Michelle Watt - Educator
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About Me...Michelle Watt

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 I have had a variety of life adventures which include surviving a tornado in Rapid City, South Dakota, getting lost in Harlem, New York and pipelining in  -40C weather.  I have a great love for the outdoors, where I hike, ski, bike and camp.  I also enjoy scrapbooking all of my family's adventures.  I That adventure confirmed for me that the classroom is where I need to be. 
    I was born and raised west of Cochrane Alberta, close to the Wildcat Hills and in plain view of Devil's Head Mountain.  I went to a small country school called Westbrook and I quite literally had to walk uphill both ways to school ( our driveway had two different slopes in it).  After graduating from Cochrane High School I headed to Mount Royal College.  I quickly transferred to University of Lethbridge and left after a semester.  I took a year off to work and think about where I really wanted to go.  In the fall of 1993 I entered the Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Production Program at Olds College as an Apparel Production Major.  I college rodeoed and worked four different events, was elected barrel racing director and also was the Female Athlete of the Year.  Two years later I graduated with a diploma.  Essentially I can take a concept or picture of a garment and see it through all phases of production to the finished product.  I really enjoyed the program and it has served me well.  I opened my own business, Three Over Half Diamond Designs after graduating in 1995.  I specialized in horse blanket washing and repairing.  The same month I opened my business, I met my husband Kirby Watt.  We were married in 1997 and have two wonderful children, Ethan and Payton.  Although I believe I was placed on this earth to be a mother to my children, I also feel I have a "calling" to be a teacher.  I did not believe in such things until I worked as an Educational Assistant.  I had the opportunity to be an Educational Assistant in the public school system for six years. ​I feel vibrant,  alive and get a rush from helping students learn.  So after careful deliberation with my family, we decided for me to go back to school to become a teacher.  I would not be able to fulfill my dreams if it was not for the support they give to me.  I am excited to have my own classroom.   

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