Welcome to Second Grade!  Let me tell you about myself....My name is Toni Michelle Morris and I have taught a total of 28 years. This is my 27th year in Craven County and in North Carolina. I taught for one year in Howard County, Maryland. I have been at VFLE for 27 years in Craven County.  My first year here, I taught AIG at Vanceboro Farm Life and several other schools in the county. After that year, I taught Kindergarten for 16 years and in 2012 I was moved to fourth grade, and taught there for 5 years. This is my 6th year in Second Grade. I am not originally from Vanceboro, but I have lived here now for the last 15 years. I live in Vanceboro with my husband, Keith (he works at West Craven High School) and two of our children, Michaela (22),  who is a Registered Nurse at ECU Health in Greenville and Austin (15), who is a freshman at WCHS.  Our other daughter, Kelsie, graduated from NC State and is married to our awesome son-in-love, Trey.  They live in New Bern. We have 3 beautiful granddaughters; Raleigh, Reagan and Charlotte.  Before moving to Vanceboro, I lived in New Bern.  I grew up all over the east coast, moving 14 + times during my childhood.  My parents are originally from New Bern and they returned home to retire. I followed them home and that is how I ended up here.  I spent most of my years growing up around the Baltimore/Washington DC Metropolitan area. I lived as far north as Pittsburgh, PA and as far south as Louisiana & Alabama. I attended Shepherd College (now Shepherd University) in WV and received my BS in Elementary Education from there.  I also have a Birth-K add on license that I received from UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus).  I am also a certified AIG teacher.  I received that add-on in my first few years in Craven County. It is fair to say that I have been a "city" girl most of my life, but the small town life has grown on me and I love Vanceboro and Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary.  Summer is my favorite time of year.  I love to go to the beach and soak up the sun.  My favorite summer activity is going out on our boat with my family.  I also like Fall when the temperature changes and the days get cooler. I also like to read and watch movies.