Helen Dwyer:
CLASS OF 1971
Grand Island High SchoolClass of 1971
Grand island, NY
De Veaux High SchoolClass of 1971
Niagara falls, NY
Huth Road Elementary SchoolClass of 1965
Grand island, NY
Helen's Story
Helen is from Grand Island, New York. She is single. Her schools include Grand Island High School, De Veaux High School. She later attended Franklin College (Business Administration).
Music Helen likes includes Josh Groban, Cheryl Metrick: THERE ARE ANGELS. TV shows she likes include RightThisMinute.
One of Helen's favorite quotes is:"Do all the good you can, all the Ways you can, for as long as you can." John Wesley
"Commit random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty".
More about Helen:"I was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and grew up on Grand Island. My sisters, Lilith and Emily, went to private high schools. Lilith went to Westtown, a Quaker boarding school outside Philadelphia, and Emily went to Park School in Buffalo. I was left to fend for myself in the Grand Island Schools.
My senior year, a private boys school in Niagara Falls opened its doors and accepted women students. DeVeaux School had been a Military Boys Academy when my mother was growing up. I found the experience to be rewarding. I went from being a C student in public school, to being an A student at the private school. In fact, my graduating class had 64 students, and I was in the top 10th percentile.
I came to Indiana and went to Franklin College, and once again I became a C student. Half way through my sophmore year, I declared my major in Business Administration, and with the general education classes I had completed, I found I could complete my studies in another year and a half including 2 summer school sessions. Upon graduation, I accepted a position with Engineered Models Corpo...Expand for more
ration, a company that made aerospace parts for the government, and Detroit Diesel Allison. I learned more about how a business was run, or should not be rung while working there, and it had nothing to do with the text books!
I spent succeeding years working in different offices and not for profit agencies. In 1989 I felt the need to learn more about computers to upgrade my skills in the industry. I went to Ivy Tech, half of my needed credits transferred from Franklin, and I was set to go. I had gotten married and divorced, I had a full time job, and I was raising a 6 year old. It took me 4 years of going to school parttime, and I did it! I graduated with high honors, and I was a charter member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society for two year degrees.
I worked for the public school system in the Administrative offices, and learned Education and Politics operate in a similar manner. I was offered a position with the State of Indiana, as an underhire programmer. I thought I would be able to strengthen my programming skills, I was wrong about that.
The state let me go because my services were no longer needed, and I fought them on it. I did not win that arguement either. We had a new governor, which generated a new administrative line, power shifted, and they wanted my space and salary to bring someone in who did programming for the Enterprise system. I lost out all the way around.
I volunteer with an animal shelter, and I foster 4 cats at this time. Three of them will never be adopted because of their temperment, they are all very sweet kitties though.".
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