About Me
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I am excited about starting my fifth year teaching at Lexington High School. I am the Freshman and Sophomore English teacher as well as the Spanish teacher. I direct the musicals and drama productions at the high school. I love working and training with LHS students!!! I am a native of Central Illinois--growing up in Paxton, a small town on the eastern side of the state (follow Route 9 to the intersection with Interstate 57). I attended Paxton-Buckley-Loda (PBL) schools and lived right NEXT DOOR to my high school principal! |
| I am a graduate of the University of Illinois (Go, ILLINI!). I also attended the Universidad de Granada in Granada, Spain which was a phenomenal learning experience I hope to share with my Spanish students (check out the Spanish website later on in the year to see photos and more details). I love the culture, history, literature, and politics of both American/English and Spanish-speaking countries so the opportunity to work in Lexington as an English and Spanish teacher is perfect for me! In May, I finished by Masters Degree in Curriculum, Technology, and Educational Reform (CTER) at the U of I. | |
I'm the oldest of six children. I have quadruplet siblings (yes, 4!!!) who all graduated from University of Illinois in May and a "baby brother" who will be in the 11th grade this year. My husband, Justin, is working on his Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Chicago. We live in Normal with our dog, Mira. Mira accompanies us as much as possible and participates in our many hobbies. That's her in the photo at the right--stretched out and ready for an afternoon nap. In fact this summer she spent several weeks with us as the official "camp dog" at a summer camp called Summer Games at Living Springs Camp. |
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Besides our volunteer youth ministry at summer camp, in our spare time we love to go rock-climbing at Upper Limits, biking, rollerblading, swimming, running, biking, canoeing, and camping as well as learning about and working on different technology projects. I am very interested in digital photography and videography as well as web design and development. I have had the awesome opportunity to photograph a few weddings and senior portraits for friends and family. Justin is very talented in web design and development in addition to audio-video recording and production through his company Mirror Image Productions. |