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Shelley Kramer, 3rd Grade
To contact Shelley Kramer, ph (916) 660-0783 or email skramer@ovschool.org.
Building an igloo, constructing a working model of the lungs, combining different ingredients to represent the various components of your blood, and pretending to be Israelite slaves mixing 'straw' and mud to form bricks baked in the sun--this is learning the fun way! By incorporating such activities in her classes, Shelley Kramer, our 3rd grade teacher, enjoys instilling a love of learning into her students.
Shelley began her educational experience right here at Orangevale Seventh-day Adventist School attending grades 1 through 5. She graduated from Sacramento Adventist Academy in 1979 and then from Pacific Union College in 1983 with both SDA and California state teaching credentials. After marrying high school sweetheart, Paul Kramer, Shelley started her teaching career at San Gabriel Adventist Elementary where she taught 7th & 8th grade language arts for 4 years.
 
When her husband completed his medical degree at Loma Linda University, the Kramers moved to Hinsdale, Illinois, for Paul's 3-year family practice residency program. Their first son, Matthew, was born there. Three years later, after returning to Sacramento, their second son, Mark, was born. Shelley chose to stay home as a full-time mom while her boys were young. She remained involved in teaching by leading out in Sabbath School, substitute teaching, and helping out in her boys' classrooms. She enjoyed working with many different grade levels and was hired as a part-time teacher at Sacramento Adventist Academy.
 
As she has spent more and more time in her classroom, Shelley's passion for kids and teaching has grown. In 2005 Shelley was excited to be able to come back to Orangevale Seventh-day Adventist School, this time as a teacher.
When Shelley is not teaching, she likes to spend her time working in the yard, watching animals and birds from her window, reading a good story, or better yet, sharing a story. She also enjoys traveling, camping and hiking with family and friends. Shelley's greatest passion is kids. She feels that her classroom is her mission field to be used to awaken a love for God within her students.
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