Karlette Murray

Karlette is a retired educator. she completed her student teaching in the Business Department at York High School in Elmhurst and never left till she retired 33 years later. Karlette had the privilege of teaching Business, Art and Computer classes and also served as the chair of the Business Department. She started teaching typing on manual typewriters and ending her career teaching web design, animation and graphics. This paved her way to helping ChildrenUP with their web presence.

Education: BS in Business Education from Western Illinois University, a MS in Vocational and Technical Education and an Education Administration MSEd from the University of Illinois.

In 2007 Charlie and Betty asked if Karlette to become a member of the ChildrenUP Board to help with making a web page. She accepted this challenge and has never regretted her decision. Her comments about ChildrenUP: “The board members are wonderful and intelligent people. Seeing the impact on the students’ lives is what keeps me on the board.”

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