Welcome to IPC and Chemistry!

My name is Melissa Pistole, and my family and I have been Holland Hornets since 2003. We love this community.

I hope to help your student discover that Chemistry and Physics can be fun and fascinating, with concepts that are fully accessible by their brains, and incredibly applicable to their lives. 

We will learn many new concepts, with hands-on learning as often as possible! As we embark on our first few weeks of class together, please ask your student about our IPC and Chemistry classroom expectations, rules, and policies, as well as the highly important lab safety rules that will keep us all safe and healthy while we experiment in the lab. CLOSED TOE SHOES for everyone, and HAIR TIES for long hair are MANDATORY every lab day, so please help your student come prepared. (maybe a pair in their backpack?) 

I would love to communicate with you about your student, and learn how I can best help them succeed in the classroom and in their life goals. 

The best way to communicate with me is through email. Your student has my email on their syllabus.  It may take me 24-48 hours to see the email and reply.

If you feel the situation is urgent, I do have conference period from 7:55-8:45 AM, and the office (254-657-2523) can relay a message to me, if you'd like a phone call during that hour.

I'm happy to make appointments via email or phone call, to visit in person during conference period, as well. 

I'm looking forward to a great year! Please reach out if I can be of service.