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Jill Johnston (IssaquahHS1964)

IssaquahHS1964 looking for old high school classmates
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Female - Eons member since Sep 13, 2008

Located in Vader, WA

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Relationship

Married

Hometown

Renton, King Co, Washington

Places I've been

Have lived most of my life in Western Washington, mostly up and down the I-5 corridor: Ellensburg, Renton, Centralia, Arlington, Vader. Majuro, Marshall Islands. Have traveled mostly by car and motorcycle throughout the western states Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and some in Hawaii, Alaska, So. Dakota, Florida and Illinois. Vacationed in Western Canada; cruised to Mexico, the Eastern Caribbean, and Rome, Italy, Monaco, Barcelona, Spain, Lisbon, Portugal, Le Havre and Paris, France; by train: England, Scotland, and Wales.

Education

Issaquah Senior High School - 1960 to 1964
Highline College , general - 1964 to 1966
Central Washington State College, Education - 1966 to 1969
Seattle Pacific University , Education - 1991 to 1993

Work

Tahoma School Dist., Maple Valley, WA, Teacher, Lk. Wilderness Ele. Sch. - 1969 to 1972
Majuro Cooperative School, Marshall Islands, Teacher - 1985 to 1988
College of Micronesia, Majuro, Marshall Islands, Instructor - 1986 to 1987
Vader School District, Vader, WA, Teacher, gr 1-7 - 1988 to 2007
Lower Columbia College, Instructor - 2007 to 2007

More about me

http://www.facebook.com/jillsjohnston

Born in Lewis Co., Washington, I've been married 42 yrs to a native of Kalama, Cowlitz Co, Washington. In the US, we've lived in Renton, Ellensburg, Arlington, Centralia, & Vader. We have two grown sons and some incredible grandchildren!

In 1985-1988, we were Baha'i pioneers to the Marshall Islands. We lived in a Marshallese neighborhood and slept on the floor on a woven mat like the native Marshallese after discovering that in that humid climate, a mattress always felt damp. I taught at a cooperative school and at the College of Micronesia & Gary supervised a drag line/crusher crew while assisting the local Baha'i community in a variety of ways. I studied Marshallese informally with a local family, and we became very close. When I returned stateside, I had reverse culture shock as evidenced by crying for no apparent reason daily for 5 months. I felt like I'd been dropped onto an alien planet where I didn't belong.

After being hired to teach at Vader, my life gradually began to normalize as I readjusted to life in the U.S. A recently retired teacher, I have taught preschool, grades 1-7 and college courses.

We have horses and a mule for trail riding and packing; one horse is trained for cutting; the other two are geriatric pasture ornaments. I don't cut, but I was the mouth at the mic at the cutting shows. I also enjoy genealogy.

Gary has just retired, so we're busy around our place doing things that have been on hold. It's nice at last to have TIME!

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