Afton Koontz

Profile Updated: July 23, 2009
Class Year: 1976
Occupation: Learning Consultant
Kiddos & Grandkids: Twin 22 year old daughters
Yes! Attending Reunion
Places Where You Hung Your Hat:

New Mexico, southern New Jersey

Schools:

Finishing Doctorate in Directorship in Special Education

Labor Days (35 years on the job force...what jobs have you done?):

After working in graphic arts, taught Special Education, currently on a Child Study Team as a Learning Consultant

Been There Done That (travels):

Wales, Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, every state except Alaska

Major Accomplishments:

ahhhhh, what do you want here? New Jersey Learning Disabilities Teacher of the Year. Masters in Special Education, Bachelor of Science in Special Education. (see a pattern here?) Two happy children, One graduating college--one engaged. Acknowledged State Wide Knitting Teacher (yeah, me--no home ec classes ever.)

Favorite Memories From EHS:

Getting Mr. Prince on his bald spot with a water gun then getting soaked in return. Taking over English lit class and reading our own version of Beowulf. Hiding out in the back room of the NJROTC offices playing poker (did you guys ever figure out that I knew how to cheat?). Setting up the experiments an mirror image in Physics and it taking the teacher the whole period to figure out what was wrong. Boot camp.

Anything Else That We Should Know About You:

When can I come back from exile in New Jersey?