Linda Kelty:  

I was co-chair for our 2011 40th class reunion August 5, 6 & 7, 2011. Check out the photos of the reunion in my photo albums. Hope you can come to the next one in 2016. Our next one is at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport on August 26. We had a huge class and it seemed that survival was based on cliques and delineations for survival. I did have a couple of groups of friends that I "floated" in and out of and realize there were some really good people there, students and teachers, who had a positive influence on me. I was involved in art club and the theater department. During my junior year I developed some friends outside of high school as well as working and I became less involved in the school social climate. I went on to college, first at the University of Iowa, then transferring to St. Ambrose. I earned a BA in Art Education and later earned a Masters. I've worked in graphic arts and museum settings before entering teaching. I spent 17 years teaching elementary art and middle school ever since. I took early retirement jan. 15, 2010 to pursue other venues and interests. That's a total of 32 years of teaching but I still teach at the university level. Much as I resisted teachi...Expand for more