Mrs. Koch is originally from New Orleans, Louisania and moved around with her Career Navy family until retirement and settling in Spartanburg, SC in 1996.   She moved to Florence in 2006 to begin her career as a teacher.   Mrs. Koch received her B.S. in Early Childhood Education from the University of South Carolina Upstate in 2006 and earned her Master’s Degree in Reading and Literacy K-6 from Walden University in 2009.  This is her 15th year teaching at Delmae.  She’s taught Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade at Delmae.  She loves working with students of all ages and hopes to share and spread her love of reading and literacy along the way.  She loves camping and spending her time with her husband and son, their wild but loving beagle mix puppy, Luna and old crochety cat, Thomas.   Mrs. Koch is the Reading Interventionist and MTSS Coordinator for students K-5.