I began teaching at St. Rose in 1974 and I have been here ever since. I started out teaching grade 4 for 17 years then I moved to grade 6. I currently teach 6th grade classes as well as 7th grade Social Studies and 8th grade American History and Language Arts.

I was born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in St. Marys, Ohio. I graduated from Memorial High School in 1970. I then attended Miami University, receiving an Associate of Arts Degree before transferring to Ohio State. In 1974, I graduated from Ohio State with a Bachelor of Science in Education.

As a child, I was active in 4-H showing horses and entering many horse shows. I also played cornet and a clarinet in the band, played basketball and volleyball, was a Girl Scout, and spent time volunteering summers at a camp for disabled children.

My husband Les is an Elida graduate. I am the mother of four children: Kerri Herbst-30, Kevin Herbst-26, Aaron Long-15 and Ryan Long-12. They keep us very busy with soccer, baseball, band and golf, just to name a few of our many activities.

I truly enjoy my job teaching at St. Rose and all the people I have met here over the past 33 years. I especially enjoy seeing former students come back to St. Rose to visit. In fact, out of the 11 students in this year's 6th grade class, I have taught 7 of their parents!