Ms. Winkle

Ms. Winkle is Polly's school teacher in JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain.

Appearance
In the game, Ms. Winkle is a young black woman with short, dark brown hair and red lips. She wears a purple turtleneck shirt.

In the game's original box art and in the digital manual, Ms. Winkle is depicted as a middle-aged Caucasian woman. This has since been corrected in newer releases.

Personality and characteristics
Ms. Winkle speaks in a rather high-pitched voice and seems to get a bit over-enthused about what she's teaching. She always has a cheerful demeanor.

JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain (1996)
Ms. Winkle teaches at the JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade Schoolhouse, which is located on a hill near Mystery Mountain. There, she uses a device called the TransQuizzer to record her tests. She is briefly seen talking to Polly on a computer screen in Mystery Mountain.

JumpStart Typing (1997)
Ms. Winkle has a cameo appearance. She's seen sitting in the Fans' Stadium, chewing gum after blowing a bubble at the same time.

Trivia

 * Coincidentally, Ms. Winkle shares her name with a character from another educational software product, Ms. Winkle's Class, released in 1994 by Abudoe Software.
 * In JumpStart Power Prep, word problems frequently identify a "Mrs. Speck" as Polly's teacher. It's unclear whether Mrs. Speck is meant to be the same character as Ms. Winkle.