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Ecole Berkeley
Mary Havemann
September 22nd, 1936 - February 28th, 2019
September 22nd, 1936 - February 28th, 2019
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Edith Morrow
Mindy Longinotti
Somewhere around high school people begin to ask the question, who is your favorite teacher? My answer has always been Mary. As others have said, every moment in Mary's classroom was an exciting one. How many people look back on learning the multiplication table with fondness and a little bit of pride in how good it felt to be a loafer and get to go read in the library? All of us who had the luck to be in Mary's class probably share the same love of Roald Dahl, never read better than it was by Mary, the memory of folding 1000 paper cranes and seeing them hanging from the ceiling of the library. And for those of us in third grade in 1987, the memory that the Saint Louis Cardinals were in the world series, because we'll never forget Mary in her full Cardinals gear. As an adult, it's hard to remember detailed memories of being a kid, but I have so many memories of third grade and being eight, all thanks to Mary. She truly gave me the gift of thinking school was fun!
Mei-Lin Ha Byers
I can vividly remember sitting on the floor of Mary's classroom, while she perched on a stool and read us the story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back, by Shel Silverstein, in her wonderful accent (us kids especially loved the way she always pronounced "roof"). I was always an avid reader and it was amazing to have a teacher who loved reading as much as I did, and was always happy to talk about books with me. I remember so many fun adventures with Mary: reading in class, Pioneer Camp, Little House on the Prairie, learning about the Native Americans... I'll always have a special place in my heart for Mary and my wonderful year as a 3rd grader in her class.
Alexis King
3rd grade was by far my favorite year of elementary school, largely because I had Mary as a teacher. I loved reading and Mary made me love it even more. She was the first person to read parts of Harry Potter out loud to me and my classmates and is probably largely to thank for the lifelong obsession that followed. I remember the warmth of her classroom, Pioneer camp, and Little House on the Prairie. I remember just how exciting books were because Mary made them feel like a treat. She was an excellent teacher and definitely a teacher who was pivotal to my young life and my love of learning.
Sharon Jacobs (Bogas)
Third grade will always stand out in my memory as the most precious and valuable year of elementary school. This was entirely due to Mary. Life in her class was adventure and poetry. On the first day of class, she wrote two long strings of numbers on the chalkboard and promised that we would be able to multiply them together by the end of the year. She made Matilda, by Roald Dahl, which she read out loud to the class, the most enticing of rewards. When we misbehaved, she threatened to dangle us out of the window by our toenails and beat us with wet spaghetti. When we excelled on math quizzes, we became "loafers" whose reward was to go read in the library. Our education happened without our noticing it, so intent were we on the joy of being in Mary's presence and of learning from her. I loved her unquestioningly and will remember her always.
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