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M arch# ■ ou Know your Te«»c \*£r Judy Nowlin e L ©77 Ta«® w~ ~ wc «erSy1 ças* Nick KittÌ2 Instructions: Match each teacher above with one of the descriptions below. The goal is to match the teacher with the correct description. Answers will be posted on The Amplifier blog, found at www.wlhs.wlwv.kl2.or.us/blogs/amplifier. All teacher profiles complied by Shawn and Julie McDevitt, science teachers, as part of a leadership class they are currently taking W ho am f and Acfam Holmes W ho atti I I was born in Germany. I have been married 14 blissful years. We have one I son and one daughter. My hobbies and activities are car-pooling, avoiding parents at the grocery store, cooking a mean mac-n-cheese, cleaning up after others, and bowling at Players. If given the I opportunity to skip work for a day, heading for Vegas on the Thursday that March Madness starts sounds like it might be fun. — One of my happiest days was getting engaged, and the other was graduating I from Grad School with my Masters Degree. Somel of my favorite trips include scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef, backpacking for three months in Australia and a three-week scuba diving trip , in Palau. Right now, my time is dedicated to planning my wedding (for July) to my junior high sweetheart. I have been married 25 wonderful years and am most proud of our children, a son, 22, and a daughter, 19. If you were to catch me skipping work for a day, I would probably be either reading a book or quilting. Something that you m ay not know about me is that I played in a celebrity tennis tournament while in college. My spouse and 1 will celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary this May! We have two daughters,] [ 25 and 21. My nickname in elementary school was "Dinky," because I was the smallest kid in the class. My hobbies and activities include photography, hiking, traveling, jewelry making and reading. I've traveled a lot, but Yosemite National Park renews my spirit. H My hobbies are cycling, backpacking, family camping and summer road trips with my spouse of ten years, who happens to be a fellow English teacher, and our two sons. Something you may not know about me is that I once worked at Yellowstone National Park and I have lost 80 pounds between college and now. If given the chance to skip work for one day I would go on a 100- mile bike ride. I was married for 28 years to my best friend. We have three children, two sons, 24 and 22, and a daughter, 17. My favorite vacation was driving a motor home across the country to see the sights. Spiritually, my biggest accomplishment was waking up, but physically my greatest accomplishment was playing professional baseball. The three happiest days of my life were the day I got married, the days my children were bom and the day I started loving myself. iWho am I My happiest moments in life have included getting married and having four healthy and awesome children. When I have the time, I enjoy reading, watching TV, coaching football and baseball, working out and building large amounts of muscle, and horseback riding with my daughters. Believe it or not, I am actually a big fan of working in my yard, maintaining my flowerbeds and keeping my grass in putting-green shape. r m I have been married 24 years to my high school W sweetheart. I have two daughters who are 16 and 18 1 years old. I will have taught in the same school that f my children attended 10 out of 13 years they went to school. My three happiest moments of my life include i an amazing vacation in Hawaii, finishing the one and only marathon I ever ran with my spouse and kids cheering me on and spending the last moments of my Dad's life with him. J l was married 30 years ago. I have two wonderful J daughters, both in their mid 20's. I love gardening, /bike riding and cooking, especially making pie. i 'Something unique about me that some are aware 'o f is that I like hot rods, fast muscle cars. I have r traveled abroad quite a bit and have been in ^parts of five different continents. I was once nationally ranked for my age group for swimming. I also played on a National Championship football team. I still own my very first car which is a Mustang of course! I have been married for eight years and have two children, a daughter who is 21 and a son who is 1 8 .1 am proud of my perfect attendance throughout high school.
