Terri Levenhagen Hoornstra

terrihoornstra@yahoo.com

Moved to San Jose, CA one week after H.S. graduation. Attended Foothill College & San Jose State; graduated 1967 w/ English major, music minor and a teaching credintiall in 1968. I taught grade 1 in Sunnyvale, then 1974 moved back to Wisconsin - Madison - taught preschool and worked in advertising for Madison Newspapers, Inc. Married Jon in 1980. When son JP was 2, moved to Savannah, GA - taught grades 5, 6 and K there 5 yrs. The heat and bugs (which were much harder on a midwesterner than cold winters) drove us back to CA 1988, just in time for the Loma Prieta quake. It's true what they say about the "Hotel California": you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave. Taught grades K and 1 in Cupertino School district until retiring in 2011, and subbed until becoming a city girl again, moving to Los Angeles in 2017 to be closer to JP and Vivian. I have retired from subbing here, but still do some tutoring. Walking the hills in our neighborhood is a real pleasure, with the payoff being fantastic views from the top. There is a lot of gardening to do with 5 fruit trees, and I still enjoy Facebooking, playing Words with Friends, doing genealogy and catching up on all the movies I missed. I've been back to beautiful Wisconsin three summers, catching up with friends and family.

I have happy high school memories of orchestra, the King and I, and frosty Fall nights at football games (we usually lost, but kept the faith).