From Auburn, Washington and here in Idaho Falls, Mrs. Kristen Bull has taught for 6 years in higher education and 5 years in middle school. Mrs. Bull taught Band previously at Rocky Mountain for 4 years and will be returning back to RMMS next year to teach Band once more! She became a teacher because she was inspired by good educators who showed her how loving and well-qualified educators can make a real difference for their students. After she started teaching, she found out just how much she loved both teaching and working with them, especially middle school students. Her favorite part about teaching is learning and then helping students realize and perform to their potential. She also really enjoys interacting with the students in the classroom. Middle school students are very forgiving of her goofiness. When not teaching, Mrs. Bull loves making oboe reeds, crocheting, biking, very amateur wood working, caring for their chickens, rabbits, and gerbils, learning new things, and just creating when she can whether at home or in the classroom. She is excited to be working with her husband, Mr. Jason Bull, the Band Director at Bonneville. This has been a dream of theirs for some time and are excited to build an amazing band program in this community. She has 3 incredible children with the oldest starting middle school this upcoming school year. Lately she’s been inspired by this quote, "Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something beautiful" (Dieter F. Uchtdorf). She would love to invite anyone interested in Band or Orchestra to come give it a try, even for a trimester. Band offers a Beginning Band class for both 7th and 8th grade. The school also has instruments if you can't afford to rent or buy from a music store. Please feel free to reach out to her for more information or questions: kristendbull@gmail.com.