My name is Melissa Wiant and this is my sixth year teaching fifth grade at Gamewell Elementary. I have taught at GES for a total of 13 years now. I have taught for a total of 21 years. I have experience in every elementary grade level. I teach math and I LOVE it!  I also enjoy reading in my free time and helping with the Battle of Books team.  I have been married to my husband Gary for 19 years.  We are both originally from West Virginia, and moved to North Carolina in 1998.  We have 2 children, Brandon and Sarah.  Brandon is a freshman at Western Carolina University this year.  He also enjoys math like his mother, but not as much he enjoys racing his dirt bike.  Sarah is an eighth grader this year at GMS.  She is on the cheerleading squad, and races her dirt bike with her brother.  We have 2 cats, and 2 dogs named Cooper and Buddy.  I look forward to a wonderful year!