About the Author...

Extending the School Day and Year...

Thérèse Keegan

I am a 19 year old college student at Bridgewater State.

I am double majoring in Early Childhood Education and Communications.

I have a large family and family comes first in my life.

I love teaching and being around little children.

I have a ton of experience teaching all different age groups.

I started in 6th grade watching the after school children at St Casimir School in Brockton.

The students ranged from kindergarten to 8th grade.

On any given day I had around 20 children.

I continued teaching there until the end of my second year of high school.

During my 3rd year of high school I began teaching CCD.

I taught the 10th grade Confirmation class at Our Lady of the Rosary in Stoughton MA.

Then during my senior year of high school I taught 6th grade CCD at St. Rita's Church in Marion MA.

It was during this time that we moved down to our summer home in Mattapoisett MA and I started attending Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett.

At ORR, I was introduced to the Tri-Town Early Childhood Program.

I began an in school internship working in the preschool as a teacher. I am presently there teaching the after school.

This year I am also teaching the 5th grade CCD at St. Rita's Church in Marion.

For the past 5 summers I have been a nanny for two families.

My interests other then teaching and education are swimming, jet skiing and horsebackriding.