Laurie Van Gorp

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I graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in French and Journalism.  During my time at Iowa, I spent the summer after my junior year in France.  After graduation, I spent a year living in a small, coastal town named Vannes in western France.  Through a program organized by the French Consulate, I was able to teach English there to both middle school and high school students.

 

When I returned from Vannes, I began working on my Master's Degree in Education and was lucky enough to be placed at Palatine High School for my student teaching assignment.  The following year, in 2003, I began teaching at Palatine and taught levels 2,3,4 and 5 over the course of the next seven years.  I have been home with my two children, Cate (8) and Timmy (6), for the past 6 years and I am thrilled to be back at Palatine this year to teach French 1 and French 3!

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