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Ms. Jurkowski graduated from Glen Flora High School in Glen Flora, Wisconsin. It is no longer in existence as it has merged with Flambeau School District in Tony, Wisconsin. In 1972, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in English and a minor in History, from Mount Senario College in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. She graduated from UW-Eau Claire with a Masters Degree in Special Education-Learning Disabilities. Since graduating from UW-Eau Claire, she has earned an additional 51 graduate credits. She started her teaching career by teaching Grade 2 at St. Joseph's Parochial School in LaPorte, Indiana. She started the Learning Disabilities program at West De Pere High School for students in Grades 7-12 in January, 1975. She has now been in the district for 32 years working on 33 years, and is currently Chair of the Special Education Department. The best part of her job is the students!!!!!! She is active in the West De Pere Education Association and is currently President and Head Negotiator. She is also very involved in church activities. She has three grown children and eleven grandchildren. It is her philosophy that you can never have too many children or grandchildren.
Her hobbies include reading, gardening, bird watching, remodeling her home, enjoying life at West DePere (even though the yellow portable has been destroyed), visiting her grandchildren, going to her land up north, and traveling. She has traveled to England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Hungary. In 1985, she studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland for six weeks.
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