Rebecca Armstrong

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Rebecca Armstrong

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Residing In: SAN DIEGO
Spouse/Partner: Max Bonecutter
Homepage: http://www.weddingbyheart.com
Occupation: Instructional Designer
Children: Matthew, 1976
Laura, 1978
Andrew, 1981
(all graduated NTE)
Did you attend New Trier East, or New Trier West?

New Trier East

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18 years with Urban Gateways: Arts in Education Agency
Fellow of the National Arts Education Research Center at NYU
Graduate Univ. of Chicago ('89), Meadville-Lombard ('95) Chicago Theological Seminary ('04)
Worked 12 years with the Joseph Campbell Foundation as International OutReach Director
Worked for last decade teaching at Midwestern universities - DePaul, Purdue, Indiana, Benedictine
Segue to Instructional Design for National Louis University in 2012, and Ashford University 2013.
Private practice as wedding minister and spiritual director since 1991
Currently living in San Diego, CA
School Story:

Enthusiastic supporter of the Center for Self-Directed Learning, from which I graduated in '73

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Who was your favorite teacher at New Trier? Why?

Bill Gregory. the most passionate educator I ever met.

Did you inhale?

Yes

What is your favorite memory of New Trier?

Vietnam protest marches up to the green in Winnetka

What is your LEAST favorite memory of NT?

the cafeteria

Did you learn anything at New Trier that later proved to be useful? If so, what?

How to love learning for its own sake

Did any of your children attend New Trier?

Yes

What did the protesters in Grant Park chant when charged by police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

hell no, we won't go

Which of the following can be found in a dark corner of your closet?

patchouli oil

Did your father attend New Trier?

No

Did your mother attend New Trier?

No

How do you describe yourself politically?

Progressive

Do you believe in God?

Yes

How did you perceive New Trier after your first year of college? Did you feel that by going to college you had taken a step up, or down?

New Trier prepared me well for college

How did you choose your profession?

The same way I chose my spouse - solely for love

Which Junior High did you attend?

Howard (Wilmette)

What higher formal education have you completed?

Phd in: Religion

In which Village did you reside at the time you graduated from New Trier?

Wilmette

The best thing about growing up in the North Shore was . . .

Other Lake Michigan

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