Janise Kennedy:
CLASS OF 1977
Canyon Del Oro High SchoolClass of 1977
Tucson, AZ
Fickett Junior High SchoolClass of 1973
Tucson, AZ
Canyon Del Oro Junior High SchoolClass of 1973
Tucson, AZ
Annie Kellond Elementary SchoolClass of 1971
Tucson, AZ
Janise's Story
Life
After school, I finished beauty school and started working as a hair dresser. I retired in 06 after almost 30 years.
I married young and moved to TX but got divorced after 3 years. I stayed in TX and married a wonderful guy. We have been together for almost 40 years. We have two grown daughters. Jennifer has two boys 18 & 10 and a girl 13 and graduated from Texas A&M ( GIG'EM AGGIES ), she is now an English teacher; Jaylyn was into competitive cheer and cheered for Navarro Junior College. They are the best competitive JUCO squad in the country. She has a daughter 8 and a 4 month old baby boy. Both girls married Aggie boys.
I am so thankful for the grace and love of Jesus Christ. He truly changed my life.
My dream was to go back to school after I got everyone else out. It only took me 31 years, but I now have a degree in Professional Accountancy and an MBA & my former teachers would be amazed to know I am an over achiever! I now am a defense contract auditor and a CPA.
I realize to many of you college was no big deal. However, considering neither of my parents graduated high school and back in '77 I thought that only doctors and l...Expand for more
awyers went to college, it is a huge deal for me. It is further enhanced by the fact I graduated in the bottom third of our class. Haha, I didn't even know they ranked us. I proudly graduated Summa Cum Laude from college. It is amazing what a little perspective does for your life.
I had Mr. Hart for general math and he is the only one I remember challenging my belief that I was dumb. Where ever you are Mr. Hart, Thank you, I have thought of you often over the years when I doubted myself.
I miss Tucson sometimes but I love TX too. It gets harder to leave those mountains each time I visit. I would love to be able to work between Houston & Tucson and have the best of both worlds.
I had the opportunity to watch as Hurricane Ike passed over Houston. While seeing the eye of a hurricane is a novel event, I don't recommend it.
Favorite thing to do? Go dancing at historic Texas dancehalls and listen to live Texas & Red Dirt country music. Some things never change. I got back into horses for a few years but decided I needed to put that money into retirement planning. I would love to hear from people, look me up on Facebook. Janise Tucker Kennedy
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