All About Me

Career

    My career as an elementary teacher began four years ago in Community Consolidated School District #180.  I teach primarily a self-contained fifth grade classroom at Burr Ridge Middle School in Burr Ridge, Illinois.  Our middle school, home of the Chieftans,  contains grades five through eight and feeds into Hinsdale South High School.
 
 

Family and Friends

    My family and friends are very important to me.  They provide love, guidance, and support for me on a daily basis.  This foundation has allowed me to branch out and grow as a person.  We have shared many good times together and I'm looking forward to many more memorable occasions.

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Olympian Greek Dance Troupe

    In what spare time I might find, I perform with the Olympian Greek Dance Troupe of Chicago.  We perform from an extensive repertoire of dances from the many regions of Greece.  Wearing authentic costumes, our troupe is proud to continue the traditions of its culture.

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    For more information about our troupe, contact Nick Callas at:  callas@megsinet.com.
 

Missionary Work

    Being an educator in the suburban Chicago area affords me some flexibility of schedule in the summer months and the opportunity to offer some assistance to our church.  I have now been able to volunteer my time twice to help the growth of the Eastern Orthodox communities in Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia.
    I was asked by Metropolitan Nikitas Lulias to help with their efforts in the Far East in the summer of 1997.  I spent seven weeks that summer helping set-up and organize the Metropolitanated offices and working with children of the community.
    This past summer (1999) I was again asked to help out in this region of the world.  I spent a month in Hong Kong assisting in the offices, handling communications, and writing grant applications.  I also spent 8 days on Masbate, a small island in the southern Philippines.  There, I evaluated and worked with a kindergarten program, established a Sunday School program, and gave a series of lectures to the community.  This proved to be a very enlightening and humbling experience.

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