I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in Slavic Village. I graduated from Cleveland South High in 1969, the first class to graduate from the "new building." Sadly, my elementary school is to be torn down (Mound School,) my junior high is already torn down (Myron T. Herrick,) and now my high school is closed and to be torn down. What surprised me was that on a recent visit to the old neighborhood, my childhood home was torn down! I lived on Archer in Bedford; E. 44th in Cleveland, and E. 59th in Cleveland. Every house I lived in as a child is now only a memory! I started college at Cuyahoga Community College, however after two years of taking classes as night, I was encouraged to make the leap and leave Cleveland to go to Kent State. I graduated from Kent State with a BA in English, with minors in Education and Public Speaking. Shortly after I began my career as a teacher in the Akron Public Schools. I taught public speaking and English at Roswell Kent Junior High for ten years; then moved to Ellet High School for the next 25 years! I was also adviser for the National Honor Society, Senior Class, Enrichment Travel, and a wide variety of other activities during my tenure there. During those years I also returned to Kent for my M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. I also earned my National Board Certification, which I am very proud of achieving. I taught several classes for both Kent and the University of Akron After retirement from the Akron Public Schools, I took on a full time job as a contract professional for the College of Education at The University of Akron. I placed student teachers, field students, did some professional development work, and a variety of other "duties." After a little more than seven years I retired from full time work, and became a part time academic coach for High Schools That Work and Making Middle Grades Work. Personally, I married my college sweetheart, Michael Batrinic, who taught science. We have two adult sons, Mike and Mark. Creativity runs in our family as my husband and oldest son are both into music and have written a variety of songs for their own amusement, and my youngest son shares my passion for writing as he has completed several screenplays and many comedic scripts. My hobbies obviously are in writing, as well as decorating and genealogy.
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