8th Grade Homeroom, Math, Personal Development
Melanie Handelsman graduated from Vanderbilt University with a double major in Mathematics and Spanish. She received a Masters in Social Work from the University of Southern California. Melanie worked for five years as a social worker and for the last nine years as a teacher of Spanish and math.
Melanie worked at Westridge School for Girls in Pasadena, Califormia where she taught middle and upper school Spanish and math. She also coached middle school tennis, basketball, and softball. Melanie assisted with the community service program and organized and assisted with class trips to the Navajo Indian Reservation, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. Before coming to Grymes, she taught lower school Spanish at St. Luke’s Lutheran School in Culpeper. Since coming to Grymes, Melanie has taught lower school Spanish and 8th grade pre-algebra.
Melanie lives at Woodberry Forest with her husband, Andrew, who teaches Spanish, and two sons, Tommy and Robbie, who are Grymes students. Melanie enjoys traveling to Spain in the summers with her family.