What I'm Doing Now     Jennifer Monson   Name in High School: Jennifer Monson Name Now: Jennifer Monson E-mail: jennifermonson@usfamily.net Status: Single Kids: Do my 44 students count? Where I'm Living: Falcon Heights, Minnesota How I spend My Days: I am a special education teacher at Mounds View High School working with at-risk 9th and 10th graders in a school-within-a-school program. I am a private tutor evenings and weekends. Hobbies and Interests: Volunteering, traveling, helping others, learning, going to concerts, spending time with my nieces and nephews, gardening, playing with my puppy, home repairs, making pickles and jam, going to the Farmer's Market, and falling further in love with Jesus. Last 20 Years in a Nutshell: BA Elementary Ed (Bethel '88), MA Special Ed (UST '95), MA Counseling Psych (Bethel '99), 2 mission trips to Ukraine, bridesmaid/maid of honor 7 times, worked at Gillette Hospital for 10 years while in grad school, bought my home in '98, attend Wooddale Church, serve on MA Alumni Bd and Curriculum & Instruction Task Force. High School Memories: Singers, tennis team-doubles partner with Kristi-singing on the court, orchestra, Singers parties, Pink Panthers, sharing a locker with Kristi and Mary, wasps in the pop at the annual Garage Sale, going to JS in an El Camino senior year, caring for my little egg-child, "Down by the river...", Foundations of Faith - Pilgrim's Progress and the Chronicles of Narnia, excellent and dedicated teachers, life-long friends...