Preschool - Bluff Head Start

• Miss Kelly

Kindergarten - St. John's Catholic School

• Mrs. Stakowski

Elementary - Pershing Elementary

• 1st grade
  • Miss Nink
• 2nd grade
  • Mrs. Gavin - The strictest teacher I've had to this date. I can't thank her enough.
• 3rd grade
  • Miss Onganae - We were her first class she taught. So awesome!
• 4th grade
  • Mrs. Hunnewell - I loved her! She had us read Number the Stars, which sparked my interest in the Holocaust.
• 5th grade
  • Mrs. Wood

Jr. High - Hufford

• 6th grade
  • Mrs. Kusnik (my 1st grade teacher's sister!) - Homeroom/English - She believed in me sssoo much! Incredibly grateful.
  • Miss Miss LaBeau - Gym
  • Mrs. Walker - Social Studies
  • Mrs. Stoges - Math
  • Mrs. VanBeveran - Science
• 7th grade
  • Mr. Gutierrez - Homeroom/English
    • Some old Army guy that was one of the MANY substitutes for Mr. Gutierrez. Someone once dared him to eat an ant... WHICH HE DID!
    • Mr. Lipkin (The longest sub we had for Mr. Gutierrez's class) He was fired after putting his hands on a girl.
  • Miss Evans - Science
  • Mr. Walsh - Social Studies - He was AWESOME. I was in his class when 9/11 happened.
  • I forgot my gym teacher's name... =/
  • Mrs. Avery - Math
• 8th grade
  • Mr. Parkhurst - Homeroom/Math
  • Mrs. Mines - Advanced English - She believed in me as well, loved her!
  • Mrs. Walker - Social Studies
  • Mrs. Mousettis - Science - haha, she humored us so much.
  • Mr. Lidki - Gym
• All 3 years
  • Miss Dickenson - Health
  • Mr. Swanson - Music
  • Mrs. Zalinski - Computers - The MEANEST... RUDEST teacher I've ever had.
  • Mrs. Gato - Art

High School

• Freshman year - Plainfield South
  • Mrs. Mezger - Biology - What sparked my interest in genetics.
  • Mr. Stratford - US History - Was in his class during the infamous bomb threat that ended up leaving us out in the football stadium in the middle of winter.. with NO COATS!
  • Mr. Beck - Modified P.E
  • Mr. Lundeen - Modified P.E
  • Sadly, those are the only names I can remember, haha.
• Sophomore year - Joliet West
  • Miss Justice - Drama
  • Mr. Popek - Drafting - I was one of two girls in that class. I actually really liked the class.
• Seriously, that's all I remember.

College

• 1st semester
  • Eltrevoog - Math 094 - Elementary Algebra
  • Cashmer - Speech 101 - Speech
  • Marcink - Journalism 102 - Editing and Production
• 2nd semester
  • Tuskey - Math 098 - Intermediate Algebra
  • Baskin - English 101 - Rhetoric
  • Lavery - Biology 144 - Intro to Human Heredity/Genetics
• 3rd semester
  • Katula - Math 094 - Elementary Geometry
  • Marcink - English 190 - Intro to Film Study
  • Mitchell - Psychology 101 and Sociology 101
• 4th semester
  • Bonne - Psychology 208 - Social Psychology