PEA RIDGE — My name is: Beth Elrod

I teach fourth grade. I am a native of: Missouri I have been a teacher for 11 years. I have been a teacher in Pea Ridge for 5 years. Something interesting about me is: I love creating new fabrics. I used to model in my younger days.

My name is: Joneen Copeland I teach fourth grade. I am a native of: California I have been a teacher for 29 years. I have been a teacher in Pea Ridge for 5 years. Something interesting about me is: I have traveled widely and lived in Asia for 13 years.

My name is: Carolyn Armour I teach fourth grade. I am a native of: St. Charles, Mo. I have been a teacher for 3 1/2 years. I have been a teacher in Pea Ridge for 3 1/2 years. Something interesting about me is: I like to run. I’ve run two marathons and I run in local 5K and 10K races.

My name is: Shannon Brown I teach fourth grade. I am a native of: Mountain View, Mo. I have been a teacher for 5 years. I have been a teacher in Pea Ridge for 5 years. Something interesting about me is: I recently added an adopted daughter to my family. We now have eight people in our home. We are in the process of adopting a seventh child.

My name is: Sharline Kennedy I teach fourth grade. I am a native of: Forrest City, Ark. I have been a teacher for 15 years. I have been a teacher in Pea Ridge for 12 years. Something interesting about me is: There is something about me that attracts strange happenings while I’m asleep: I was awakened by a one inch beetle deep in my ear canal and by a scorpion biting my shoulder.

My name is: Donna Wallace I teach fourth grade. I am a native of: Gillett, Ark. I have been a teacher for 22 years. I have been a teacher in Pea Ridge for 4 years. Something interesting about me is: I attend the Coon Supper in Gillett every year and I came to Pea Ridge with a friend and sang at weddings and funerals. Our motto was “We marry ’em and bury ’em.”

School, Pages 9 on 10/14/2009