Email:  tara.mendes@sjccs.net

Phone: 864-760-1619

Education (School/College/University): Trinity College of Vermont

Degree: Early Childhood/Elementary Education and Psychology

Certifications: Early Childhood, Elementary Ed. K-6

I began teaching in:  1993

I began at SJCCS in:2012

Hobbies: Dancing, travel, cooking, scrap booking & spending time with my friends and family

Favorite Quote:  "Love is patient, love is kind.  Love never fails.  These three remain: faith, hope, love. But the greatest of these is love."  1 Corinthians 13:4,8,13 

Administrative Bio:   I was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Vermont.  I attended Trinity College of Vermont in the city of Burlington and have taught with the Head Start Program as well as coordinating the district's Early Childhood Program in Caledonia County. 

I moved to South Carolina in December of 2000 to start the 4K program with Tigerville Elementary in the Greenville School District.  In 2007, I heard God "calling" me to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church & School in Greenville.  I taught Kindergarten for 4 years and 3K last year.

I look forward to this new chapter in my teaching career and I am honored to be part of the St. Joseph Catholic School family!