WELCOME TO MY HOMEPAGE!

BE SURE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE LINKS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN OUR GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE: 
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~guidance/

CASELOAD:  Students whose last names begin with WE-Z and all Foreign Exchange Students.  Please feel free to contact me with your questions and concerns or if I can assist you in any way. I look forward to working with you this year.
Email: bjt1nc@viking.stark.k12.oh.us    Phone: 330/497-5627 ext.348

BACKGROUND:  I grew up in the Niagara Falls, N.Y. area. (Youngstown, NY.- which is the location of Fort Niagara-for all you history buffs).
I met my husband Joe (from Canfield, Ohio) in college. During college I was a cheerleader and spent two summers working with missionaries (and learning the language) in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

EDUCATION:  1979 - Bachelor's Degree - Spanish Education - Greenville College, 1988 - Master's Degree - Counseling and Human Development -University of Dayton

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:  1979-80 - Substitute teaching in Mahoning county, long-term sub in Spanish at Columbiana Exempted Village High School.  1980 - 1988 - Spanish Teacher, St. Thomas Aquinas High School.  1988 - present - Guidance Counselor, Hoover High School.   In 2003 I assumed the role of Director of Guidance.

FAMILY:  My husband, Joe (Prototype Foundry Manager at PCC Airfoils in Minerva) and I have been married since 1979. We have two sons: Giancarlo, a 2006 graduate of  Mount Vernon Nazarene University ~ currently attending graduate school at Loyola University in Chicago, and Gianmarco, a 7th grader at Canton Country Day School.
We are all active at our church, Canton First Church of the Nazarene, where I sing in the choir and work in the nursery. My interests include Creative Memories scrapbooking, collecting Lladro and travel.