Valley Staff

Kim Taylor - 6th Language Arts and 7th Social Studies

Email:ktaylor@hbcsd.org - Students Click Here for My Webpage

Hello! 
I was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and moved several times before landing in the Chicago land area.  I remember attending Lincoln Elementary School in the northwest suburbs of the city before moving to the southwest side and starting my middle school experience at Pleasantdale Middle School.  I was fortunate to attend a large high school in LaGrange, Illinois. In fact, it was so big; it had two campuses!  One for freshman and sophomores and the other campus was for juniors and seniors!  My graduating class was over 1000 students!

From there, I attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and obtained my Secondary Education Degree with an emphasis in Literature and English.  I always knew that I wanted to be a teacher!  I come from a strong family line of teachers!  So after graduation, I started my job search and ended up in Redlands, California.  Realizing all too quickly that the distance to the beach was too far, I quickly began researching districts in the South Bay.  I was lucky enough to find Hermosa where I began teaching in 1998.

After several years at Hermosa, I made a move up to Northern California, where I taught Middle School in Tiburon. Being away from home for too long (according to my family), I decided it was time to return to the Windy City!  In Chicago, I worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Eli Lilly and Company.  After 4 years, I decided that my passion was still in education and I needed to get back into the classroom.

I convinced my husband to make the move back to the South Bay in 2007 and started teaching 6th Grade Language Arts and 7th Grade Social Studies at Hermosa Valley.  I am so proud to be apart of the Hermosa School District!  It is truly an amazing place to raise a family, go to school as a student, and to teach there.  I am so lucky to have found Hermosa and even luckier to have found my way back!