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: : : : Photo: About The Teacher Label: About The Teacher Written by Mrs. Green’s parents Rick and Kathy Jones Teaching has always been a big part of Keely's family. One set of her great- grandparents met as teachers in the same 2-room schoolhouse at the turn of the last century on the Kansas prairie. Both of us, Keely's mom and dad, taught and have recently retired from our careers in education...Kathy was a director of technology for 60 school districts and Rick was a high school principal at both his and Keely's alma mater in Michigan. So, it is not surprising when the love of teaching came naturally to Keely. Born in Panama City, Florida, Keely and her younger sister, Lauren, loved the white sand beach, moon pies, and boiled peanuts. Since her dad was a football coach, there was lots of playtime in his classroom, the weight room,the gym, and the bleachers. In Florida, Keely began her love affair for sports, participating in road races, gymnastics, and tennis. In the middle of her 5th grade year, our family moved to Michigan where Keely and Lauren learned to love the "white as sand" snow, Sander's bumpy cake,and Vernors ginger-ale (she still missed her boiled peanuts!). As much as Keely learned and enjoyed elementary school, it may have been middle school that sparked some life-long interests and friendships. An all- time great teacher who could make everyone feel special had a lasting influence and she made two "best friends" who remain that way today; in fact,they were both in her wedding. Middle school also provided some opportunities to tutor younger students, experiences that left Keely with warm feelings about teaching for her life's work. In middle school, she made the decision to focus on tennis, a difficult one for her because she loved gymnastics so much. Keely loved high school, despite having to have her dad as one of her teachers, (in fact, she even commented to her mom that "dad is really funny...at school!") Her life centered around her studies, sports, student government, and community service. She was two-year captain and #1 singles player on the tennis team and she trained and played tennis tournaments year- round. After falling in love with the campus on a visit during her senior year in high school, Keely attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She continued her tennis career again serving two-years as team captain and winning 100 matches in her four-year career. A highlight for her, indeed for our entire family, was when she and her sister were paired as a doubles team during Keely's senior year and Lauren's freshman year. At Vassar, she had the amazing opportunity to work on and attend the "Missed Opportunities" history conference that happened in Hanoi, Vietnam with former Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara and policy and military advisers and historians from the USA and Vietnam on decisions made during the Vietnam War. As parents, we were shocked that she was studying Vietnam as history, when to us it was current events! Anyway, Vassar was an incredible window in our family's life and both girls really thrived there. And, as parents, if we thought the high school years went by fast, the college years were gone in a heartbeat! Her Vassar experiences enabled her to go on to graduate school at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville where she earned a master's degree from each and completed all of her doctoral course work. At UK she meet her husband, Ryan, who currently works the Executive Director for the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet in Frankfort. We thought we might always only be able to talk about our "grand-kitties" (Keely and Ryan have two cats), but in 2010 after 8 years of marriage, Keely and Ryan had a son, Cullen. Of course, we are proud grandparents, but we do find it rather clever that a kid with the last name of "Green" chose to make his world debut on St. Patrick's Day! Keely has been blessed to earn and receive wonderful awards and recognitions during her educational career including the American Legion Award in high school; recognition as an ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Academic All-American; and being awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship while at Vassar. With that said, the recognition she cherishes the most, and is so humbled to have received, is the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History award as Kentucky's History Teacher of the Year...as she says, "This award is about the great kids and school where I work every day...it doesn't get any better than this!" Mission Label: Mission Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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