Greetings!  I am very happy to be in Selawik.  I am teaching first grade for the first 9 weeks of the year.  I am a retired teacher from Ohio.  I have taught elementary school for 40 years.  I have taught first grade for 17 years.  I have taught in McGrath, Anvik, Kivalina, and Deering, Alaska.  I am also married to Grace and we have 4 children who are grown up.  I also have 4 grandchildren.