Kindergarten
At PS 8 since 2006
Ms. Ann Barretta moved to Brooklyn from Albany in summer 2006. She has experience teaching kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades; she joined the PS 8 faculty as one of the pre-kindergarten teachers and now teaches kindergarten. “My classroom is a very child-centered environment, and I am passionate about providing authentic learning experiences for my students,” Ms. Barretta says. The only thing she loves more than watching her students learn, she says, is listening to them share their thoughts and ideas with parents, teachers and friends. “Their excitement for learning drives me to be the best teacher that I can be.” Ms. Barretta says that the support she has received from PS 8 parents has been “above and beyond my expectations,” and that the PS 8 staff “feels like family.” Ms. Barretta studied elementary education at SUNY Plattsburgh and earned her master’s degree in teaching from The College of Saint Rose in Albany. In her free time she enjoys reading, running, cooking and visiting with family and friends.
