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About Us :: Faculty & Staff ::
Meet Karen Colbert
Karen Colbert
1st Grade
kcolbert@bcalions.org
Miss
Colbert was born in Alton, IL, and reared in Edwardsville, IL. Many
members of her family still live there including her brother, Bruce,
his wife Karma, and their children Kelsey and Kyle. Miss Colbert
attended grade school at Trinity Lutheran School. She graduated from
Edwardsville High School, then when to college at Southern Illinois
University at Edwardsville.
A
friend told her of a position for a second grade teacher in a
Lutheran school, but it was in Chattanooga, TN. She had never been
away from home before, but decided to inquire about it, anyway. She
talked to the principal on a Monday, gave him an answer on
Wednesday, and moved to Chattanooga on Saturday. That was over 36
years ago, and Chattanooga and the Belvoir Christian Academy have been home
ever since.
For
the first two years, Miss Colbert taught second grade, then in her
third year she moved to third grade. During that year the Lutheran
School burned down, Chattanooga suffered a severe ice storm, and
parts of the city flooded. Miss Colbert decided maybe third grade
wasn’t for her. She changed to teaching first grade and has been
there until now except for one year teaching second grade.
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