Melissa Lamebull Ingram
K-5/Physical Education and Health
I am Alaska born and raised and the product of the Anchorage School District. I attended Susitna Elementary Optional Program, Wendler Jr. High and East Anchorage High School. After graduating from East I attended the University of Hawaii and
received my Bachelors of Arts degree in
Liberal Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Exercise Science. I also played on the Women’s Varsity Soccer team. After graduation I came back to Alaska and decided that I wanted to make a difference in the lives of children on a daily basis
while passing on my love of physical activity. I enrolled at the University of Anchorage Alaska to become a
K-12 Physical Educator.
I am entering my 7th year of teaching at Polaris K-12 and my 11th year with the Anchorage School District. I started my teaching career at the same elementary school I attended, Susitna Elementary. While at Susitna I was awarded the Anchorage School District's Denali Award in the spring of 2010.
Teaching PE is very rewarding to me. I believe that healthy minds need healthy bodies. Physical Education plays a critical role in the education
of the whole child. My goal is to make a physical education setting that is exciting, positive, fun, challenging and where students look forward to participating.
I am married to DeWayne Ingram and we have 3 sons, Kayden, Dash and Jacoby. As a family we see the importance of leading a healthy active lifestyle. DeWayne and I were both collegiate athletes and see the benefit of sports. So most weekends you can find us watching our sons playing basketball or soccer.
A few fun facts about me are; my family was featured in a number of television commercials that ran last year, I was in a Disney movie while I was in college and Coach Damon and I went to elementary school together many moons ago.