Hello, Again!

    After a long hiatus, I am rebooting my blog. So I would like to begin by introducing myself. My name is Annmarie Clasky, and I am a Technology Specialist at Lincoln Elementary in River Forest, Illinois.

A Little Bit About Me

     My life partner is the warm, witty, and wonderful David Clasky.

Annmarie & Dave are happy to be on vacation!

     

     We love to explore nature in every season, and do gentle camping, hiking, and biking throughout the Midwest. When we can't get out of town we escape to our balcony, which overlooks a wild forest. Sometimes we half expect to see Hansel and Gretel stumbling out! Instead we see deer, coyotes, raccoons, and a myriad of birds and water fowl. Our binoculars are aways close at hand, and the Des Plaines River runs nearby.

                                                                A view from the balcony. 


    We share our home with two adorable felines, Toby and Twix.

What's for dinner? 

     After studying social work and classical studies at Loyola University, I began my professional path at The Latin School of Chicago, where I was the Middle School Assistant and a 6th and 8th grade Homeroom Teacher for over a decade.  It was with a heavy heart that I left my Latin comrades, but a seemingly random conversation with a colleague about the Academy of Urban School Leadership led me to the next exciting and challenging phase of my journey with AUSL, and I entered an M.A.T. program at National Louis University. I was a resident in a 6th grade classroom at Dodge Academy on the west side of Chicago, and from there began teaching 4th and later 5th grade at Princeton A.C., also on the west side. When that school closed down due to under enrollment, I moved to Cameron in Humboldt Park, where I became the technology teacher for K-8. After four years in the lab, a friend working in District 90 in River Forest reached out to me, and thus began the next wonderful phase of my career as a K-4 tech coach. I am so fortunate to be working with dedicated, hard working and fun teachers!

                                                           D90 Specialists paying homage to our new solar panels.