Dale Normandin:  

My story was written in 2016. I am editing it today on June 3rd 2018. I graduated from Jamestown College and have been in education ever since. I taught math in Jamestown, ND (1978), Bemidji, MN (79-83), and finally in Anchorage, AK (since 1983). After 13 years of teaching in Anchorage, I became a high school assistant principal for a number of years and then five years as a middle school principal. I retired in 2005 but that was very short lived, two months later I had a new job. I wasn't looking for a job but it has turned out to be a ton of fun. I began working in the Professional Development Department for the Anchorage School District and am still there. I work mainly with new principals and with teachers wanting to become principals. Edit...I retired from ASD in June of 2017. I love the outdoors and am a hunting and fishing junky! Even though we live in Anchorage, we have moose and bear walking through our yard often. Anchorage has mile after mile of great x-country ski trails in the winter and biking trails the rest of the year. It is a beautiful state with lots of great things to see and do. I've been living a dream. I married while in college to Deb, a woman who (40 years later...now 42 years) is still putting up with me. We have been blessed with three wonderful children, Nate, Bridgette, and Brett. All are living in Anchorage at this time. Bridgette is the head of HR for a large pharmaceutical company in Anchorage. She married a Marine named Noah. As an ex-marine he contracted out as a bomb dog handler in foreign countries for private companies. Noah died this summer (2016) racing with a team of Ex-pats in the Baja 500 while raising money for soldiers with PTSD. It was 128 degrees that day a...Expand for more