This is Mrs. Root’s seventh year at Stargate and her fourteenth year teaching. She has a BA in Earth Science and Elementary Education and a MA in Reading from UNC in Greeley. Shalaine also has a Graduate Certificate in Gifted and Talented Education from DU. She is endorsed in Elementary Education, Reading, and as a Gifted Education Specialist from the state of Colorado. She loves spending time with friends and family, reading and to travel.