CHS - Class of 79
History Since Graduation

Stephanie Sanders

I attended NEMCC after graduation and received an AA degree in paralegal technology.  I thought I was preparing myself to go to law school but got married instead.  I married Bryan Clausel on June 6, 1981 (and we will be celebrating our 18th anniversary this summer).  After a year and a half of helping him out at the jewelry store, I went back to NE to work towards a degree in music education.  Ashley was born in 1984, which put school on hold for a little while.  I transfered to Blue Mountain and finished my degree in May, 1987.  I began teaching at Alcorn Central Elementary School in the fall of 1987.  I taught music and intellectually gifted (which kept me hopping).  I began working on my masters degree and Alan was born in July, 1989.  After receiving a masters degree in elementary education, I took the 18 hours needed to add administration to my teaching certificate.  In 1994, I went back to school again to work on my doctorate.  On July 27, 1998, I was hired as the principal at Alcorn Central Elementary; completed my dissertation in August, 1998; and had a third child in November, 1998.  Needless to say, this has been an eventful year and the degrees and the children are all complete.

Ashley plays on the eighth grade girls basketball team at Alcorn Central and will be playing on the first girls fastpitch softball team.  Alan is into basketball and baseball also.  Alan likes to farm with his dad and is already pretty good at driving the truck in the field to haul hay as well as driving the tractor to bail the hay.   Their athletic ability is something they did not inherit from their mom.  Andy is three months old and already knows that he rules the roost at our house. He will grow up thinking he has two moms because Ashley can handle him as well as I can.

I am exited about the class reunion this summer, but find it hard to believe that we have been out of high school for 20 years (maybe it is because I still get up and go to school every day).  Look forward to seeing everyone then.