Reservist keeps in touch with students
November 27th, 2009
After just one day on the job in the current school year, however, she departed on a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia with her Air Force Reserve unit from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
"I was able to say 'hi' to my new class and then I was off," said Sergeant Adams, the 746th Aircraft Maintenance Unit support section NCO in charge.
But this teacher has bridged the distance by keeping up with her students online. Sergeant Adams' school, Kate Shepard Elementary in Mobile, Ala., maintains a blog site where students can write to and speak with local officials.
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