Hello! I am Maranda Olson, the 1st and 2nd grade teacher at Blunt Elementary! I am a native to Pierre, and attended 2nd through 12th grade in the Pierre school district. I graduated high school in 2013, and went on to pursue a degree in Biology and Chemistry at Northern State University. I always wanted to teach, but when it came time to go to college I had a random plan to go into Optometry. After not enjoying some of my classes, I transferred schools to the University of South Dakota. I attended some more Biology classes and found that Optometry was not for me and changed to an Elementary Education degree. In December of 2018, I graduated with my Elementary Education degree from USD. After graduation, I subbed in the Sioux Falls school district before finally moving home in January 2020. In March of 2020, I accepted a teaching position at the ABO School District as the 2nd grade teacher. I was so excited I was finally going to be fulfilling my childhood dream! The school year of 2020-2021 I taught 2nd grade and the school year of 2021-2022 I taught 1st grade.
The past few summers I have taught summer school and this past year was even helping with Summer Rec in Blunt! I absolutely love working with children, and I cannot wait for this school year to start!