Mrs. Kling is a graduate of Gull Lake High School and Hope College.  Before coming to Portage Public Schools, she taught 3rd grade for 10 years and worked in Mishawaka, Indiana while her husband completed his Master's Degree at Notre Dame University.  She now lives in Portage with her husband, son Greyson, and daughter Elsie.  This is Mrs. Kling's 15th year of teaching.  In 2009 she completed her Master's Degree as a Reading Specialist at Grand Valley State University. When she's not at school she enjoys playing with Greyson and Elsie, reading, camping, knitting and sewing, cooking, playing games, playing disc golf and volleyball, traveling with her husband, and spending time with family and friends.