Melanie Thomas » Faculty/Staff

Mrs. M. Thomas grew up in Southern California near the UCLA campus. She attended Saint Monica’s Catholic High School and graduated with honors. She then attended Brigham Young University in Provo where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education with an emphasis in the social sciences. She taught 8th and 9th grade History/Geography at Payson Junior High school before starting her family. She has been married for 27 years and was blessed with one daughter and two sons. Mrs. Thomas returned to the classroom as a substitute teacher and then as a job share partner with Mrs. Berven between 2009-2018. She received her Elementary Education Endorsement to go along with her BS in Secondary Education as well as her ESL (English as a Second Language) and STEM Endorsement. Mrs. Thomas has taught 5th grade for six years and 6th grade for three years loving every minute of it. Mrs Thomas loves reading, quilting, skiing, camping, movies and traveling. Spending time with her family is time well spent and so “family fun time” is a must. She enjoys laughing at the Desert Star Playhouse and just roasting s’mores and playing games with her family late into the night. She is a true blue BYU fan and attends all of the cougar football home games – Go Cougars!