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Show New Jr. High teachers introduced to PTA Council f v ? : i , . v ; 1 f j- ' .? A. it by kalvn secretan Principal Kent Rowley of Pleasant Grove Junior H.gh introduced in-troduced the teachers spending their first year as part of the school 1 faculty at a recent PTA Council !i meeting. Teachers raised across the country from California to New York offer wealth to education with their background and experience. Living studying and teaching in a variety of states, they are happy to be in Utah County. Christine Dee is a math, computer com-puter and chemistry teacher. She hopes her students will have a positive experience in her classes. She grew up in Covina, California. k She attended college in Boise, Idaho I and completed her education at j BYU. She is married and loves the out-of-doors - water skiing, hunting, fishing and skiing. I Charles O'Berry hails from J Brooklyn, New York and graduated i from college in California and also BYU. He has a background in law l enforcement. He worked in Texas for the Department of Justice as a i correctional officer. As a U.S. history teacher, he 1 hopes to get across to his students j how important an education is. He j is married and two of his children J are in the Spanish Immersion j Program at Windsor School in Orem. j Sandy Memmott grew up in Arizona. She was a Mormon girl i who was anxious to grow up and go ! to BYU. The mother of six children, New teachers at PG Jr. High were introduced to the PTA Council by Principal Kent Rowley at the February meeting held at the Jr. High. They are, front L-R, Sandra Memmott, Seanne Frederickson, Christine Dee and Laurie Anderson. Rear, Gary Anderson, Linda Boyd, Charles O'Berry, Alex Hrynyshyn and Rita Schetselaar. she completed her education after her husband joined the faculty at BYU. She is a resource teacher and her classroom is in a trailer behind the school. Alex Hrynyshyn, the son of an Air Force officer, grew up all over the country. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in geology. He spent five years employed by an oil company. He taught in Wyoming last year but his job did not last. He stated you can handle larger classes when they are as good as they are here. He teaches seventh grade earth science classes and is happy to be here. Gary Anderson grew up in American Fork and spent the past eight years in Pleasant Grove. He teaches German and English and gained his expertise in German while serving as an LDS missionary. He graduated from BYU and he is married and has four daughters. He has a strong belief language is the basis of the entire civilization. Linda Boyd comes from the Barratt Builders family in American Fork. She spent 22 years in Alaska and received her education at the University of Alaska. She stated most of her training has come at home with nine children in a his, mine and ours family. Most of the children are now in their teens. She stated that Alaska pays teachers a lot, but when the economy dropped they fired all kinds of teachers. She commented on the strong parent support in the school. Rita Schetselaar is experiencing her first opportunity to teach in Utah. She finds a big change in environment after teaching school in Wyoming and Montana. The past schools had a studentbody ranging around 100 in grades nine-12. She taught language classes with lour to 16 students and one big class of 18 and it was tough. The mother of four children, she said coming here is different and teaching in Utah is a different experience. Laurie Anderson grew up all around the country. Her father was , an undercover narcotics agent. They moved frequently for safety reasons. An art teacher, she received her education at BYU as a certified P.E. and art teacher. Her desire is to strike it rich in the gold mines in Oregon. Leanna Fredricson was raised on an Idaho farm. She gained a desire to become an English teacher while in high school. She received her education at BYU, where she traveled all over Europe as a member of the Young Ambassadors. She was recently married and this is her first try at teaching English. J She enjoys teaching, feels we have great kids, the most friendly she has ever seen, and the parents are deeply involved. |