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Kathryn Steele (Hecker)
Nice to be back in touch!
Hi all! Just a quick synopsis of 50 years! My family moved to Pittsburgh right after high school - my Dad had a new job with the Pgh. Y. I went to Springfield College for 2 yrs and then I met my husband during that summer before junior year and transferred to the University of Pittsburgh to be closer to him. I graduated in 1972w with a BS in Education. Bruce and I married that August and I began teaching 1st grade in Pgh. City Schools. Bruce and I had our daughter, Jennifer, in January of 1974 and we moved to Ohio for Bruce’s job in 1977. Our son,Jordan, was born in November of that year. In 1980, I began subbing again in our town of Jackson Twp. And was hired as a 5th grade teacher for 3 years. Unfortunately they had a RIF and I ended up losing my job due to being low man! I went back to school and received my Masters in Gifted Exucation and was hired by Perry Local to teach Gifted Social Studies grades 6-9. I spent 19 years in Perry and had the greatest experience of my career there. I coached the Academic Challenge team, was advisor for Student Council at the middle school and I started teams to participate in our state Model UN program which I am still doing today. I retired after 30 years in 2015! Right now I am teaching swimming at the Y, golfing badly in our couples league, quilting, reading, and traveling around the US and Europe. Our kids are grown - Jen is a science teacher here in Ohio and has two kids - Grayson 14 and Aven almost 10. Jordan went to Cornell on an ROTC scholarship served I. Germany and Kuwait and is presently an electrical engineer in Columbus OH. He has two children - Chloe -10 and Xander - 5. They are all a joy to us and we feel very blessed in our almost 46 years together! We are looking forward to seeing everyone in September! In the meantime, if you need a place to stay while passing through Ohio, please know you are welcome! For football fans, we are 6 miles from the Hall of Fame! Go Steelers!! See you this fall!
 
 
 
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