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troduce ourselves and others, which spoon to use, how to passpitchers, how to present ourselves and to participate in socialevents such as teas and dances. These teachers, these Ursulinesand friends, prepared us to feel confident in the world.Sister St. Charles Carlin (d.1952)Mary Lou Dulle Boylan '45I truly was fortunate to have so manygreat teachers at Oak Street. But onestands out in my memory — Sr. St.Charles. As my Latin teacher for fouryears, she made a deep and lasting impressionon me. So much so that when Ibecame a teacher myself, she was my rolemodel.Her intelligence, her ability to transmither knowledge and love of Latin to herstudents, her true and total fairness,her goodness, her discipline — all ofthese marvelous traits made her a standoutwoman. Even after all these years,I can still visualize her at her desk —a small person physically, but a giant ofa teacher. Hope others remember her asfondly as I do.Marilyn Parks Herring '69, Jan Graham '68,Letty Lavely '63Francie Bachmeyer Cutler '99I appreciate the opportunity to acknowledge my former teachersat Ursuline. The educational experience I had at Ursulinewas bar none. I attribute a lot of my successes to the dedicationmy teachers had to excellence. So, thanks for invitingme to do this. I want to thank the English teachers. Mrs.Herring, Ms. Graham and Ms. Lavely who set the barfor my achievement very high, and then gave me the neededsupport to reach that bar. They were approachable, passionateand responsive during my years there. As an educator nowmyself, I can say that they influenced me to never shortchangemyself, and to also find ways to positively affect the lives ofothers – not just through academics, but through compassionand generosity. Thank you!Lynn Hansen, Genie LibisEmilie Lubis '98Joanne BrewerKatie Griffith '05Mrs. Joanne Brewer went out of herway to make Spanish class interesting,memorable and enjoyable. There was agroup of us who kept coming back for herclass year after year, so by senior year wewere meeting on weekends to see Spanishmovies and eat at El Rancho Grande(Mrs. Brewer included!) I’ll never forgetthat class, and the passion for Spanish thatMrs. Brewer instilled in us.I wanted to write you about my memories of the Biology duoof Lynn Hansen and Genie Libis. I’ll never forget their tagteamof Anatomy and Physiology lessons that enthralled andfascinated me. Even after my Anatomy and Physiology coursewas completed and I was on to Physics, I was asked to becomethe lab helper – the first of any student in that role that I knowof. I give both ladies immense credit as they started funnelingmy efforts toward developing and designing lessons. AlthoughI didn’t realize it at the time, it was really my future as a scienceteacher that they were molding. I owe my passion forteaching to their guidance and wisdom and often think of themto this day as I plan for my own science lessons.Jenny Grathwohl Breissinger '88Shelly Jahn '09My favorite teacher was Mrs. Jenny Breissinger for AP Statisticsmy senior year. We always had a blast and learned a lot.She put up with our antics while still preparing us well for theAP test. She also was a guest coach on occasion for UA’s swimteam and it was always a treat when she would be there. “MsB,” as we all called her, taught me how valuable it is to have ateacher who cares for you as a friend, and not just a student.I always feel at home when I go back to visit and am greetedwith a huge hug from her, whilst I barge into whatever classshe’s teaching at the time.VOICES SUMMER 20115