MES Teacher Spotlight - Becca London

Becca London was born and raised in Morgan, attending all three schools within the district at the time. She enjoyed getting to know everyone she went to school with and at the time of graduation, there were 169 students, the largest graduating class from Morgan High School.

After graduating from Morgan High, London attended Utah State University where she graduated with a major in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a minor in Communications and an internship in drug and alcohol prevention. She later worked for 20 years at a residential youth treatment center helping teenagers overcome addiction and mental health issues which she really enjoyed.

In 2002, London had the opportunity to work for NBC during the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. “I got to meet lots of people and watch multiple Olympic events from the front row,” she said. She also commented that besides teaching, this has been her favorite job.

After getting married, London lived in Layton for nine years before coming back to Morgan. Her oldest was in kindergarten at the time. “I was excited to be able to move back and have my three kids grow up with the childhood that I enjoyed here,” said London.

When her youngest was in first grade, London began to work at Morgan Elementary school as an aide. “I enjoyed this and was able to go to Weber State and get my teaching degree,” said London, who is currently in her fourth year teaching third grade at MES. “Some of my favorite parts of teaching are listening to the kids tell me about themselves and their families, seeing students proud of themselves when they have worked hard and being able to be involved with so many members of our community.”

London’s three children attend MHS and Morgan Middle School where they are actively involved in everything. They all participate in the Strings program where they play either the violin, viola or cello. They enjoy soccer, basketball, softball, track and flag football. Her oldest will be in the “NEWSIES” production this Spring at the high school. Her second child is on the student council and Kindness Krew at MMS. Her youngest loves sports and technology. “I spend my time after school driving and following them around. I actually really enjoy it and have great kids,” London said.

In her spare time, London likes to quilt, crochet, watch football and be with her extended family. As a family, they like to travel, bake and play games.

“I grew up when we could still go to Como Springs to swim, when Ridley's (then called Roger's) was on Commercial Street, when Taggart's was a gas station, when Studio One was Middleton's carpet store, when J's was owned by Jay and when Hometown Christmas was a huge social event that filled Commercial Street and they lit up Little Hill as part of the celebration. Everybody went to the football games – everybody went to everything at the High School – those were our big times to get together. The Morgan County Fair was a highlight of the summer. I still love it and serve on the Fair Board and live at the Fairgrounds the week of the Fair,” London said.