Nancy Rogers:  

It's been a very long time since I was Denby student. I've always been proud of the education I received there and wish I had thanked my many excellent teachers more while I had the opportunity. I left a little early to attend the University of Michigan which had always been my dream. I met my husband there, we married, and had two children in Ann Arbor. The youngest was born on our graduation day so I missed the ceremony. (I was able to attend hers from U of M, however, some 21 years later. Karen met her husband there as well. Very cool!) A week after graduation, we all moved to Blue Bell, Pa where my husband worked as a computer systems analyst/manager while I taught school. Our careers were long and extremely satisfying. We became involved in some pretty serious white-water canoeing and kayaking as well as skiing while the kids were growing up. Many summers were spent traveling in some of our national parks where we camped and backpacked. The years were eventful, happy, and went by quickly. About ten years ago we "retired" in order to move to San Antonio where our daughter and her family are living. (Our son lives in Jackson, Wyoming, and that's just too cold for me.) Gary and I both "un-retired" to work for Harcourt/Pearson preparing tests and training people to score them. It was fun, much less demanding than our career jobs so we had time for our two granddaughters while they were growing up. The older is now a freshman at Texas A&M in College Station, and the younger is a high school junior here in San Antonio. Jackie spent two summers at Interlocken which was another Michigan connection for us. A couple of years ago I really retired and decided to focus on animal welfare and training which have always been major loves of mine. I volunteered at The Animal D...Expand for more