Boca Ciega High School
Class Of 1963
JILL JOHNSON NORTON
Residing In | Chesterfield, MO USA |
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Occupation | retired teacher, Doordasher |
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Children | Alexandra, born 1984, Veronica, born 1988 Grandchildren, Brayden 13, Norton 4, June 2 |
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After several years studying dance in NYC, I returned to USF and earned a BA in Theater, a highlight was going on a USO tour to the North Atlantic and Artic Circle region to entertain troops as Vibrata in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, I went on to earn a MA in dance at FSU and taught a few years at (then) Florida Presbyterian. Lack of funding there encouraged me to return to USF for my teaching certificate which led me to employment at Baycrest Elementary,Tampa, teaching 3-5 grades. I was given the gifted children to work with because of my arty background and was encouraged by my principal to get certified in Gifted Education, which I did. That led to returning to USF to work on a doctorate in Gifted. I did all the coursework but never took the time to write my thesis. Life and death intervened. I had married Gary, took time out to have Alexandra, took as much time as I could to spend with my dying mother, helped some other young mothers to get The Children"s Museum of Tampa established. Then Gary bought a business in St. Louis where he had graduated from Washington University. so we moved to Chesterfield, where along came Veronica. There followed many years of volunteerism with their schools, Dance St. Louis, The Symphony, The Science Center, The Repertory Theatre and American Association of University Women. We love to sail and scuba dive and have visited so great places all over the world. I have many interests now including reading, playreading and movie discussion groups, bridge and canasta, and pilates, My greatest joy in a red-haired imp called Brayden, now 4. I love to go to movies and I am an avowed foodie. Life is good!
I am now living in Mt Pleasant, SC outside Charleston. Wonderful area for outdoor activities. I enjoy kayaking, beach walking, Audubon shorebird stewarding, meetups, gardening, book group, loving grandkids and enjoying great good health and vitality.
JILL's Latest Interactions
Happy Birthday Jill. Hope you have a wonderful day and all that all your days going forward are filled with fun adventures and lots of happiness.
Posted on: Aug 26, 2022 at 4:33 AM
Hi Jill, wishing you a Happy Birthday and more. Stay safe please.
Happy Birthday Jill. After all these years I still smile when I remember you & how nice you were to me.?
Posted on: Aug 26, 2015 at 4:35 AM
Happy birthday, Claire! Bet it is lovely there now; it's so pretty here in St. Louis with all the flowering trees. Happy Mother's Day too!
Happy birthday, Pam, and Happy New Year too. It's 7 degrees here today in St. Louis; hope it's warmer where you are.
Jill
Posted on: Jan 05, 2015 at 3:39 PM
Hey Dave, Sorry I missed wishing you a timely Happy Birthday but I sent you good wishes telepathically (ha!). Hope you have a healthy, happy engaging year up-coming. My best to Val.
Jilkl
Hey Barry, Happy birthday! Hope you have a great birthday and a healthy, happy year!
Jill
Hi Patti,
Missed seeing you at the reunion. It was very rushed but we had a lot of fun. Hope you have a fun and healthy birthday year.
Jill
Happy birthday, Pam. The reunion went by so quickly; sorry I didn't get to talk to you. Hope you have a wonderful year.
Jill
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