Fifth Grade
Wendy McClellan comes to Grymes having taught fourth through sixth grades in Orange County Public Schools for most of her teaching career. She has taught at Orange Elementary, Lightfoot Elementary, and Locust Grove Elementary Schools. She also taught for five years at Major George Welch Elementary at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. Wendy attended Averett College and Longwood College where she received a B.S. in history and an elementary endorsement to teach grades four through seven. She has served on many committees for textbook adoption and curriculum development and has been a new teacher mentor. While teaching at Orange Elementary in 1982, Wendy was recognized by the National Science Teachers Association’s Search for Excellence in Science Education.
Wendy’s husband Bill attended Grymes and has served on the Board of Trustees for several years. Their daughter, Sarah began junior kindergarten at Grymes in 1995 and graduated in 2005. Outside of teaching, Wendy likes to travel, exercise, read, and spend time working in her yard.