Melissa Holmes-Bradley

​Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning!  It all starts with love, lots of praise and encouragement, and a positive learning environment!  When students want to come to school everyday and love being there, there's no limit to all the learning and happiness that can happen!

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Education

Ms. Melissa Holmes-Bradley attended CSU Chico for 4 years, from 1989-1993 and graduated with a BA in Communications. Attended Sonoma State University for Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, received in 1995. She was a student teacher for POUSD, at Olivet Elementary School, while attending SSU for her Teaching Credential. She was hired by the POUSD in 1996 and has been a full-time teacher for the District ever since...this is her 27th year teaching!

Background

She was born in Oakland, California, but is a dual citizen...Canadian and American!  She attended her first two years of school in Canada! She then returned to California and grew up in the East Bay, but returned to Canada frequently throughout her childhood for lots of family visits...and still does each summer as an adult, bringing her own three sons now! She is the proud mother of Hayden, Kellen, and Bryce who are also all former Jack London and P.O.C.S. students. So she has not only been a Piner-Olivet teacher for 23 years, but she is a Piner-Olivet parent as well! She is also the secretary for the P.O.C.S. Executive Committee this school year. She is a devoted Hockey Mom and loves going to all of her sons' sporting events, hockey games and baseball games!  She loves her students and the school...and really loves being a teacher most of all!