I hope you will find this web site useful. I have wanted a website for my classroom for several years. I think it should improve my ability to communicate with parents. I had lacked the knowledge and tools to make it personal and useful for my students until this summer (2005).
I have lived in the Elverado School District most of my life. I graduated from the Elverado High School. In 1978 I married a navy man and spent a few years in Virginia and northern Illinois. I have been home since he left active duty and went into the reserves in 1986.
I taught fourth grade at the Elkville Elementary School from 1994 - 2008. I taught Title 1 at the Elverado Junior High School one year and worked as a reading improvement aide in the Elkville Elementary School two years. I also spent three years substitute teaching throughout the Elverado and neighboring school districts. I am moved to the new Elverado Intermediate School in the Fall of 2008. I am looking forward to this new adventure and the new opportunities we will discover!
I received an Associate of Arts degree from the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. I received my Bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University. I have done graduate work in reading and language arts. I have also pursued training in working with special needs students and computers (including the knowledge I would need to do a website).
In addition to working on things for my classroom I love to read, knit, crochet, and learn about the history of our country. I have a strong feeling of patriotism. My husband spent eight years in the Navy. He then served twelve years in the Navy Reserves. He retired from the reserves in 1999. Both my daughter and son-in-law spent time in the Navy and contributed to the War on Terrorism. I have a strong interest in supporting our military and their families.
My husband now works as an electrician at Aisin Manufacturing. We have two adult children. Melanie lives inTexas with her husband Robert, their daughter Alexis and son Auberon. Chris lives in Carterville and works as an electrician at Aisin Manufacturing. His wife, Emily, is a graduate of Tulane University and works with the Alumni Association at Southern Illinois Universty. They have one son.