Mary Elaine Carter:  

I graduated from Incarnate Word Academy (Corpus Christi TX) in 1965 but I also attended schools in Jacksonville, FL where I had to change schools often due to the development of the area where we lived. I attended Nathan B. Forrest Jr. Sr. High School as a seventh grader and then went on to Sacred Heart School as an eighth grader. From the back porch of that classroom I witnessed with my class the first astronaut enter space for the first time (Shepard). I then attended Jefferson Davis Junior High when it first opened when I was in the ninth grade, I returned and attended Nathan B. Forrest Senior High School the first semester of grade 10 when my dad was transfered back to Texas. I loved each one of these schools and remember so many of my classmates with great affection. It was very hard for me to leave my friends in Jacksonville though many of them were Navy kids and would also move on to other places. I wish I could get in touch with everyone. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to see the Nathan B. Forrest Yearbook of 1964-1965 to see my class as well as the teachers who taught me. I got my BA from Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio in Interdisciplinary Studies and my MA in mid-management from Texas A & M Corpus Christi TX. I was initially a classroom teacher but then went into administration. I loved being in education for each of those 35 years! I was fortunate to have found my niche as I always felt called to teach. I am happily married and am an adjunct professor at our local university where I supervise student teachers. I also do parttime consulting work with low-performing schools and assist a private school in another city. My volunteer work is with Christus Spohn Hospice and "Toys for Tots." After my mother's death I felt called to do hospice work and help families deal with death and dying issues. I always like to say that I was the wallflower in school but ended up marrying a football star from Carroll High School (class of '65). No longer do I stand at the dances hoping that someone will ask me to dance. I now have the greatest dance partner for life. For sure, I was a late bloomer. It was all worth the wait as I married in my early 30's...after being a nun for 14 years...I guess I should have mentioned that at the top. Yes, I enjoyed being a nun (Sister Elaine) and left the convent with wonderful memories and great friendships which I still have today. It was in the convent that I taught students at Christ the King (grades 3 and 5), Incarnate Word Middle School (taught 7th and 8th grade Literature and religion), Incarnate Word Elementary where I was the schoo...Expand for more