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Teacher Feature
Once a semester, we highlight someone
who has an interesting story to tell. Here is our Teacher Feature
for this semester.
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Libby Lawrie is a proud mother of three and grandmother of two. Her daughter, Nicole, a Miami of Ohio graduate, teaches Biology and is also the IOA Biology Course teacher. Her older son, Kevin, an IUPUI graduate, works with computer graphics. And her youngest son, Nathan, is a Yale University graduate and Political Science Major who plays in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints. Her husband Chris has been a Physical Education and Health teacher in Decatur Township for 29 years. She has had the honor of being an IPALCO Golden Apple Recipient and Indiana Creative Biology Teacher of the Year. Libby received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University and Masters Degree in Education from Butler University. She is also a former graduate and facilitator for the CIESC Teacher Leadership Academy. In her 27 years of teaching, 22 years were spent teaching Biology, Science, Health and Physical Education. She is currently a Technology Integration Specialists for Wayne Township, Distance Learning Lead Teacher and the Varsity Boys Swimming Team assistant coach. She is also an IUPUI professor in the Educational Technology Masters Program. Libby has a strong commitment to education, physical fitness and health. |
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Tom Gallagher was born on the southwest side of Chicago in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Before finishing grade school, he moved to Carmel, Indiana, where he was fortunate enough to be a member of the 1993 State Championship Cross Country Team. Later that year, he finished his high school track career by placing 7th in the 300 meter hurdles at the State Meet and setting a new school record. Tom earned a degree in Science Education, with an emphasis on Math Education, from the University of Indianapolis. While attending college, he started his coaching career by being the head boys and girls cross country teams at Clay Junior High in Carmel. After filling a maternity leave teaching a semester of Physics at Carmel High School, he got his first real position teaching 8th grade math, science, and physical education. After a year of teaching in Carmel, Tom became the Algebra I teacher at Cathedral High School. Currently, he is teaching only Geometry there and is the IOA Algebra I teacher. Tom treats his classroom like his track team, EFFORT = RESULTS. You can only achieve by trying your best. |
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Katie Gallagher graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in psychology from University of Notre Dame in 1996 before pursuing a career in teaching. In 1998, Katie joined the faculty at Cathedral High School, a private Catholic school in Indianapolis, Indiana. For the last eight years, she has had the privilege to teach some combination of AP Psychology, Psychology, Economics, and U.S. History. During her tenure at Cathedral, she developed an online course program available as an alternative for senior Cathedral students. She has created online courses in Psychology, Economics, and A.P. Psychology. She is very active in professional development activities and will be presenting her teaching methods at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Diego, California this summer. In addition, Katie teaches for the Indiana Online Academy and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth distance education programs. She is a member of TOPSS, Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools, a division of the APA, and the IHSPTA, Indiana High School Psychology Teachers Association, an organization that she helped found. Recently, Katie completed her masters degree in Educational Technology at Indiana University. Katie is married and is the proud mother of three young children and is expecting her fourth in May, 2006. |
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