About+Mrs.+Parker

 Mrs. Parker grew up as a military child (daughter of a Marine), and lived in many different places including Kansas, California, Virginia, and Japan. After graduating from high school (in Northern Virginia, which she considers her home), she went on to the [|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] (GO TAR HEELS!) and received a bachelor's degree in Journalism (with a certificate in Business Journalism) with a concentration in History. Mrs. Parker spent some time writing business news for [|The Tennessean] in Nashville, Tennessee and for [|Reuters] in New York City. Although she grew up longing to be a reporter, she fell in love with teaching when she studied abroad in South Africa at the University of Cape Town and worked at an independent school called [|Christel House] during her senior year of college. Before coming to join the staff at Beaufort Academy, Mrs. Parker taught middle school language arts in Charlotte, North Carolina through the [|Teach For America] program. She loves teaching and really wants to prepare students for the rigor of high school and college work!

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