[Oe List ...] Brooke Tippett Thompson is in India!

[Jayandem2 at aol.com]

I sat down at my computer to brag about my daughter, and found  all the 
dialogue about funds, college, travel, etc., so it really segues into my  
intended email.
 
I thought those of you who remember (or currently know) our  youngest 
daughter, Brooke, would be interested to know that she is on a two-week  
experience in India.  Brooke is a National Board Certified teacher of music  at 
Peirce Elementary in the Chicago Public Schools - on Bryn Mawr Ave  between 
Broadway and Clark.  She was also a 2008 winner of the Golden Apple  Award for 
teaching.  She was surprised in her classroom by Mayor Richard  Daley and 
Arne Duncan, CPS CEO at the time, with a basket of apples topped by a  gold 
apple.  In addition to teaching, Brooke directs the choir at Edgewater  
Presbyterian Church.  (Choir members include Rosemary Albright, Lela  Philbrook. 
and Pam Bergdall).
 
You will notice that Brooke wrote a grant for this trip.   (Makes former 
Development Centrum parents proud of this skill she puts to use  frequently 
for her school)
 
Anyway, Brooke is keeping a blog of her trip, which anyone who  is 
interested may access by this link:
 
_http://brooketipthompson.blogspot.com/_ 
(http://brooketipthompson.blogspot.com/) 
 
On the subject of College Fund, all three of our daughters  received 
college funds from the Order while they were in college at Ohio  Wesleyan 
University.  Since we were living the "poverty lifestyle",  numerous other 
scholarships and grants and loans helped them all to  graduate.  We are very grateful 
for that.
 
Doing the Directory has kept me up and in touch with so many  of you, and 
this Dialogue has been so interesting, even though we don't  participate in 
writing much.
 
About 6 weeks ago I was rummaging through a drawer and came  across the 
guild symbol ring I got when Lyn Matthews Edwards returned from a  trip to 
India in the 70's.  I put it on, and it still fits.  I've kept  it on, and enjoy 
looking at it as a reminder of the past 43 years since that  first RSI in 
Cleveland, taught by Bob Vance and Carlos Zervigon.  What an  impact on our 
family that ring symbolizes!
 
Grace, Peace, and Love,
 
Mike Tippett (and Judith, too)
 
 
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