Our Most Influential Teacher

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Our Most Influential Teacher

• KIM MATHER

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How Do We Know Her?

• Honors English Teacher- 11th and 12th grades
• Yearbook Advisor
• Senior Class Homecoming Representative

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How She Influenced Us

• Human Dictionary
• Class Discussions
• Portfolios
• Reading
• Root Words
• Un-Bias
• Honesty
• Commitment

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Education

• She graduated from LaRue Co. in 1978 - 6th in her
  class.
• She completed her education degree from the
  University of Kentucky in 1984.
• She completed her master's degree in English with
  an emphasis in writing in 1990. 
• She obtained her National Board Certification
  (Rank I) in 2001.

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Career

• Her first job was at LaRue County Middle School
  in 1984.
• She has been teaching for 20 years in LaRue
  County, except for 2, which she taught in Harlem,
  New York.
• She has been teaching at the high school level
  for the past 10 years and specializes in honors
  classes and advanced placement.

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Harlem

• She taught at the Academy of Environmental
  Sciences High School in Spanish Harlem.
• She taught 10-12th grades.
• Her class was an all African-American and
  Hispanic class.
• She and her husband lived in a one room apartment
  with their son.
• The rent on their apartment was 1000 a month.

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Today

• 42 years old
• Ten year old son named Ian
• Single mother
• Cheerleading coach
• Yearbook advisor
• Academic team coach
• Teaches honors classes and advanced placement