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I was born in Colorado, but raised on farms in Iowa and Wisconsin. My father died when I was three years old, leaving my mother with my five year old sister and seventeen year old brother. Within a year, my brother joined the Navy, and a few years later, my mother remarried. When I went to Fort Atkinson High School in Wisconsin, it was my eighth school.( New students in my classrooms always got special attention from me.)

After graduating from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a major in elementary education and a minor in library science, I taught in a Chicago suburb for two years. There I met and married Vernon Lampos and taught one more year before settling down to raise three children. When my son entered first grade, I attended S I was born in Colorado, but raised on farms in Iowa and Wisconsin. My father died when I was three years old, leaving my mother with my five year old sister and seventeen year old brother. Within a year, my brother joined the Navy, and a few years later, my mother remarried. When I went to Fort Atkinson High School in Wisconsin, it was my eighth school.( New students in my classrooms always got special attention from me.)

After graduating from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a major in elementary education and a minor in library science, I taught in a Chicago suburb for two years. There I met and married Vernon Lampos and taught one more year before settling down to raise three children. When my son entered first grade, I attended St. Xavier College in Chicago, earning a Masters Degree in Learning Disabilities while working in the LD/BD Clinic as a diagnostician. Returning to the work force after ten years, I experienced all the classic "new teacher" mistakes. Reading my book, Teaching Diamonds in the Tough, you will realize the challenges that I faced while teaching 20 years in the district described as "an urban school in a suburban setting."

My husband and I have always belonged to a local church and been active in its programs. I have taught Vacation Bible School, written the preschool curriculum for an urban church, told missionary stories for Children's Church, co-authored plays, and spoken at homeschooling and women's meetings. Presently, Vernon and I garden for Share the Harvest, help with Pantry Kitchen, conduct Kids Konnex, and volunteer at Bibles for Missions Thrift Store. I collaborate with the Worship Planners in our church. Our ten grandchildren keep us busy.

As a writer, I have had numerous magazine articles published in Lookout, Teachers in Focus, Evangelizing Today's Child and others. In 2011, I received the Honorary Genesis Award for Young Adult for Year of the Locust, an historical fiction story of a boy on the orphan train. I have written curriculum for Urban Ministries/Chicago, contributed to Writing So Heaven Will Be Different, and published a family friendly book on Alzheimer's Disease, Grandpa's Remembering Book. I have been a member of a writer's group for twenty years, and also attend the group at our local library. ...more

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	Teaching Diamonds in the TOUGH: Mining the Potential in Every Student 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Rescuing Children: Teachers, Social Workers, Nuns and Missionaries Who Stepped in the Shadows to Rescue Waifs by Cleo Lampos (Goodreads Author), Kaeley Clark (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dust Bowl: Living in Tough Times 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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