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Lori Conway circu­

lates among her third

grade class at Eisen­

At Lakeside Chris­ hower Elementary F O C U

tian School, Gina as the students work

Bertella teaches a on a writing assign­ Mrs. Gina Hess re­

math lesson on pat­ ment. "Internship ceived her bachelors

terns to her kinder­ has shown me how degree in elementary

garten class. The to use everything

students delighted I've learned," she education at Bob Jones

in the chance to said, "because you University in 1975 and

choose which can't just stand up a Master of Arts at

blocks would go into there and teach, it

their own colorful takes a lot of prepa­ Furman University in

combination. ration and patience." 1979 as an education

reading specialist. Be­

fore she and her hus­

band joined the Col­

lege family she had

taught at Penn State in

Harrisburg and also at

Messiah College,

where she taught

reading and children

literature classes and

observed student

teachers. "I love the

contact with the stu­

Amber Webb leads dents," she stated, "the

a first grade class in
more they get in­

a shared reading of

"The Five Little volved, the easier it is

Pumpkins." Amber to learn."

I: m

enjoyed getting to

know each one of

the students per­

sonally. "I love

watching the lights

come on," she

stated, "and seeing

them understand

what I teach."