Dawn McMannama:  

Life Graduated from Judson College, a wonderful school, in 1980 with a double major in Math and Sociology. Married Randy in 1981. Daughter, Laura, was born in 1991. She is in 9th grade, her first year of high school. Her favorite subject is math, but she also enjoys the cooking and sewing classes. She is in her 5th year playing flute. Laura retired from gymnastics the day after winning the 2004 Kansas state title for balance beam in level IV for 12 years and older. She worked very hard for that achievement. During her prior meet, she received a 9.7 on beam. I was ecstatic. We enjoyed Laura so much that we had a son, Alex, in 1994. He is in 7th grade. He had a wonderful year in 4th grade. He had a male teacher who made learning a lot of fun. Alex is so much more fun than I ever thought a boy would be. He is a definite blessing from God and I tell him so. His current interests are iPod, iPod, iPod, basketball, pool and Family Guy. Currently, he is sharing a passion, with his father, for getting an old Mustang like the one in the original "Gone In 60 Seconds". I am a Software Engineer at Honeywell in Olathe, KS. I an working in the aerospace division. The team I am working with is programming the GPS for a new card to go in airplanes. I live in Olathe, KS and love it. My family attends Blue Valley Baptist church in Overland Park, KS. School My school bio begins the year before I started school. Southside did not have kindergarten so I had to wait until 1st grade to start school. I had an early birthday so I was eager to start. I would get up early and watch the kids go to the school bus. I started school the next year. I was excited and scared. My teacher was mean. I learned in spite of her. I knew very little when I began. I couldn't read a single word, I didn't know the complete abc's and I knew very few colors. Kids I started school with and remained with all through school we...Expand for more