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Elyse Snyder, Idyllwild School\u2019s middle school mathematics teacher.\tPhoto by JP Crumrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elyse Snyder is Idyllwild School\u2019s new middle school mathematics teacher. It has only been a few years since she left graduate school, but her dedication to the educational profession and to Idyllwild students, specifically, cannot be questioned.
\n Snyder lives in Banning! She has to take Highway 79 through Lamb Canyon, and then through Hemet to Highway 74 in Valle Vista, and then wait for a pilot car to take her up to Mountain Center.
\n Even with the pilot car and the noticeably burned landscape along Highway 74, Snyder much prefers this drive to time in bumper-to-bumper traffic on highways 60 and 91.
\n Her current commute is taking about an hour on good days, but she assured me this is much better and more scenic than her previous commute from Banning to Riverside in rush hour. That drive often took 90 minutes or more and the views were commercial buildings and vacant lots.
\n Southern California has always been Snyder\u2019s home. She grew up in Jurupa and is a Patriot High School graduate. For college, she explored the cooler, northern climate of Oregon.
\n She is a University of Portland graduate, and returned to Southern California for graduate school, earning her master\u2019s degree from California Baptist University in Riverside.
\n At Idyllwild School, Snyder is beginning her fourth year of teaching, two in Riverside with her first year of teaching in Palm Springs. \u201cThe kids here are totally different [than she had in the previous schools]. They\u2019re great in the classroom, all of them. It\u2019s very helpful,\u201d she said describing her first week at Idyllwild School. \u201cThe parents are definitely more hands-on.\u201d
\n Ever since her years in elementary school, Snyder knew that being a teacher was her in future.
\n \u201cEver since third grade, I wanted to be a teacher,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cI was totally in love with it. I told my teacher, \u2018I\u2019m going to be a teacher like you.\u2019 All my life I knew it was possible.\u201d
\n While teachers are not part of her family tree, mathematics has been part of her family life growing up. \u201cMy family worked construction and math was constantly there,\u201d she said.
\n \u201cIt frustrates me to meet people my age that don\u2019t have basic math skills,\u201d she added. \u201cSome basic math is necessary for day-to-day life.\u201d
\n Teaching math has multiple components. There are regular math programs for both seventh and eighth grades and an algebra program for eighth. While she enjoys algebra and finds it easy to teach, she has observed that students tend to prefer geometry. \u201cThey prefer the different shapes,\u201d she said.
\n One of her goals is meeting and getting to know the entire school faculty, not just her middle school colleagues.
\n On weekends, she renovates her home, walks her two huskies, and plays some basketball.
\n Her exploration of Idyllwild has begun with a few of the restaurants. When she asked her students to suggest some things she can do in Idyllwild, many wrote about the numerous trails on the hill. She\u2019s looking forward to exploring them next.
\n \u201cI\u2019m excited to be here,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great town and great people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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