Mary Michael Herrmann was recently named Coordinator of the Hamilton Community School. She will be in charge of coordinating the programs and services offered at the school, as well as assisting the Hamilton Community School Advisory Council is assessing, monitoring and evaluating program components.
The Coordinator’s hours reflect the program hours, so that an eight hour day begins around 1:00 p.m. and concludes at 9:00 p.m. A secretary will be assigned “normal day hours” so that the office of the Community School is virtually covered day and night.
The new Coordinator received her B.A. degree from Webster College in English; an M.A. degree in Instruction from St. Louis University; and is presently finishing her work toward her Doctorate degree from SLU in Instruction and Supervision, with an emphasis on Community Education.
Mary Michael taught English at Beaumont High School for three and a half years. While at Beaumont she was an active faculty member, promoting new course offerings and school policies. She left Beaumont to assume the position of Team Leader with the Teacher Corps Project, a federally funded program sponsored jointly by St. Louis University and the School District of Valley Park. The duties of the Team Leader were to supervise the teaching programs of four intern teachers, as well as serve as the Coordinator of the School District’s Resource Center. Her most recent job has been with the City of St. Louis, as a member of the Technical Assistance department of the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE).
When not at work or in school, our new Coordinator uses her time to pursue her two main hobbies — volunteer work and rehabilitation. She is an active member of several educational and political organizations, and also serves as a week-end volunteer at Mt. St. Rose Hospital. Mary Michael lives in a two story flat on the near south side, in which she has completely redone the main living quarters. She is currently readying the top floor for a house tour in her neighborhood later this spring.
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Mary Michael Herrmann, newly named Hamilton Community School coordinator. The Paper, April 1978, page 1. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1978.
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