I am a 1981 graduate from Eastern Illinois University.  I am currently in my 31st year of teaching.  I have taught 20 years in fourth grade and now eleven years in fifth grade.  My favorite subject to teach is science.  I am lucky enough to be able to teach both fifth and sixth grade science.  Mrs. Minott loves English and teaches both grades of it.

 

In the past I have coached volleyball, track, and girls basketball.  I am happy to say that after twenty-five years I am now a full time teacher.  Three years ago I had taken on the responsibility of being the E2T2 lead teacher for the Shiloh District. This brings with it extra responsibility and work.  I think the students will really enjoy the new technology that will be coming their way.

 

My husband and I now make our home in Mount Zion, Illinois.  We moved after 26 years of living in Newman.  My husband works at the Illinois State Board of Education as the lead Consultant of the Reading Assessment for the State of Illinois.  We have three children.  Valorie graduated from Butler University in 2006 and lives with her husband in Jersey City, New Jersey.  She is an accountant in Jersey City and her husband James is a lawyer. My son, Douglas, is an electrical engineer in Mount Vernon, Illinois.  My other son, Drue, has a degree in Public Relations from SIU at Edwardsville.  He is currently going back to school for a degree in Special Education.