Eileen Convery:  

Mrs. Berry, our Cherry Creek High School counselor, gave me some very good advise when she steered me to a small girl’s junior college in Columbia, Missouri. She also helped me arrange a scholarship and those two years were so key to my love of learning. After graduating from Christian College in Columbia, I attended UNC , majoring in Elementary Education and English. I was married in 1966 to Bill Convery. My teaching career began a week later at Gust Elementary in Denver Public Schools. I taught second grade for two years and then stayed at home with my two sons, Bill and Mike, until Mike entered first grade. Cunningham Elementary School in Cherry Creek District became my workplace when I returned to teaching in 1977. I taught K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades, as well as the Gifted and Talented classes, in my career at Cunningham, which later became Highline ,when we moved to the new building. I complete a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology at UCD, with an emphasis on Library Science. As the librarian at Cunningham, I taught grades K-6, as well as served as the Technology Specialist. After our move to Highline, I taught grades k-5 in the Media Center. I loved being the Media Specialist, doing drama, poetry, art, book clubs, handling books, developing photographs, video taping projects and presentations. I had wonderful students and fun and intelligent colleagues. I was very lucky in my career. One of my prized possessions is the notebook I received with a distinguished teacher award, filled with letters and cards from students, parents and colleagues. I have a long history with Cherry Creek Schools. I moved to Colorado at the beginning of fifth grade and attended Maple Grove for fi...Expand for more