether it’s poetry that’s sung, art at the round-table, or science through watching chicks hatch, lessons in Mrs. Ocampo’s room are fun to learn. She believes in consistency in behavior and classroom management so that “children know what I expect of them. They feel safe and thrive in an environment where goals are attainable.” Her view that education is a mutually supportive relationship among teachers, students and parents has been solidified now that her oldest daughter has begun Kindergarten at St. Odilo.