Marion Copleston:
CLASS OF 1968
Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute Class of 1968
Scarborough, ON
Ecole Secondaire Etienne-Brule High SchoolClass of 1979
North york, ON
Kennedy High SchoolClass of 1968
Mississauga, ON
Golf Road Public SchoolClass of 1963
Scarborough, ON
Marion's Story
I left Cedarbrae after grade 11 and did grade 12 and 13 at T.L. Kennedy High School in Mississauga (Cooksville at the time). Then I went to U of T and got a BA in French and a BEd at the Faculty of Education. My teaching subjects were French and Industrial Arts. I absolutely loved the Industrial Arts program there, because at the time they taught everything from wood working to welding. The best part of my time at U of T before that was my third year, which I spent in France, as part of the third year abroad program. I did a lot of hitch hiking and fell in love with the country. On my return from France, I married my fiancé, Jerry Dyche in 1971.
My first teaching job was at Ecole Secondaire Etienne Brule in North York where I taught Industrial Arts in French, an ideal combination of my two subjects. It was a f...Expand for more
antastic six years spent teaching problem solving and design with a huge budget for materials and equipment, in small classes with kids who wanted to be there. I was there from 1973-1979.
In 1978 I bought some land in PEI and in 1979 moved there to build a house in the woods. I signed up for a woodlot maintenance course to learn how to use a chainsaw to cut some trees on the property to build a house. At the course I met Tony Reddin. He offered to help me cut the trees to build my house and now we have just celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary! We have two children, Lindsey (born 1983) and Andy (born 1985).
My career in PEI was mainly teaching French to government employees, which I very much enjoyed. I retired in 2005 and have been very busy with volunteer work and taking art courses at Seniors College.
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