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Formerly Ms. McGee, Now Mrs. Bilangino

Hi New Families! Welcome to my blog! I have started the blog from scratch as I was married this summer and changed my last name. I figured I would give the blog a new look and a new name! (Just in case anyone is wondering how to pronounce my new last name it is  said "Bill an gino" ☺)

I wanted to share a little bit about myself. I have been teaching first grade at Toquam for 7 years and I absolutely love it. I went to Fairfield University for my undergraduate degree and then received my masters in education from University of Bridgeport, while simultaneously working within the Stamford Public Schools. I live in Stamford with my husband and our two dogs, Bailey and Jackson. When I am not at school I enjoy walking our dogs, cooking and baking, and reading, lots of reading! This summer I was lucky enough to do a lot of traveling and can't wait to show my new class all of the animals I saw in Safari in Africa!

I am very excited to meet all of you and your children! I am looking forward to a new year of lots of learning, fun and excitement! I plan to begin setting up our classroom soon and will upload some pictures for you to see the classroom your student will be joining!

Thank you for stopping by. Please make sure to stop by again for more information and hopefully some pictures. I will try to post schedules and other pertinent information in the next few weeks.

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  1. Cindy PalmaSeptember 8, 2017 at 7:26 AM

    Congratulations on your marriage, it's difficult to leave our surnames, I'm still with my parents surname haaaa 😂😂

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