My name is Monica Haake and this is my 15th
year teaching. I can’t believe that
after this year I will have 15 years of experience! It has gone by so fast. I
am originally from Murphysboro and graduated from SIU-C in 1993. I spent the first 7 years of my teaching
experience in Athens, IL. Athens is a small rural community just north
of Springfield. I started out teaching
6th and 7th grade math, language arts, and science. I got a chance to move back home in March of
2000, so we packed up the SUV and moved back south. I realized while living in Springfield that I had always taken
Southern Illinois for granted. You
never know how much you will miss a place until you move away! I was lucky enough to get this job in the
spring of 2000 and have been a Carterville Lion ever since!
My
husband and I now live in Carterville with our 2 boys, Alex (8), and Ben (4).
