Mrs. Matheny and Blythe in Ephesus, Turkey in April, 2016. (One of us remained awake. #jetlag)

Mrs. Matheny and her BFF, Mrs. Poort, in London in 2012.

Mrs. Matheny working in Giza, Egypt in 1999.

I grew up in humid St. Louis, Missouri and graduated after a largely enjoyable run at Ladue Horton Watkins High School. In high school, I loved going to English classes and participated in cheer (4 years) and swimming (3 years- I broke my arm rollerblading on spring break in Florida and was kept from the sure glory of what would have been my last season).  

I later majored in English literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated with my bachelor's degree in 1999. I studied abroad in the fall of 1997 at Roehampton University in London and had the hands-down best experience ever on Spring 1998's Semester at Sea Voyage through University of Pittsburgh. I earned a master's degree in English and American literature in 2002 from New York University and got certified to teach at Central Washington University in 2003. I earned my National Board Certification in 2009 in early adolescent English/language arts. 

2018-19  will be my 16th year of teaching public school and my ninth year at SHS; I have taught at Redmond High School, Kirkland Junior High, and Beaver Lake Middle School in addition to Skyline.
 
I love to travel--especially to the United Kingdom, to run, read, practice yoga, watch television and movies, and spend time with my family. My daughter, Blythe, is eight and a half. She is in third grade at Sunny Hills (Go Mustangs!) and loves Harry Potter, parkour, bouncing on the trampoline, reading, and Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream. 
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My favorite authors include Edith Wharton, Vladimir Nabokov, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Tom Robbins, Lee Child, and Kate Chopin.

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Countries I've Visited

Upcoming Trips:
August, 2018--Havana, Cuba
February, 2019--The Balkans: Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: This is a student trip Doran and I are leading--join us!
April, 2019--Paris and Antibes, France
June, 2019--Morocco

Upcoming Races:
Seattle Half Marathon November 2018