Welcome to Mrs. Gainey's 3rd Grade Virtual Academy
About ME
Hi! I'm Lisa Gainey. I'll be your child's teacher!
I am excited to be your child's teacher this year! I am thrilled to work here at Pleasant Union Elementary. I am so grateful to have, what I believe as, the best job in the world. I am excited to work with you and get to know each and every one of your children better. Scroll down to learn a little bit more about me. I have my B.S. degree from University of South Florida in early childhood education. I have a Masters degree from Kaplan University in Reading. I also have my Kindergarten add on certification. I have taught grades K-3. i was also a district mentor in Florida. It was a really fun and rewarding job. I traveled the county helping first year teachers. This will be my 17th year teaching. This is my 4th year here at Pleasant Union. I am very excited to be here. I moved to Holly Springs in July 2017 from Florida. I was born in Iowa but have lived in Sarasota Florida since I was in elementary school. Most of my extended family is still in Iowa. I have been married to my husband Nathan for almost 13 years. We have 2 kids. Brady is 11. He will be in 6th grade at Pine Hallow. Carly is 8 and will be going into 3rd grade with Mrs. Clark here at PUE. We moved to the Raleigh area summer of 2017 because Nathan started a new job in Holly Springs. He is a area manager for a local residential construction company. It was a great move and are so happy to be here. I love shopping, scrapbooking, technology, traveling and water sports.