Hi! My name is Mrs. Heil. I am one of the six second grade teachers at Peters Elementary School. My classroom number is  211. The 2011-12 school year will be my thirteenth year teaching second grade in the Northern Lehigh School District. 

     This page is to help you get to know me a little bit better. One of my very favorite things to do is teach. But when I am not in school, there are other things I enjoy as well.

     Here are few facts about me:

Birthday- October 4, 1974...do you know how old that makes me?

Where I Grew Up-Jim Thorpe

Where I live now-Slatington

Pets?-No

Married?- to Kevin Heil

Children?- 1 daughter, Emma, age 3

Family- Kevin and Emma,  of course, but I'm also the oldest of five siblings and have a large extended family!

     Here are some of my favorite things---

Favorite Color-Purple...That's why this is typed in purple!  

Favorite Season-Fall-I love jeans and a sweatshirt weather!

Favorite Holiday-Fourth of July-I love picnics and fireworks!

Favorite Restaurant-Red Lobster

Favorite Food-Seafood-especially shrimp, clams, and crabcakes

Favorite Candy-Swedish Fish and chocolate licorice

Favorite Movies-Overboard, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Runaway Bride, Top Gun, Pretty in Pink, The Money Pit, Sweet Home Alabama

Favorite TV shows- reruns of just about any sitcom,  but especially Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, Three's Company, and The Facts of Life

Favorite Actor/Actress-Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts

Favorite Children's Authors-Tomie de Paola and Gail Gibbons

Favorite Children's Books-Tacky the Penguin and Strega Nona

Favorite "Grown Up" Author-Mary Higgins Clark

Favorite "Grown Up" Book-  The Castaways and The Island by Elin Hilderbrand

Favorite Subjects to Teach-Reading and Math

Favorite Place to Visit-Ocean City,MD

Favorite things to do when I'm not at school-cook, read, work in my garden, walk, hike, do zumba,  go shopping and yard sale-ing, and hang out with Kevin, Emma, and the rest of my family and friends