American History. He has taught at the middle school level for 15 years in the De Soto Unified School District. He teaches an elective course called "Museum Connections" using his classroom artifact collection, which contains 20,000 teaching artifacts. You are invited to tour the Classroom Museum. Contact Keil at: keilh@usd232.org.
Keil's classroom credo is "Explore Your World, Empower Yourself and Those Around You, Excel In Everything You Do." Keil also teaches a "Hands-On" Archeology class at Johnson County Community College, a "Classroom Museum" Course for teachers at Mid America Nazarene College and a graduate/undergraduate "Artifact Supported" History course at U.M.K.C.
Note: For a more detailed account of Keil's activities, including news about his latest classroom project (a full size replica of the 1812 Star Spangled Banner), members may access the online "Noise from TOYs"
feature at: www.nstoy.org
Faye Haney (AR 01) retired from teaching at Williams Baptist College in May. After teaching elementary school for 30 years, she spent 5 years teaching in the college's P-4 education division. Faye has a few things in the works for "retirement," including continuing to write for a teachers' resource book, helping her attorney son in the courtroom, and serving as a consultant for a company that presents at national and state conferences. She says that she loved her profession and continues to have the passion to work in some area of the teaching field but no longer has the time it takes to devote to the college level.
Since Faye's father passed away last year, she also plans to spend some time with her mother who lives alone in the country. She promises to keep in touch with NSTOY and to let us know what is going on in her life.
Carol Strickland (KS 99) is the Democratic candidate for the 76th District House of Representatives seat in Kansas in the general election to be held in November. She will face a conservative Republican incumbent who has been in office for twelve years, so this is a tough first race for Carol. When asked why she decided to run, Carol smiled and said, "I have complained so much about the party politics and do-nothing attitude of our past two legislative sessions that people convinced me to run and try to change things. My background of working with children and teaching communication for 39 years should have prepared me well for dealing with other legislators!" She added that she is concerned about adequate funding for education and health care, long-term energy policies that protect the environment, and boosting the economic conditions of the state. The new legislative session will be crucial, and Carol is hoping to be seated there in January.
Carol is currently trying to raise money to cover the costs of campaigning. She would appreciate any donations, for teachers need to have a voice in policy decisions. She has been endorsed by the Kansas National Education Association and several other political action committees. She plans to continue serving NSTOY as the Director of Membership and Finance and also teaching part-time in the Teachers College at Emporia State University. "I will be a little busier, but this is something that means a great deal to me, and I will give my all to each of the commitments I make," she said.
Note: Check out Carol's campaign website at: www.carol-strickland4ks.com.
Nancy McRoberts (KS 97) teaches Family and Consumer Sciences at Olathe Northwest High School. As coordinator of a Teens as Parents Program, Nancy has designed a dropout prevention program serving
the needs of teen parents. During the 15 years of its existence, several hundred teen parents have found the courage and
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