Kimera Conklin
Kimera Conklin, Grade Four
When Grade 4 teacher Kimera Anne (as in Anne of Green Gables) Conklin returned to her roots in northern Virginia after spending two years in Azerbaijan where her husband Kevin worked as a defense contractor, she imagined spending this winter and spring settling back into life in the United States. After that, she anticipated fulfilling her dream of teaching in a private school, an ambition nurtured at the 21st Century Educational School in Azerbaijan where she taught, and based on her observation that private schools allow for close, supportive relationships between parents and faculty. Life provided an accelerated opportunity for Ms. Conklin to realize her dream when a position opened in the Green Hedges Grade 4 classroom mid-year.
Like that of her literary namesake, Ms. Conklin’s interest in education started early, when she avidly practiced teaching her two younger brothers while she was the age of her current students. She eventually went on to earn a Liberal Studies degree from San Diego State University and a Masters in Education and Teaching Certificate from Marymount University in Virginia; she has taught a number of elementary grades in Florida, Virginia, and abroad. Aside from teaching, her passions include history, travel, scrapbooking, and hiking with her husband.
email: kConklin@greenhedges.org
